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Nike tic that had gone up to
thirty-eight pounds before. I
unhooked the carp and sacked
it up while I got the rod back
out. As I got the rod back out
the other tore off which led to
a much smaller stocky, but it
was a stunner. I managed to
get four or five kilos out before
my mate arrived with the
camera. I had the stocky out
first which was about eight
pounds and slipped it back. A
couple people gathered around
the mat for the unveiling of
Nike tic including the bailiff
next door, it was lifted onto
the scales and weighed in at
thirty pounds eight ounces,
which was about right for its
spawned-out weight. I slipped
her back and watched the sun
set over my rods as I received
another bite, the clutched
ticked slowly and another
back-and-forth battle led to a
long dark common sulking at
the bottom of my net. Again, I
took some more pics, slipped
it back, and but a couple more
kilos out to top them off for
the night. In the night I had
about seven Tench with the
rod going off every forty-five
minutes, until it ripped off
stripping line, a powerful battle
led to me catching another
lovely common of twentyeight pounds, it was just past
midnight, so I took some mate
pics and slipped it back. I got
back into bed and woke up
just as dawn was breaking
to another run, another long
common of a similar size, I
sacked it up and went to ask
matey for some pictures as the
other rod ripped off, a more
relaxed fight as it just flapped
on the surface, a small but
special common. A fish called
baby white tips which had been
on my list since the start of the
season. The daytime was quiet
as it was blistery hot, and they
just wanted to bask in the sun.
more bait was put out for the
evening as I managed catch
another three fish by the end
of that session. It was a very
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