A summary in photos of Bill Holcombe’s week at Margot
My week at Margot was full of ‘firsts’!
- I have never caught a carp so small on a bolt rig! It must have weighed all of 2oz, foul hooked in the nose of course!
- My first ever Grass Carp… more and bigger were to follow in the week.
- My first ever catfish @ 56lb! It was not what I was expecting when I got a take on Sunday morning & I was even more surprised to land it on a 12lb b/s hooklink since I got bitten off a further twice during the week.
- The first time I have caught a Koi (managed 2 in the week).
The highlight of the week came right at the end. Half way through packing up on the Saturday morning I got a take which resulted in a 46lb’er… my new PB! Talk about leaving it late.
In total I caught 24 carp (not including the 4 mini-carp) and 1 x catfish.
It was the first time I had used mesh on my baits. The shelf life boilies I got from the lake (Quest Baits Rahja Spice) were too big and hard for the small fish, but the Premier Baits Matrix (freezer bait) I took with me were softer and got mullered by the small fish. The mesh worked a treat.
Bill Holcombe
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