On just his second session at RK_Leisure‘s Horton Church Lake, Steve Hill managed to slip the net under one of the famed water’s A-Team, ‘Roger the Dodger’ at a colossal 56lb 1oz.
On arrival to the historic 15-acre water, Steve headed for an area where he had seen fish on his last visit and soon spotted some signs the big carp were about.
Using a baiting pole, he dispatched two pop-ups to the area over a very small scattering of bait. Steve prefers to use a pole rather than casting when there are fish around to prevent spooking the shoal whilst also leaving a nice, accurate trap. He opted to fish using short Chod Rigs tied with 25lb OMC Memory Hooklink and size 4 Hook.
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“A couple of beeps on the left rod indicated a bite and before I knew it, I was into a powerful and heavy fish,” Steve said.
“It headed towards marginal cover on both sides of the swim, but with such deep water I managed to play it into the waiting landing net.
“As it slipped over the cord, I knew from the tones which fish it was and I simply could not believe it."
“‘Roger The Dodger’ at 56lb 1oz, a new UK PB for me from a lake with so much history - truly made up,” Steve exclaimed!
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