Catch Reports

Long Distance Whacker!

Eddie Johnson from Conwy, North Wales has been making the 480-mile round trip to St Ives lagoon in search of the Fat Lady on a regular basis, but last week he finally managed to nail his target fish! Arriving on the Monday for a 4-night session he introduced 4kg of B5 boilies close to a weedbed at 60-yards and continued topping up the spot with 1.5kg daily because he saw the odd fish show including what could well have been the big one.

On the Thursday morning Jon Mac, who was fishing next door joined him for a brew and as they sat there chatting, Eddie’s right hand rod burst into life! After a spirited scrap during which the fish weeded up for a while, Jon waded out up to his waist in water to finally slip the net under what was obviously a very big carp. The look on Jon’s face said it all - it was Eddie’s target fish – ‘The Fat Lady’ at a weight of 55lb 3oz! We know Jon’s time will come, but for now it was Eddie’s moment. Well done that man, and once again – top B5 bombing!