Catch Reports

One bait, one angler, three 50's!!

Martin Finan from Glos recently re-wrote the record books by becoming the first angler to catch three different 50lb plus UK fish from the same water and all this in just 18-months!

His blaze of success started in March 2008 when he banked a new lake record 54lb mirror before setting his targets on another very big resident that resides in the 50-acre gravel pit. He eventually banked the elusive fish at 52lb 10oz just over a year later when he braced it alongside a stunning 37lb linear.

Martin continued to introduce the Shellfish B5 on a regular basis to catch a very impressive tally of 30lb and 40lb fish from the venue and it seemed only a matter of time before yet another 50lb carp graced the bank. The inevitable happened just recently when after a very hard scrap as daylight broke, Martin managed to steer another huge fish into the folds of his waiting net – it went 51lb exactly!

To catch one UK 50lb carp in a lifetime is a fantastic achievement, but to catch three in just 18-months is phenomenal! Once again the B5 has been responsible for setting new standards in the bait world after breaking history in 2007 by catching the UK’s biggest ever brace - further proof indeed that the awesome B5 has to be the most successful and consistent ‘big fish’ bait ever developed.

Well done Martin from all at team Essential….