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John Dent banks The Recluse!!! |
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Darlington based angler John Dent has done it again, after a very successful year on the Ringstead synidicate he has now slipped his net under one of it's most sought after residents "The Recluse".
The fish is probably the oldest fish in the lake at almost 50 years old and is a tricky one to catch, At 49lb 8oz it looks sure to be a home grown English 50 next year and if anyone deserved to catch it this year it was John. The successful approcah was a new bait on test from Sticky and fished alongside Bloodworm pellets.
Only "The Lady" left now for John, it would be no surpise to see him with it soon as his consistency in catching fish has been second to none. We wish him the best of luck and look forward to seeing the photos |
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| The long journey to the lake gave me plenty of thinking time and a few plans were made on how to tryand sneak a fish out in the 40 hours that lay ahead, and 3½ hours later I met Jon Taylor, who was hosting me. We were greeted by the carp putting on a spectacular afternoon show – quite an unusual occurrence for this lake, so straight away we knew the chances had just risen slightly. A quick chat with one of the members and more good news: a fish had been out the night before, the first in three weeks, so things were really looking up. “Swim choice was quite easy, opting for the one where I saw most of the fish showing. They were showing from five yards to 30 yards out, and at least one of them was a really big fish. I didn’t want to spook them, so I decided to keep disturbance to a minimum and not spod. I went with just PVA bags full of pellet and single hookbaits, and then fired out a few pellets with the stick. “I didn’t have to wait long; two hours into the session and I was into a carp, only a small one at 15lb 6oz but a pretty one so I wasn’t complaining. A few texts to mates and a long chat with the better half was all it took before I was in again at 8pm. This time it was obviously a bigger fish as it plodded around on its way in. Nothing too dramatichappened with this one and a minute or two later Jon was slipping the net under what looked like a very decent fish. “Lifting it out the water I knew straight away it was a big one but estimations of 38-39lb were soon blown away as I saw Jon’s face light up. The feeling as he replied ‘44-ish’ will never be forgotten. I had caught bigger fish in France and a few northern thirties, but this was nearly 10lb higher than my UK PB! We settled on 43¾lb and I was one very happy angler. I could have gone home a happy man there and then, but at only four hours into the session I was keen for more. “Through the night I managed another stocky at 15lb and Jon had a 28- pounder. Things were still looking good. I expected an early morning bite but it wasn’t until around 10am when I was in again. From the off this fish was powerful and all was going well until I had it close in to my right where there was a tree that went quite far out into the water. It wasn’t too snaggy underneath but my line decided to catch on a twig on the surface as the fish was trying to tear the margin to bits. A few very nervous moments followed as it tried getting around the back of the tree, but after getting into the shallow margin I got the angle needed to get it heading towards my net. A few swear words came out at this point as I pointed out it was definitely bigger than the other forty. “I was simply blown away! It’s the only way of describing the weighing, photographing and returning of an awesome fish. The weight was 47½lb and it was the final fish of a mad 14- hour feeding spell that I was privileged to be a part of.” All fish were caught over a mix of our Bloodworm Pellets coated with Hydrolysed Bloodworm Compound and Cloudy Bloodworm, fishing half a Bloodworm Wafter over the top. |
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Jon Taylor's trio of 40's and some... |
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 Jon Taylor has only recently joined the Sticky Baits team but what a start it's been!!! Jon has consistently caught carp around the Essex area over a number of years and has appeared in Carp Talk more times than even he can remember. When Jon joined us it didn't take him long to get into the swing of things on a new bait, his first short session saw him bag a couple of mid 30 mirrors on our popular Bloodworm pellets with the Bloodworm Wafters as hookbaits.
His run continued on his second session as Jon had the best 60 hours on a fishing lake that he has ever witnessed, this included a target fish that he had been after for a few years!! 3' 40's to 45lb and a couple of mid 30+'s were all caught on a mixture of Bloodworm Pellets, Bloodworm Boilies & Hydrolysed Bloodworm Compound. Jon's session ended with 8 fish to his name and a trio of 40's that were all caught within a 24 hour period.
Not content with hauling in England Jon crossed the channel for his yearly French trip and yet again had another
trio, this time 3 50's, 2 of which were caught within a couple of hours of each other to continue his amazing run since starting with us. A couple of upper 40's rounded off an excellent week for Jon who caught steadily throughout the week as most other anglers struggled, again all fish were caught on our Bloodworm range of baits which really are proving to be consistent carp catchers all around the country.
See Jon's other pic's in our UK and Abroad Galleries. |
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John Bags the Beast - 55lb |
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 Darlington based Carper John Dent has really been getting amongst the bigger fish lately, another long journey down to his southern syndicate has seen him take a brace of 40's in his last session. This was only a week after he had slipped the net under a fish known as The Beast, weighing in at 55lb. John has been fieldtesting for us for quite a long time and a look at our gallery will show you some of the big fish that have succumbed to our baits, these are just a selection of the numerours 30lb+ fish he has caught recently. |
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