Decided to head off to a different stretch of the Ouse with Spack in search of some monster Stripeys. Catching the live baits proved a lot harder today than they did yesterday and after a couple of hours hard grafting only had 3 or so fish to use.
Spack was the first to get a hit, not the type of bite we were expecting more of a twitching on the line than a full on bite. Fish On, it was only after the reel started to scream that we knew this was a good'un, it put up one heck of a scrap and turned out to be a new PB of around 16lb (Left the F***ng scales at home)
I managed to miss a bite in the same swim and after the last of the live baits were used decided to move.
The live baits became easier to catch in this new swim and I'd soon managed to catch 5 or 6 small dace and a roach in 30 minutes or so, Spack also added another small pike of around 6lbs. I managed to break my Duck with a small 3lber, which nailed my roach on the way in to recast. Spack then Lazily hit into his 3rd fish, thinking a small pike had took his bait, we were both shocked to see a BIG Perch. Into the net it went and without the use of scales estimated it to be a high 2 maybe even a 3, the photo doesn't do it justice as it had a big porky belly on him, either way it was one heck of a fish.
Awesome day in all, although I didn't catch much its always a buzz witnessing big fish being caught, whether its yourself or or a mate (Jammy ****)
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