Andy banks the six largest largest known carp in Wyver Lane Pond – including 3 x 20s!
Our Carp & Night Fishing Officer, Andy Bennett, has been busy either side of the COVID lockdown – putting together an impressive run of fish which includes all six of our largest carp, including our two new “stockies”.
This is not only a tremendous personal achievement for Andy, it also proves our four largest carp remained in the pond during the autumn & winter floods and don’t now reside in the Derwent! Great news for the Club and our members.
Here’s how Andy’s run of specimen carp unfolded…
Between March and July Andy landed Moonscale twice, with a largest weight of exactly 20lb.
Before March was out, a mirror carp called Half Lin was tripped up by Andy, at 20lb 7oz.
After the national lockdown put an end to all our fishing for a while, Andy hit the ground running with a 6-fish catch that included Half Tail at 16lb 13oz.
Next up was the large common we stocked this year – Chester – which Andy caught twice, up to 21lb 9oz, which is 11oz heavier than the weight she was stocked at!
In mid-June it was the turn of our second newly-stocked fish – the beefy mirror, Shoulders, at 18lb 15oz.
The final fish that completed Andy’s impressive full-house was a mirror known as Linda, which he banked at 19lb 10oz.
Well done that man!
Check out some of our other members’ carp catches in our Carp Gallery.