Breaking personal bests

wb¿dw wrote:
:: Been fishing for about four years now......my biggest carp was 13lb
:: for three years...........a month ago it went up with a 16 3/4lb
:: ghost carp.......then on monday i caught a 21 1/2lb
:: mirror....couldn't believe it and thought i'll probably never catch
:: one bigger than that or at least not for a long time
:: anyway.......then went out yesterday and caught one 23lb in 3 hours
:: fishing......so now i reckon i'll probably blank for the rest of the
:: year but wondered if many people had similar experiences with regard
:: to personal best fish(any species) coming along like buses.....i've
:: heard it happens a lot

Yep, it happened to me - I'd only ever had 11lb carp until one day i caught
a 12.5lb (it had been on 11lbs for years).....about a fortnight later, I
caught a 14, two 15s and a 16.5 all in the same day!