Breaking personal bests

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

It's usually a sign of growing experience, often coupled with a change of
water.
I've had a similar path until a couple of years ago when I levelled off.
Time for a rethink on water and approach I think ;-)

"wb¿dw" wrote in message
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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

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!

Congrats PB's are great but even when they level out you can have sub cats
ie, pb ghostie, pb mirror, common etc. As previously said you can only catch
whats there so a switch in venues often brings a batch of PB's with it.

Hairless Inc,,

Yes, I agree with the sentiments that this often reflects visiting more
venues and growing experience. I went to The Riddings near Tamworth on
Friday and had two runs which I am convinced were from fish well over
20lbs. Unfortunately I was fishing for the tench so was using only 4lb
line. The first fish was on for about two minutes and hadn't finished
its initial run when the line gave out between the float and the rod tip
(even though I was letting the fish have its head and allowing the
clutch to slip). The second threw the hook after about a minute.

As Arnie said: "I will be back" - but next time will use 6lb or even 8lb
breaking strain. Ah, experience - what an experience! As it was I had
to settle for a 6lb 8oz Mirror and several others over 3lbs 8oz, but on
light tackle they sure gave a great scrap. However, with fish in there
over 30lbs I really should have known better ( and ready The Riddings
pages on our website with a little more care!).

Good luck

Peter C



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Congrats PB's are great but even when they level out you can have sub cats
ie, pb ghostie, pb mirror, common etc. As previously said you can only catch
whats there so a switch in venues often brings a batch of PB's with it.

Hairless Inc,,

--
Peter Cliff
Fisheries.co.uk

i have just started fishing somewhere different....with less carp and
harder to fish....i hope it wasn't a fluke

Bryan Hall wrote:

It's usually a sign of growing experience, often coupled with a change of
water.
I've had a similar path until a couple of years ago when I levelled off.
Time for a rethink on water and approach I think ;-)

"wb¿dw" wrote in message
...
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