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Temple Lake came back with a bang, producing four ‘thirties’ over the past week, including famous fish Friar Tuck and The Parrot.
Ray Harding landed the heaviest, at 32 lb 5 oz, banking the mirror carp from peg 9 on 18 mm Mainline Cell bottom baits tight to the reeds.
Matt White had two ‘thirties’ in his four-fish catch on a 36-hour session, Friar Tuck at 32 lb 4 oz and a mirror carp of 30 lb 10 oz, along with the Long Common at 28 lb 10 oz and a 25 lb common, all from peg 1
Also landing four fish was Jon Botting, the Horsham angler banking The Parrot at 31 lb 4 oz, along with other mirrors of 25 lb 2 oz, 24 lb 4 oz and 22 lb 4 oz, from peg 11, on single 14 mm A2 Baits Creamy Toffee pop-ups over a bed of loosefeed.
José Garcia was in action on Temple after a successful visit to the Old Lake the week before, this time landing a 26 lb common from peg 6 on a home-made tiger nut boilie.
And Mark Constable, from Westcott, had a brace of ‘twenties’ on his visit, mirrors of 21 lb 11 oz and 20 lb 1 oz, from peg 11, casting 14 mm JHBaits Nuti–B offerings, with PVA bags of ten freebies, into open water.
PLEASE NOTE: LEAD CORE IS BANNED ON BOTH TEMPLE AND THE OLD LAKE. PLEASE SEE KEN IN THE SHOP FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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