Well it has been 1 year and 10 months since this fish last hit the bank when it was last landed by Vince Jewitt at 40lb 2oz from peg 12.
There have been rumors that the fish had passed away. I find this interesting as if anyone knows me by now they would understand I am honest with regards to stock and fish that are no longer.
There have been at least 3 accounts of a big common being lost within yards of the net both by bank and by boat; including Dan Johannessen and Jeppie Fick.
It just goes to show that fish can go missing for prolonged periods of time and Scar was no different evading capture for nearly a year before the male was landed by Dan Mcnicholas after Tomo.
I turned up for my 3 day session I started my lap around the lake . After a quick lap of the lake it was clear there were a lot of fish between the islands in 9 and 10 so I had a chat with the guy in 9 to learn that he had landed a few. He was off the following day so I thought it would be worth a move but I still needed to drop in for the first night somewhere
After a uneventful 12 hours I noticed a few fish on the surface off the side of the island, as a result out went 2 zigs and it didn’t take long before one was away . As I picked the rod up the fish had already found its way into a weed bed and unfortunately after a couple of seconds the hook pulled.
Gutted!
A couple of hours later I moved into peg 9 and it was clear there were a lot of fish between the islands and what looked to be some of the larger residents willows holds . After a bit of markering, I found 2 clear spots down the channel so out went 2 pop ups and 50 freebies . My third rod went behind the back of the island in a hole that I knew had done good fish before.
At 5:20 one of the rods down the Chanel absolutely melted off and quickly had me in a weed bed. I didn’t waste no time, donned the life jacket I took to the boat after her. With some steady pressure it came free and after a bit of nip one pearl 2 it was in the net . Paddy Ramsden next door was quick to tell me it was a fish known as twisted scale and hadn’t been caught for 18 month so that made it even more of a pleasure to catch it and see it is clearly fit and healthy .. It went 41lb 10 oz on the scales and after some photos back she went ..
Later that night at 12 my other rod that was also down the channel was away and after a bit of gently persuasion I had my second fish of the session in the net and a stunning 19 1/2 linear . After 2 more lost fish the fish seemed to move out . Thankfully later the next day it was clear they had come back and at 8 a clock my rod was away , after a short battle I landed another chunk . On the scales it went 38lb on the nose . The rest of the night went uneventful and seemed as if the fish had moved out again . Then at 10 to 12 with an angler waiting to jump in after me my rod was away and turned out to be an upper double and the last fish of my session till next time willows
A truly epic session to land a rare gem and a long awaited occurrence of “Twisted Scale”
