Well know German angler Mario Winnikes sent us this belated report from a couple of very productive weekend session back in November when he caught fish up to 65lb! Read on…
November, my favourite month of the year, again has been very kind to me. Like in 2012 when I caught Mary the world record common, the magical month brought me my three biggest fish of 2013.
I did two weekend sessions in and caught 6 fish. One mirror of 32.5lbs and five commons of 28lbs, 37.4lbs, 58.3lbs, 50.2lbs and 65lbs!!!
All fish came to yellow X-Treme Bait Fog pop ups fished on chod rigs. I made up the choddy’s with ESP Leadcore, size 4 and 5 Raptor Curve- Shanx tied to ESP Ghost 15lbs hook links.
The pop ups were fixed to an ESP Tear Drop Rig Ring sliding directly on the shank of the hook and stopped by an ESP Shank Stop. Very simple, but very effective!
Although some of the fish were fighting very hard, the hook holds were perfect and not a single fish was lost. Six bites in November and six fish on the bank and like in 2012 the last fish of my final session in 2013 was the biggest. Thanx ESP!
…weil’s fängt, Mario Winnikes.