I was on my way home after a trip to France so I thought I would pop in and do a 48-hour trip on Frimley Pit 3 before heading home to Leicstershire. After a quick walk around I found out it had been fishing slow. So on not seeing a lot I dropped into a swim that I know had been steadily producing fish.
I found a nice spot around 60 yards out on the edge of gravel and silt with light weed left and right of the spot. The plan was to spod in 3kg of individual bait particle, Fast Response pellet and chopped TNT steamies. I fished 2 rods on the spot with a 12mm TNT on the hair with a small PVA bag of chopped TNT.
As the first night drew in and not seeing a lot of fish movement in the area my confidence was not that high. By 07.00 the next morning I had landed to low 20s a mirror and common. The second night I did the same as the night before and I had still not seen any fish in the area but my confidence was high because I had already caught from the spot. I had a fast take around 02.00 and when picking the rod up I felt a lot of head shaking, but next thing the fish was off.
After a recast in the dark I was not too happy where it landed, so I waited till first light to recast to make sure it was on the right spot. At around 06.45 I had a slow take, and it felt a better fish. After weeding me up once I got it moving and closer to the bank I saw a big mirror under the weed. I though it could be Gums so I was praying to the carp gods for it not to fall off.
After a good scrap under the rod tip for five minutes I landed the fish with a load of weed around it. Removing the weed and hook from the fish in the water I saw it was Gums! I got the lad fishing next door to give me a hand to weigh her. She went 42lbs 1oz, a new PB and lake record mirror.
