A carp angler's dreams came true this week when he smashed his personal best with the capture of the 'Randall Mirror' from RH Fisheries' Acton Burnell in Shropshire.
Sonny Chander was the captor of the superb fish which weighed a colossal 50lb in weight and was just one of five carp he landed on his three-day session.
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"I had two bleeps on the alarm and suddenly my middle rod was kissing my left one," he told us.
"I struck into the fish and knew it was something special as it kited left and right around the swim.
"I put my light on and could see it was really big, so quickly turned the light off to not spook it and scrambled to find my net."
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With his landing net blown against his bivvy in the strong winds, Sonny reluctantly had to put the rod back on the pod as he went to get it, an incredibly tense moment!
"The fish was ripping line off a tight clutch and I was thinking I was going to lose it," he said.
"Eventually amongst the panic there was silence as the fish was safely in the net.
"I couldn't lift it, so I knew it was no small fish.
"I soon realised I'd done it, a new personal best at 50lb and my dreams had come true."
The mega fish is the largest mirror in the syndicate water, which holds a staggering stock of big and beautiful carp.
All Sonny's fish fell to blowback rigs tied with Korda end tackle components. For bait he uses his own SS1 wafters, combined with RH Baits Old English Toffee boilies.
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