GLAD I DIDN’T GO HOME!

Just when he was about to go home after a relatively successful session on Horton’s Kingsmead 1, Kyson Lloyd was stopped in his tracks by some fizzing. Within an hour of dropping a couple of rods on the spot, one of them was away with what turned out to be one of the lake’s most-coveted and difficult-to-catch residents, the mighty Armageddon at 47lb.

“I was on fish for the first two nights and managed to land two and lose on, but woke up on the last morning with no signs of fish, so decided a day on the barrow looking would be the best use of my time,” said Kyson.

“I saw a few in the far corner at 8am, so packed up and moved on to them. Within five minutes of dropping a rig amongst them, I had a take but the hook pulled close in! The fish then moved off, so I moved on to some more shows with no luck.

“At 2pm, I decided to call it a day and head back to the car, which was on the other side of the lake. En route back to the car, I found some fizzing close in, so decided to fish for them before going home. I dropped two rigs in the zone with the baiting pole and within an hour had a take, the fish flat-rodding me right from the off! I nearly netted what looked like a good fish, but as soon as it saw the net it had other ideas and beat me up in the margins for a further five minutes, until succumbing to the net. It was one of the rarely caught fish and a unit at 47lb on the dot. Glad I decided not to go home now!”

The 32-year-old, who had earlier caught a 30-pounder and a mid-twenty, offered a Bug dumbbell bottom bait that he coated in Bug Amino Smoke and then dusted in Insect Meal and a few broken Bug mini dumbbells and Bug pellets that had also been treated with Amino Smoke and Insect Meal.