Sharing special moments with your mates are what French trips are all about, and when both of you catch a personal best during the same session, then even better!
This colossal, record-breaking and PB-smashing 71lb 5oz mirror was caught by Grimsby angler Steve Wroot during a trip to Lac Breuil in the Champagne-Ardenne region.
Wrexham-based Aaron Heath chose Etang Negreloube in the Limousin region for his French getaway and had a flying start to his week and was unable to keep a rod in the water when the fish moved over his bed of Bug boilies.
We love a good surface capture and this is most certainly a good surface capture!
Thinking outside the box with his hookbait approach saw Sam Dallimore tempt a brace of thirties during his first-ever session on Brasenose 1 at Linear Fisheries.
Neil Whittaker got through to one of the West End Lake 50-pounders this week during his latest trip to the Ephicks complex in Kent, his Bug EVO hookbaits once again proving irresistible for the big fish that reside in this venue.
After previously evading capture for 18 months, Earls View Carp Fishery's largest resident gave itself up twice in the space of a week, the latter to Wirral-based Tim Cottrell.
Geoff Longley rounded off his campaign on the Grenville Lake syndicate with a 10-fish catch that included some belting scaly mirrors!
Ian Purssord rounded off his campaign on the Rosemere syndicate with one final fish using his beloved stalking tactics.
John Payne is on a roll! After landing a new UK personal best at 49lb 4oz from the Monks Pit syndicate, John returned for another go and was rewarded with two further big mirrors, Kenny at 44lb and Pablo at 39lb 4oz.
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