Mr Proper Job at Rainbow Lake (France) 90lbs 12oz Common

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Mr Proper Job Gets Lucky!

April 30th 2019 will be a day I’ll remember for the rest of my life!

I was fishing the Island Swim at the one and only Rainbow Lake in France with my brother Richard. It was while Richard was making his way back to our swim after dropping his long range rod, the tip of my rod gave a few knocks and bent over. I jumped in my boat and set off at a rapid pace. On route I felt the line pinging off several light twigs and eventually I was over the fish which had settled behind a sunken snag. However, after applying a gentle upward pressure I could feel things starting to move in the right direction.

At this point the fish woke-up and started plodding around and holding the bottom like iron filings to a magnet. After the fish had showed me who was the boss for around 15 minutes, I eventually caught a glimpse of what was on the end of my line. My initial estimate was maybe 70lbs but the fish felt really heavy and by the way it held the bottom I thought it may-well be bigger. After a total battle run-time of around 20 minutes the fish was ready for the nett and as she kissed the spreader block I tried to lift the nett but the drawcord on the 42inch nett was still across the thick part of the fishes wrist (the tail was still well outside the nett) so I had to put a lot of effort into lifting the nett and hope the fish would eventually fold into the mesh. On returning to the swim my brother had prepared everything ready for the weighing (it’s a two man job to handle fish of this size). When we hoisted the weigh sling onto the scales, I was the wrong side of the scales to see the dial face, so as I walked around to view the scales I said to my brother “How big boy – eighty what” and he said “ There’s something not quite right here” and I said “What’s that then” and he said “It’s gone straight past 90”.

We settled on a final weight of 90lbs 12oz. Job Done!!!
The main food bait used was a custom mix with orange oil which had been rolled by Active Bait Solutions. A.B.S also sent me some matching base mix & a bottle of the flavour/attractor package which I used to make my own hard hookers. For the presentation, I topped the hard hooker with a Proper Job – Pineapple Tip. As loose feed and to add additional attraction into the area, I spread a scattering of BP Millings - BP Gold pellets over the general area.
In addition to the huge Common, I also landed a nice selection of fish including a 72lbs Mirror and a 61lbs Common.