Britains Bream record has been smashed this week. The new record Bream weighs a mighty 22lb 9oz and was caught by Baitcraft boss Mike Mckenna during a session at the 160 acre Cambridge gravel pit Ferry Lagoon.
Mark from middlesex is the boss of bait company Baitcraft and caught the massive specimen on one of his own T1 pop-up Boilies. Mark was aiming to catch some of the venues big carp that go in excess of 40lb but instead his bait was picked up by the massive slab. The venue holds only a small head of Bream but some of those fish have grown to massive proportions and in 2005 it hit the headlines when James Rust set a new record at 19lb 10oz. It seems mark has banked the same fish at 22lb 9oz again setting a new record.
A few dedicated specimen hunters have targeted the water in hope of banking a record but due to its size and the small head of fish it is far from easy. Former Drennan cup winner Tony Gibson commented in the Angling Times this week "Ive been on the water for two seasons and not had a bite! I've seen one bream of about 8lb roll in all that time so i know numbers are incredibly low."
The massive Bream was weighed on two sets of scales and witnessed by a bailiff so getting the record excepted should be just a formality. Mark may not have caught the slab by design but it is a fantastic fish and we congratulate him with his new record.
To see an interview with Mark mckenna about his new bream record check out the Go Fishing website
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