He told us “It had been blowing consistently cold for 10 days prior, but with a warm westerly on the way, I felt that it could stir the fish into feeding. Arriving at first light, I took my time, walking around the lake and watching several areas, trying to find signs of fish. Fortunately, they gave themselves away, as I spotted a couple of fish rolling at range amongst the birds that were feeding on a large insect hatch.

I quickly set about getting a rig in place and set up a heli rig with simple hair rigs, using homemade hookbaits. In terms of baiting, I opted for a crumb and caster mix, which was filled with attraction but offered minimal food content, which I hoped would keep the fish in the area without filling them up. Around 10am I had my first rod in place, and before I could even get the second out, I had a take from a nice bream of 14lb 6oz.

I got the rod back out quickly and soon after received another bite, this time from a fin-perfect 17lb 6oz male.

A fellow bream angler had just walked into the swim when I had the take, and after taking a few photos he left me to set up himself. But, within the hour, I was calling on his camera services again, as this time, I’d landed an even larger male of 18lb 2oz! I rebaited after that fish and had a couple of other ‘doubles’ through the night. At 7am the following morning, a bream of 16lb 13oz came to the net – that was the last of the activity, but I certainly didn’t mind. With seven bream including three giants over 24 hours, I spent the rest of the day enjoying the spring sunshine and grinning like a Cheshire cat!”

Well done Adam!