What unfolded totally blew that dream out of the water, as he landed six crucians, the biggest of which was this 4lb 3oz fish, backed up by others of 3lb 14oz, 3lb 11oz, 3lb 8oz, 3lb 1oz, and 2lb.

Dave targeted spots that are normally overlooked and tried a few slightly unusual rigs for the species. On one of his three rods, Dave deployed the popular Method feeder, but his other two were rigged with scaled down carp tackle, incorporating small lead clips, tubing 1.5oz leads and three-inch coated braid hooklinks. It was to one of the latter rigs that his four-pounder fell.

His hookbaits on these were an 8mm wafter on one and a single grain of maize on the other. Both were finished off with a small mesh PVA stick and were fished over a ‘Jaffa’ of groundbait and 20 grains of corn, which he introduced each cast.

Well done Dave!