It follows shorty on from his capture of a 17lb 3oz fish, not to mention the 18lb 11oz slab landed by his 15-year-old son, Alfie, a few weeks ago. Lee’s targeting a rock-hard 90-acre pit, where the fish are very hard to locate. The nineteen-pounder came on the only bite of his session and fell to an artificial corn and caster hookbait fished 90 yards out down a slope behind a bar. Minimal feeding is key to Lee’s approach, as he’s found that for really big fish, just a handful of mixed feed, including hemp, corn and casters, is enough to buy a bite.

Well done Lee!