The spring proved to be a great start for many of the nation’s crucian anglers, with Mike Lyddon one of the anglers to get in on the action with fish of 4lb 5oz and 4lb 3oz, plus a hat-trick of three-pounders.
Fishing at Sutton Lake, Shropshire, Mike targeted a small clean gravel area beneath an overhanging marginal tree, and carefully positioned his flatbed Method feeder with a baiting pole alongside a small scattering of groundbait and red corn. Using a size 14 Gardner Target hook and an 8mm Strawberry wafter, his biggest fish came at dusk on his first day.
The following morning, the 4lb 3oz specimen slipped up, and later that day, Mike managed another pair of fish at weight of 3lb 6oz and 3lb 4oz.
All went quiet then, but the following day, Mike tempted fish of 3lb 3oz and 2lb15oz from a small silty trough, 30 yards out. Amazingly, this session brings his total of 3lb crucians to 378, with 13 of them topping the 4lb mark.
Well done Mike!