The huge fish was landed by specimen Carp angler Scot Crook from Cambridgeshire’s Ferry Lagoon, a water that has been well known for a number of years for its record breaking potential following the capture a British record in bream in 2005 at 19lb 10oz and of a 22lb 9oz bream in 2009 by carp angler Mark McKenna. It is believed that the fish is actually the same bream caught by Mark.
On its latest visit to the bank, the heavyweight specimen was taken with another huge bream weighing 18lb 8oz, enabling the Scot to lay claim to landing the biggest brace of the species in history, even though he wasn’t targeting them at the time.
The two fish are thought to be virtually the only bream in the 200-acre venue, which is located near Holywell in Cambridgeshire and is part of the complex of gravel pits that makes up the Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB reserve.
Most members of the syndicate which operates on Ferry Lagoon target its low stock of very large carp, and indeed the last three captures of record-busting bream have been taken by carp anglers.
Scot’s capture overtakes the previous official best for the species set last year by Simon Lavin of 20lb 2oz from a southern gravel pit.
