Matthew explains:

“After my last session going so well, I was keen to get back down to my winter syndicate. This time around though, I could only do an overnighter and I wanted to make my time count, so after a good look about I soon located the fish. I wasted no time at all getting my gear and finding an area to fish. Luckily, I managed to locate a fishable spot with minimal disturbance and opted to place all three rods on it as it was quite a large area.

“I made the decision to bait quite heavily, again I was using The Krill Active, and for the mix I used 3kg of boilies, combined with lots of sweet corn. This was all soaked in the Cloudy Krill Liquid for extra attraction. Rig wise, I fished three hinges over the top, these all had yellow 16mm Mulbz Pop-Ups on.

“I got everything done just before dark. By this point a good friend of mine had arrived and we sat and had a little social. Not long after we’d had dinner, my middle rod was away! I was a little in shock and couldn’t believe that it had happened so quick.

“On picking up the rod, the fish felt big and gave me a good hard fight. After a 15-minute battle and with help from my good friend, we managed to get him in the net. I was shocked at the size of the fish as this particular lake isn’t famous for its big commons.

“So, as you can imagine, I was pretty made up when he tipped the scales round too 30lb 4oz, and I believe this is the second biggest common in the lake, so it’s another one ticked off the list and my 3rd 30-pounder in 3 nights on the water. The rest of the night was quiet but come first light, I had another bite which turned out to be a small common of around 17lbs, this capped off another very productive trip.”