Chunk Of Change!

Tactical change yields stives beast for luke stevenson

- Paul Monkman

The simple tactical change of switching over from a pop-up to a bottom bait was enough to bring Luke Stevenson’s campaign on St Ives Shallow Pit to a euphoric end with the capture of the lake’s colossal mirror Colin at 51¼lb (above).

The 34-year-old automatic door fitter from Colchester, Essex, had been going about his business quietly on the challenging Cambridgeshire syndicate, tripping up many of the lake’s larger residents. After bagging the Sheffield Linear, the only A-Team fish other than Colin to have evaded him, a few weeks ago, he knew he was close. Then on the second morning of his latest two-day session Luke received the bite he’d been waiting for when his bottom bait was snaffled by the Shallow Pit’s largest inhabitant.

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