England trial sees carping duo bank over 2300lb of fish!
The 48hour carp match record has been broken during last weekend’s trials for places in the 2012 Korda Carp Team.

Taking place at Daventry’s Drayton Reservoir, 11 pairs of anglers took to the bank for the 48hour endure trial, but it was the duo of Mark Bartlett and Kev Hewitt that really found the fish – landing no less than 2310lb of carp over the two days.

The huge weight taken by the two anglers formed part of the overall combined total of all 22 anglers, which stood at a mammoth 9418lb from 846 carp, with the biggest specimen of the weekend being a fish of 21lb 2oz.

“We had some of the best carp anglers in the country here and it really showed, the amount of fish coming to the bank was just unreal – I was knackered and I wasn’t even fishing,” Drayton Bailiff Mark Rider told Total Carp. “One of the best things about the weekend though was the level of care each of the fish received from the anglers. Nash provided carp cradles for the event and even though there were so many of them, each fish was looked after perfectly.”

Caught mainly on zigs fished at up to 150yards range Mark and Kev’s haul not only sets a new record but also saw the pair the pair win top the trial, followed by anglers from the two other sections – previous 48hour record holders Andy and Tom Maker with 555lb over the two days and Kia Sanger and Jack Stamp who banked a total of 1099lb of carp.