Donny Uprichard, RA111 Treasurer smashes P.B.
In his own words...
"I was really giving it some, but I couldn't budge the fish. I thought it had snagged the anchor rope. But it then tore off in the opposite direction.
I was then screaming at Jnr to get the net sorted & ready. Eventually I managed to get it to the surface, and straight into the net. I knew it was a definate twenty. It was unhooked in the net - 1 treble in the outside of the scissors (very lucky!). It was only when I lifted it out of the water, and onto the unhooking mat, that I knew that it was a special fish. The scales swung round to 28-8, and I just stood there in a stunned silence. I couldn't believe it. I had just shattered my P.B. The Girth of the fish was incredible. A few shots and she was returned - A slow wag of her tail, and she was gone. I just sat in the boat for the next hour, without fishing - taking it all in"
