h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

29th/30th June 2008

Decided to have a go at Estuary carp again and as I had to do night shifts the next day and I had also recently made a nav/anchor light for my kayak , I decided to night fish . I got down to Aylesford at 2215 hrs , aproximatly high water . The new light worked fine and I paddled quietly down the river past the pubs , houses and factories until I reached Snodland . I fished were a small stream entered the river . I had not had any takes by dawn but at about 0600 one of my rods roared off and after a spirited fight I landed a mirror carp .
I had no scales with me , but would estimate its weight at about 15 lb . It was a bit of an ugly snub nosed brut but it looked beautifull to me . I was very pleased to catch this fish as I was fishing independantly and as nobody else fishes there , information on where and how to catch estuary carp is hard to come by . I think I can justifiably say that it was almost entirely my own work and not just doing what everybody else does that caught me this fish .