Angler catches same giant carp he hooked 14 years ago but this time it's DOUBLE the size

Angler catches same giant carp he hooked 14 years ago but this time it's DOUBLE the size

Source: dailymail

5/20/2013

$Alex Ward$

This huge carp has literally taken the bait again after it was caught by the same angler, 14 years after their first encounter.

Angler Tim Cosens was surprised to see an ‘old friend’ on the end of his fishing reel when he caught the same common carp at Strawberry Fields fishery in Tunbridge Wells, Kent that he had reeled in back in 1999.

Photographed with the impressive 26lbs carp back then, Mr Cosens posed for the same picture with the same fish, now doubled in size - a huge 54lbs 12ozs.

While the keen angler has fished elsewhere since his 1999 catch, he returned to the lake and cast his rod from the same spot, hoping for similar success.

After three hours, he got just that when he felt a nibble. He spent the next 40 minutes reeling in the carp only to discover that the fish had the same distinctive bald patch halfway down one side as his previous catch, 14 years before.

Carp, Common

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