Local carpers Toby Bowers and his dad Maurice were halfway through a 48-hour session on an Oxfordshire stillwater where no fish had been caught from the whole lake in the previous two days.

They were seriously considering a move, but in the end decided to stick it out in a swim they had lightly baited with Richworth KG1, 18mm bottom bait boilies.

Then at 3am in the morning, they were awoken by a take on the left hand rod which resulted in a 35lb mirror known as ‘3 scale’, which is thought to be the biggest fish in the lake.

It was caught on 15lb mainline, 3oz lead and a 6-inch hooklink with a standard knotless knot.

l ANOTHER local angler who has been banking a few carp recently is Andrew Edwards, and on his latest outing, he weighed in a cracking mirror of 35.8.0.

He targeted a silty area about 70 yards out between weed beds and used a Pallatrax Jungle boilie to tempt the carp which put up a good scrap and at one point weeded itself.

Andrew eventually got the upper hand and soon slid the fish into his net.

l AS someone who spent several seasons fishing Queensford Lagoon at Dorchester for the large bream, I have a great deal of respect for anglers who fish for these slabs, as they are very tough to catch.

One such specimen hunter is Gordon Ramsden, from Bradford, who spent four days on an unnamed Oxfordshire pit and landed a top bream of 15.2.0.

He also tempted a couple of tench to 7.5.0, all his fish coming from a gravel area around 55 yards out.

Gordon used a spod to deposit a mixture of pellets, hemp, caster, maggot and sweetcorn and then fished 10lb line to a size 10 hook and a 10mm Richworth Esterberry boilie.

RESULTS Other Results Oakfield: (Wednesday, Swallow, 11 fished) 1 J Rogers (Frenzee GOT Baits) 48.11.8, 2 D Ashby (GOT Oakfield) 35.9.8, 3 P Alland (GOT Oakfield) 31.7.8. Oakfield: (Saturday, Brook, 17 fished) 1 L Ripper (GOT Baits) 56.4.0, 2 P Alland (GOT Baits) 45.3.0, 3 K Worthington (GOT Oakfield) 37.5.0. Match Diary Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday Oakfield: Tel 01296 770899. Panshill: Tel 07740 619991. Tomorrow Super League: Practice open, Kennet and Avon Canal, Bedwyn. Draw 8am. North Oxford: Club match, King’s Bridge. Draw 8am. Yarnton: Club match, Panshill. Draw 9am. Masons: Club match, Stable Lake. Draw 9am. Carp League 2010: Rood Ashdon. Draw 11am. Beehive AC: Club match, Lower Court. Draw 8am.