A THREE-DAY charity carp event at Linear Fisheries’ Brasenose Lakes at Stanton Harcourt has raised a stagging £13,627.90 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association Charity, with up to £3,000 more to come.

Thirty-four celebrity carp anglers gave up their time to fish with anglers who had made donations to the charity and had been invited to fish alongside them.

Top anglers and journalists John Wilson and Martin Bowler both spent a day with the anglers, while Eastenders star Scott Maslem came along to fish and presented Linear with an Albert Square sign, signed by all the cast, to be auctioned on the Linear website.

A number of good carp were caught, including a fish of 31.2.0.

Len Gurd, of Linear Fisheries, said: “It is unbelievable how much support we have received from the fishing world.

“This was intended to be a one-off event, but I am sure we will now run with it every year.”

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