Heyyup Chris and the Sashmeister,
Its an amazing fish made all the more great as a capture because it came to a true Fen all round angler!
There are some cracking Carp kicking around the Fens, I remember one of the real old and bold Fen Zandermen telling me of an immaculate 23lb common he actully caught whilst out Zandering on one of the drains. Every morning for 3 days as he got out of his bivvy to go for a swamp, he saw it swim past. The next morning he was waiting with a lump of floating bread and ambushed it. Apparently it was an absolute cracker, which had most likely never seen a hook!
I prefer to livebait for my Carp, works for me!!! In Nov 99 I landed my biggest ever Carp of 19lbs 4oz on a 2oz Skimmer livebait from the Old Nene! Took a minute or two to get in like....lol