Unfortunately I didn't weigh it on its own but I weighed it with another fish in the weigh net of about 10lbs and together they weighed 37lb!

Elastic is Maver Dual Core hollow 12-15. The line was 0.20mm (about 8lb) and the hook was an eyed Maver CS25 size 16 with a hair rig bait band :)

the other day i got one 21lb on , 2.2mm hollow elastic 0.18mm line / 12 carp hook / 5.5m carp pole by C-Drome

Wouldn’t use 24 elastic unless i was fishing for a whale, even 19 is abit too strong sometimes, 17 maybe would of been alright tho

Jonathan Bowey it's the Maver Signature 800 pole. Really strong bit of kit

Great thanks for the reply!

I Fished on one today i was pushing my luck with the ones i was catching

MetalScope yeah you can really feel the pressure when you have a decent fish on the pole, I’m strictly on rod for the carp now they just fight too hard I know it can be done but it’s too risky

i agree ive been catching doubles on a shamano margin pole only cosst me £55 it has no puller for the eleastic lmao... its a 4 peice talk about dumb asses haha. Going to upgrade soon hopefully so i dont have to fight as much took me 25 mins the other day of rigourous running about the bank trying to back off 6m from the peg to bring the fish close to the net for my brother Its a right ballache

MetalScope haha mate you got me in stitches that was like me when I got snapped I was so scared that the band was going to break that I wasn’t even fighting it in the end literally just heading off in the direction the fish was pulling me!😂 everyone else must of thought I looked a right dweeb, your right to upgrade man it just saves the hassle although tbf at least you landed yours! You can get some fairly hefty elastics if your committed on sticking to the pole, I know guys who bag 20’s on them in the margin I was just put off for life lol bastard fish

lmfao yeah i love the pole you dont get a good fight on the rod in my opinion good luck to you bro nice meeting you :) shout out from manchester

I didn't give an explanation of why I no longer fish matches. I've caught 4 carp over 20lb and dozens up to 20lb on the pole since that post. My last double figure carp was landed on light tackle whilst silver fish fishing 3 weeks ago . I stopped enjoying matches.