Norfolk based angler Stephen Gibbons has continued his spectacular run of form from last season with a brace of tench, weighing 11lb 13oz and 11lb 3oz. They were caught from a water in Kent, where Stephen targeted a spot 40 yards out to the right of a shallow bar, where… Read more
Kayak fishing is rapidly rising in popularity, with Mark Radcliffe showing just how effective the approach can be with this 34lb 14oz pike. He’s a member of the England Kayak Team and had spent the morning on a large reservoir, catching several fish to just under 15lb on lure tactics…. Read more
Most anglers opt for the Method feeder approach for specimen crucian carp these days, but the float can still produce big fish, as Martyn Skoyles showed with this superb 4lb 2oz specimen. He caught the fish from Cherry Lakes in the Cotswolds, from where he’d seen pictures of a few… Read more
Matthew Clayton got off to a flying start on a recent tench session where he landing this stunning 11lb 15oz specimen. Targeting a midlands pit, Matthew found a slight plateau at around 80 yards with a light bed of weed so opted for a worm kebab rig with scalded pellets… Read more
Tench are famed for being a morning-feeding fish, and James Crosby showed exactly why when he had no fewer than 16 takes, capped by this specimen of 11lb 1oz. James, who caught the current British Record barbel last winter, was fishing a Kent stillwater where he targeted the near… Read more
Simon Hollinshead decided to take a feeder rod down to a Cambridgeshire pit that he’d fished for pike over the winter, to see what else was in there. To his surprise, he caught several nice rudd to just under the 2lb mark, and having never caught a two-pounder, decided to… Read more
