During a Kayak fishing event Richard Archer tempted this phenomenal 36lb pike on lure tactics from the margins of a midlands reservoir. He was fishing a 12cm soft plastic shad and, after a few hours with little to show for his efforts, felt a huge thump down the rod. Immediately… Read more
In an era where many anglers follow tactical trends, it’s great to see that doing something slightly different can still produce the goods, as Gary Newman proved when he caught this stunning 12lb 3oz tench. The Buckinghamshire angler banked the superb spring tinca alongside other heavyweight specimens scaling 10lb 5oz… Read more
Milton Keynes specimen ace James Champkin has continued his fine run of form from last season with this superb 15lb 13oz bream. He had it, alongside three others, over two trips on a Colne Valley gravel pit, where he fished a spicy shrimp and prawn boilie tipped with plastic corn… Read more
Cambridgeshire is without doubt one of Britain’s true rudd hotspots, as Steve Cowley proved with this 3lb 8oz stunner from a stillwater in the region. Steve, who used to favour more of a match fishing approach, has gone down the specimen route lately, and used a method feeder with a… Read more
Over recent seasons, the fly has accounted for many large pike, with Carl Hill being one pf the latest anglers to use the tactic to devastating effect. He banked this 36lb fish from a midlands reservoir on a Dragontail Bulkhead pattern which he fished ‘fast’ in the hope of tempting… Read more
After his recent success in which saw Dave Robinson bank a brace of 5lb perch, he quickly turned his thoughts to a big bar of gold in the shape of a specimen rudd. He wasn’t left disappointed as he banked this stunning brace of 3lb 4oz stillwater specimens. He told… Read more
