The one that didn’t get away! Paul Bailey had been fishing his local Aire & Calder Canal and was guiding a lovely 2lb perch to the net when he noticed a much larger perch following it in. After seeing the substantially bigger fish, he couldn’t get the fish out of… Read more
It was great to see so many new faces during the 22/23 season, the votes have been counted and we can finally reveal that the winner is……….. Lee McManus! Lee finished the season with 5 weekly awards, the highest number awarded to a single angler this season. He started quite… Read more
Having spent hundreds of hours on the River Trent, it’s definitely paid off in style for Nottinghamshire angler, Ian Wilson, who’s just landed this 20lb 8oz zander – the fish of his dreams. It’s less than a pound off James Benfield’s 21lb 5oz British Record and fell to half a… Read more
Gary Newman is no stranger to big fish, with many big specimens to his name along with various trips abroad in search of some true monsters, however sometimes, places a little closer to home can throw up a few surprises as he found out towards the back end of the… Read more
Having smashed his barbel PB with a 16lb 14oz fish recently, Darren Clarke didn’t think his season could get any better until he landed this 17lb 10oz fish on a short session. He was fishing the Tidal Trent in cold conditions, with the moon shining so bright and high that… Read more
Julian Barnes certainly made the most of his final days of his river season on the Tidal Trent, where he targeted multiple stretches and caught both barbel and ide alongside this stunning 18lb 9oz zander. The British Record crucian holder had been after a big zander all winter, and his… Read more
