“My centre pin burst into life!!” Mark Woodage recently headed over to a stretch of the iconic Hampshire Avon with his very good friend Martin Taylor in search of barbel and was rewarded for his efforts with this lovely 17lb 11oz specimen. He told us “It was a miserable day,… Read more
“I used two rods – one with legered king prawn” Paul Bailey recently went on a short, early morning session on a local canal where he managed this lovely 4lb 12oz perch. He told us “I was in two minds whether or not to give it a miss and return… Read more
Picking it up he could instantly tell that he was into something heavy A swim move paid off in fine style for Norfolk angler, Joe Coleman, who has just landed this phenomenal 4lb 7oz crucian, a fish that not so long ago would’ve rocked the British Record. Targeting a southern… Read more
A ‘leviathan’ in the dark! Arriving at a big pit in his home county of Hampshire, Matt Fernandez, spotted several bream rolling on the back of the wind. With nobody fishing that area, he quickly barrowed his kit round and found a spot big enough to fish two rods on…. Read more
“On just his second cast the line tightened, and all hell broke loose” You’d probably struggle to find a finer example of a perch than this 4lb 11oz beast landed by Berkshire lure fishing fanatic, Adam Jones. Staying in a hotel whilst heading north on a work trip, Adam decided… Read more
“The fish of a lifetime” Barbel are a fish that’s always interested Chelmsford angler, Jon Hall, and on only his third trip for them, he landed this 17lb 8oz fish from the River Lea. Using his watercraft skills, Jon walked the stretch and fed a few pellets in swims he… Read more
