Casting a lobworm hookbait into a marginal swim where fry were being chased proved to be a clever move for Darryn Stolworthy after it was devoured by this chunky 4lb 4oz perch. The Angling Direct-backed specimen hunter was fishing a southern gravel pit for bream when he noticed splashes in… Read more
Conditions for catching specimen barbel couldn’t be better as a host of huge catches from rivers all over the country prove this week. The largest came in the form of this stunning 16lb 5oz River Trent beauty which set a new personal best for its captor, 83-year-old Mervyn Wilkinson. The… Read more
Millington’s Tackle in Chorley has recently held a fantastic charity fishing day at Whitmore Fisheries in Lancashire to raise money for BBC’s Children in Need. Two anglers were fortunate enough to win the auction, with a day’s fishing with England stars Alan Scotthorne and Stuart Conroy being the prize. After chatting over breakfast… Read more
This year’s Thames Festival was a sell-out, 78 anglers booked on to fish the three day festival on the River Thames at Abingdon, Culham and Appleford. The match was fished in mainly bright sunny conditions with a clear and barely moving river but the fish fed throughout which provided a very… Read more
Martin Abonyi also fished the float to target large roach, which resulted in the capture of an immaculate 2lb 4oz roach from a tiny northern river. He said: “I spotted a group of big roach under some tree branches, but unfortunately I had a few chub straight away that I… Read more
An overnight trip on a local canal proved fruitful for Nick Duffy after this 5lb 4oz eel devoured his four-lobworm hookbait. The 47-year-old, who is also the social officer for the National Anguilla Club, had previously caught eels to 4lb from this particular stretch of canal but felt it could… Read more
