The River Trent’s seemingly endless stream of huge barbel continues this week with the capture of this superb 16lb 10oz specimen. A home-made boilie was a winner for barbel fishing fanatic Andy Oxley, from Rotherham, when he fished a lower tidal reach of the ever-popular waterway. It was a single… Read more
The first round of the Angling Trust Oxford Winter League was fished by 6 teams of 8 on the Thames at Child Beale. The River Thames is still very clear with little flow but despite that, it produced some good weights and a very tight finish on the team front. 1st:… Read more
Ian Taylor and Andy Bailey tied on points after 5 days in the Drennan Autumn Festival at Messingham Sands. After adding up the weights, both anglers were still very close, each having caught over 500lbs of fish during the course of the week. The £1,200 first prize went to Ian… Read more
Steve Hemingray recently took a visit to Docklow Pools near Hereford to fish for some of the venues silverfish stocks on Mickey Mouse lake. Steve opted to fish on peg 8 which had a lovely overhanging willow tree to his left where he hoped to pick up a few barbel/chub, and a set… Read more
James Sarkar had the dream start to his 2017 zander fishing campaign when he landed a brace of river predators totalling 28lb 12oz. The fish weighed 15lb 8oz and 13lb 4oz were taken by the Worcester-based specialist when he targeted a stretch of the River Severn. Simple running rigs with… Read more
Moving onto the River Severn and 73-year-old, George Hinds also set a new personal best when he slipped the net under a 15lb 2oz fish. The Eastbourne, Sussex-based angler beat his previous best that stood at 14lb 10oz.
