Coventry’s famous specimen angler Phil Smith playing a big Sturgeon on one of the new E-Sox Piker Bait 12ft Rods. Phil has a set of the new rods for his Winter Pike campaign, but decided to put them through their paces with Sturgeon at a midlands stillwater. Three huge fish… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Stu Hanson’s Pellet Waggler Carp
Thanks to Stu Hanson from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for this photo of a 15lb Mirror Carp landed on a Series 7 Pellet Waggler 11ft rod. Stu has been using the Loaded Pellet Waggler floats, and also recently caught this 12lb Common on the same rod: For full details on the Series… Read more
Michael “Bud” Buchwalder Becomes 2013 Drennan Knock Out Cup Champion
Huge congratulations to Michael “Bud” Buchwalder who was crowned the 2013 Drennan Knock Out Cup Champion Tuesday evening at Docklow Pools in Herefordshire. “I’m ecstatic about being the Drennan Knockout Cup Champion for 2013. I still can’t quite believe I’ve achieved it. It hasn’t sunk in yet and it might… Read more
Matt Tann’s Prettiest Big Barbel
Without doubt one of the prettiest big Barbel we’ve seen this season, and fabulous photography – caught by Portsmouth’s Matthew Tann from an undisclosed river. Matt baitdropped a swim with good old Hemp & Caster and left it a while in peace before creeping in to fish, when the rod… Read more
Matthew Faulkner’s Sussex Specimens
Thank you to Matthew Faulkner from Bognor Regis in West Sussex for sending us some quality pictures of Bream and big Carp caught this Summer. Matthew has been fishing a very weedy local club lakes using Premier Boilies on 15lb Super Specialist Sink Braid hooklinks over spod mix, and his… Read more
Daniele Grassi’s River Oglio (Italy) Barbel
Thanks to Italian angler Daniele Grassi for this fine photo of a Barbel from the River Oglio in the North of Italy. Daniele tells us he caught the fish on feeder fishing tactics with a 20g Carp Feeder loaded with maggots, and maggot hookbait on a size 18 Wide Gape… Read more