Young Ollie Jenkinson, aged 14, from Bedfordshire has been enjoying some amazing success on his local rivers this summer – with a succession of quality Barbel and Chub! Using stealth and patience, Ollie was able to sight fish and get some fish feeding in the clear water at close range. … Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Alan Scotthorne: Fish O Mania International at Cudmore
I sit down to write this piece still in shock that we won this competition. To say the nerves were jangling is an understatement! With less than two hours of the match remaining William Raison and I were trailing the front runners Scotland, a pair made up of Jamie Masson… Read more
Stew’s Pristine Oxfordshire Tench
Drennan’s Stewart Moss has given us some more pictures of some of his splendid pristine big Tench from this Spring on an Oxfordshire gravel pit – these fish shown all being over 9lb! After catching an 11lb 3oz specimen back in June, a few subsequent trips yielded a succession of… Read more
Neil Maidment’s Fine Loddon Barbel Session
Thanks to Neil Maidment for these photos of big River Lodden Barbel caught recently from a tricky, narrow and weedy stretch of the river. A session at the end of June first produced a 7lb fish late into the evening, so Neil really put the effort in and stayed on,… Read more
Phil Smith’s Awesome 12lb 1oz Tench!
Coventry’s much respected specimen angler Phil Smith has caught one of the very biggest Tench of 2013 with this 12lb 1oz monster! Phil has been fishing a really difficult, large gravel pit where just getting a bite is difficult – but the rewards are potentially high – as illustrated when… Read more
Adam Perna’s Personal Best Bream
Thank you to Buckinghamshire’s Adam Perna for sending us this super picture of his recent new Personal Best Bream, which he caught on one of our hooks! Adam won a Drennan award in Angling Times recently for the huge 15lb 1oz fish – which was just reward for a dedicated… Read more