“But in a new swim, the last one I’d try before packing up, my fortunes changed..” Adrian Eves normally leaves his specimen river fishing under the winter months, concentrating on stillwaters during the warmer months however, for the first time in quite a while, he concentrated his efforts on summer… Read more
One of the biggest river perch ever caught in Britain has graced the bank, after 15-year-old George Lovell landed this almighty 5lb 11oz specimen. He was fishing the River Thames at Berkshire and tempted the beast on a three-inch Keitech Easy Shiner Lure, presented on a Texas rig. It’s just… Read more
The mighty flatbed method feeder has accounted for heaps of fish over the years, and whilst its more commonly found on stillwaters, Jack Jacura has demonstrated that it works just as well on a river whilst hunting down barbel as he banked this lovely 17lb 12oz specimen. Jack has been… Read more
James Denison is not shy of a challenge, undertaking a mammoth quest to catch a double figure barbel from 40 different rivers. Here is a little update from the man himself… I’ve fished a fair few rivers this season already, trying to catch doubles off of venues I’ve not managed so… Read more
Lewis Mahoney has been putting the short windows of angling opportunity at his disposal to the best effect on the River Lea, with this 16lb specimen coming just a few weeks after he landed another cracker weighing 15lb 11oz. Both fish were taken on pellet hookbaits, loose feeding a small… Read more
Barbel don’t come much better looking than this long and lean specimen from the River Derwent, landed by local angler Koi Croydon. At 17lb 12oz, it’s the biggest ever reported from the venue, beating the current 17lb 4oz record. Koi, who lives locally, religiously checks the river levels and, noticing… Read more
