“River record and the fish of Blu’s lifetime” This huge 17lb 14oz barbel from the Warwickshire Avon has well and truly blown the river record out the water. It was landed by Birmingham angler, Blu Bradley, who found the river slowly running off after recent floods. The weather was mild,… Read more
“An exciting battle in the dark followed, and once in the net Darren, was ecstatic with the new PB” Northern chub don’t get much bigger than this 7lb 4oz beast landed by Yorkshire angler, Darren Starkey. Targeting a river in his home county, he’s been after an elusive ‘seven’ for… Read more
“It felt like a small pike and was cursing his luck when a huge mouth and spiky dorsal broke surface” A trip to his local river paid off in fine style for Loughborough angler Leo Heathcote, who landed a sensational pair of perch, going 4lb 14oz and 4lb 13oz. After… Read more
“I hit into what I thought was a small chub that snagged me solid” Lifelong angler Phil White recently landed one of the biggest ever braces of barbel from the Hampshire Avon, banking this 16lb 9oz fish alongside one of 15lb 7oz. It’s fair to say that the banks were… Read more
“Two ‘thirties’ in less than an hour” Following on from the capture of an immense 37lb pike before Christmas, Stockton-on-Tees angler Eric Robinson has been out again, landing this impressive specimen bringing the scales round to 33lb along with a recapture of his 37lb croc, this time coming in 1lb… Read more
“The greatest brace of roach in coarse angling history” Without doubt, the greatest brace of roach in coarse angling history has been taken by Kent angler Dan Woolcott, who landed fish weighing a staggering 4lb 2oz and 3lb 14oz in one remarkable session. They were caught from a rock-hard, super… Read more
