Just a week after catching a personal best 7lb chub from the Tidal River Trent, Macclesfield-based angler Ian Potts returned to slip his net under an even bigger one weighing 7lb 6oz. Ian targeted a gravel run ¾ of the way across the river next to a sunken boat, with… Read more
“After a tense 25-minute fight the barbel surfaced..” Around a week before the river season started James Helder baited under a bridge on a local stretch of a southern river with a mixture of pellets, luncheon meat cubes and various other baits from previous trips. James told us “On June… Read more
” I knew straight away that this rudd was a good’un..” Tim Debrowa only lives ten minutes away from a Fenland river so made it his mission this season to fish it hard and see if he could catch another 3lb rudd, well he’s happy to say he has finally achieved… Read more
Quite a few anglers go fishing for personal achievements and every year they set out a self target. This year is no different and Alfie Naylor set himself a challenge to catch a 2lb roach from the Trent which he thought that personally, it was a difficult challenge to meet…. Read more
“The action continued during the night resulting in a further seven double figure bream“ Some people would love to land one or two double figure bream during a session, but Joe Royffe couldn’t really plan for what was going to unfold on a recent bream session. Joe explains – “With… Read more
“My bite alarm sounded and I finally bent into a proper one..” Daniel Woolcott’s eel campaign on a southern gravel pit this summer had been tough going as after 17 overnight sessions he’d only managed to catch a few smaller fish to 3lb. Daniel told us “I had an eighteenth… Read more
