When it comes to barbel an 18lb fish is the holy grail, so you can imagine Robert Bown’s reaction when he landed this immense 18lb 9oz fish. After making the effort to fish a spot on the Trent further than his usual haunt, Robert was rewarded with the fish of… Read more
Simon Baker’s decision to sit in the dark for over an hour to pre-bait his swim with maggots worked an absolute treat, as he latched into this sublime 7lb 9oz chub just 20 minutes into fishing! It proved to be the 30-year-old’s third 7lb-plus chub of the season, with a… Read more
“IT was like a breeze block across the back and had pectoral fins as big as my hands!” – so said James Ufton who’s just landed the largest River Trent barbel of the season at 18lb 10oz. Like most anglers the Staffordshire-based barbel expert had his wife to thank for… Read more
MATCH angler Clive Samuell couldn’t stop swearing when he first set eyes on the roach he’d spent his whole life trying to catch. On the scales the 48-year-old’s new personal best registered 3lb 4oz and was banked when he and a friend decided to have a break from match angling… Read more
SIXTY-one- year-old Jeremy Weitz was left stunned when fishing a Southern chalk stream he encountered the biggest dace he has ever seen – a superb 1lb 3oz specimen. The Bournemouth rod described the fish as ‘truly massive’ as he measured it in at a staggering 14-inches long and was thinking… Read more
PEARL-coloured lures fished under a bright full moon is a deadly partnership for huge zander according to Tom Watts, who hooked into this 15lb giant during his latest session. It was the largest of five zeds for the Doncaster-based angler, who lure fished deep areas of both the tidal and… Read more
