Specialist angler Paul Elt has had a lot of success with tench this year using scaled down carp tactics. On his last session Paul located a large gravel hump at 40 yards and fished at the bottom of the slope where he felt the natural food would gather. “The tench on this… Read more
Top big fish angler Martin Bowler has caught a colossal 59lb carp from an undisclosed UK venue. The star of Catching The Impossible has already set the carp world talking, as it’s an unknown fish from a secret water. You can check out the amazing full story in this week’s Angling Times.
Simon ‘Busta’ Aston had a trip to remember at Linear Fisheries after banking 36 tench to over 9lb. Here’s his account of a red-letter session. After a session or two catching a few bream I thought timing and weather was perfect to embark on my first tench session of the season… Read more
Hans Moolenaar banked nine bream up to 6kg during a recent session on a Dutch stillwater. “I have been chasing big bream, and this weekend some of these ladies came to the net!” the Dutch specialist angler informed us. “In all I had nine bream, only one a little bit short of 4kg, three between 4kg and… Read more
A huge congratulations to Iain McDonald who has been voted the 2016/17 Drennan Cup winner! With five weekly Drennan Cup Awards under his belt, Iain’s dreams came true as he took a comfortable win with 53 points separating himself and second place. He said: “The fact that my name will be mentioned in… Read more
Stu Lennox demonstrates how to target one of the nation’s favourite species with a Method Feeder approach. For me, spring is synonymous with tench fishing and catching tench is synonymous with a nice, big weedy pit. One such place is the beautiful Napton Reservoir in Warwickshire. This lovely 17-acre pit is now run… Read more
