Anyone that’s targeted big bream knows that catching one can be a test of patience, and that’s exactly what Stephen Gibbons endured in the run up to catching this 17lb 3oz specimen. The Norfolk angler has spent the last 18 months fishing a low stock Nottinghamshire gravel pit, where there… Read more

On a trip to a large southern pit, Leicester angler Lee Snow landed his fifth different bream over 17lb when he slipped this specimen of 17lb 3oz into the net. He targeted the side of a bar 90 yards out where he found a silty area in 15ft of water…. Read more

A swim move paid off in style for former Drennan Cup champion Lee McManus, with five bream coming to the net capped by specimens of 18lb 1oz and 17lb 8oz. He was fishing a midlands pit where he’s had a good run of results since early March, landing 11 fish… Read more

Big bream are notoriously one of the very hardest fish to catch, but Alfie Snow has a fantastic record with the species, and got off to a great start to the season, landing this fish of 18lb 11oz. Impressively, it’s the 15-year-olds 11th double-figure bream, and was caught from an… Read more

Leicester angler Lee McManus has continued his blistering start to the season with this 17lb 6oz bream. He had the fish from a weedy midlands stillwater and noted it’s huge frame, however as it was a female, it was well down in weight after spawning. A corn and caster hookbait… Read more

Whilst fishing a large and challenging southern venue that produces small numbers of big bream, former Drennan Cup champion Tony Gibson discovered an interesting plateau. This area is predominantly 11ft deep, with its leading edge stretching out for more than 100 yards, whilst its closest edge rose up to 7ft… Read more