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
Mark Doherty bagged an estimated 100lb of bream and tench last week from a local stillwater using Method Feeder tactics. The Swindon-based angler was fishing at Moulden Hill in Wiltshire and his 21 fish included 11 bream to over 8lb and 10 tench, including several over 6lb. Mark’s successful feeder setup consisted of a Matchpro Medium Combo… Read more
Simon Ashton defied the odds after landing two of only three known specimen bream from Manor Lake on the Linear Fisheries complex. This great brace consisting of 14lb and 13lb 7oz fish was landed within minutes of each other at the Oxfordshire venue. Both came at dawn after Simon spotted a fish roll and… Read more
All-round specialist angler Simon Ashton set his sights on landing a double figure bream from a new venue this Spring and succeeded on his very first session! Here is Simon’s account of the trip: One of my angling resolutions for 2017 was to target some specimen bream with the hope… Read more
Stu Lennox took a break from specimen carp hunting to spend a productive afternoon after bream and skimmers. Fishing alongside match ace Dean Barlow, the pair decided to target Newland Angling Club‘s Bents Pool in Oxfordshire. Arriving just before lunchtime, Stu was soon catching lots of small hybrids and roach… Read more
Michael Woods from Norfolk and his brother Kieran had a memorable night’s feeder fishing on the River Yare, catching an estimated 200lb of bream to 9lb. Here’s his account of a red letter day: Following Storm Doris I heard the local rivers were high with surge non-salt tides pushing through colour on both the Yare and… Read more
