“I still had around 10 minutes of my lunchbreak left so decided to make one final cast” Quick-hit sessions are one of the highlights of summer fishing, but the catch Sam Everist made in his lunch hour would be hard to beat in a whole season of trying! Targeting a… Read more
“One night, whilst scoping out the margins, I spotted it beneath a large, fallen tree close to the lake’s entrance..” Putting in the hours, finding the single large chub that his local water holds and finding its comfort spots certainly paid off for Oliver Taylor as he banked the lakes… Read more
It took just 2 bites after first light for Pete Cranstoun to produce this lovely brace of chub weighing in at 7lb 10oz and 7lb 15oz. He told us “I was fishing upstream to a prebaited spot behind a fallen tree on a southern river using using link-legered caster hookbaits,… Read more
After work success for Scott Smith! After finishing work early, fireplace installer Scott Smith headed down to his local River Thames in search of a chub or two. Whilst he only caught the one fish, it turned out to be a good one, in the shape of this 8lb beast…. Read more
“The rod buckled to the max, and the drag was cranked right up..” This 8lb 6oz brute of a chub tops the haul of a lifetime for Simon Baker which included two 7lb chub! The southern specimen angler was fishing Hertfordshire’s River Lea when he landed fish of 8lb 6oz,… Read more
5 minutes in the right spot was all that was needed for Nathan Buckingham as he landed himself a new personal best in the shape in this lovely 8lb chub.. He told us “After finishing work, I headed down to Kings Weir for a few hours fishing and just five… Read more
