Although not pleasant to fish in, wet and wild conditions can stir the largest of fish into feeding, as Lee Tebble found when he landed this huge 8lb 4oz chub. Targeting the River Thames, Lee headed out in heavy rain to a tricky stretch, but one where, when you get… Read more

After hearing of an in-form stretch of the Thames close to his home, Chris Fogg decided to pay the area a visit and landed this 7lb 8oz chub. It was the only fish he caught that session, but with it coming on his very first trip to the stretch, he… Read more

Alfie Lane enjoyed a blistering end to the season on the Hampshire Avon where, after landing an 18lb 12oz barbel, he also managed this 8lb chub. The stretch he’s fishing is a popular one, and Alfie was having little success in the more pressured swims. He kept his eye on… Read more

Stephen Gibbons was one of several anglers to get in on the action at the end of the season, employing trotted maggot tactics to land this 7lb 15oz specimen from the Dorset Stour. He told us “I’d fed the swim steadily since 7am and had landed a few chub and… Read more

It’s the second biggest reported this season and was caught from the River Lea at King’s Weir. Finding the stretch in perfect trim for trotting, Dean landed a 6lb 15oz fish early in the day before heading to a swim that had seen little attention from anglers. He told us… Read more

With mild conditions rolling-in for the end of the season, Ashley Holmes spent a few hours after work on the River Kennet, where he landed this superb chub of 7lb 13oz.Targeting the stetch at Burghfield, he started the session using a cheesepaste hookbait, which he cast to overhanging brambles downstream…. Read more