After enduring a spell of lost fish on the float, Keith Woods knew something had to change and, after making a few tweaks to his set-up, was rewarded with this 7lb 12oz chub. He’s been fishing the River Lea at Kings Weir but had ‘bumped’ lots of fish this season…. Read more

This winter, George Webster has been obsessed with the chub on his local River Slea. It’s a tiny waterway in the east midlands that holds a shoal of good fish, which he can often see in summer. However.. .. come winter, locating them becomes an immense challenge, but it’s one… Read more

After receiving a new 9ft float rod for Christmas, Connor Sweeney ventured out to test the rod on his local River Wey, where he trotted maggots to catch this superb chub of 7lb 7oz.It’s a huge fish for any river but is a particularly rare specimen on the diminutive Wey…. Read more

When we think of big chub rivers, it’s the waterways of southern rivers that dominate catches. However, there are some very large fish residing in East Anglia, too, as Harvey Jackson showed.. ..with this 7lb 5oz specimen landed from a river in Suffolk. It’s a huge fish for the region… Read more

During a short evening session on a North Yorkshire river, John Power started his chub campaign in style with this superb fish of 7lb 2oz. It’s a huge fish, especially for the region, and was caught on a homemade paste hookbait wrapped around a small, trimmed down wafter. John fished… Read more

Having seen that his local Dorset Stour was starting to drop after floods, Alfie Lane had a feeling the fish would be on the feed and was proven right with this 7lb 15oz chub. He targeted some slack water by overhanging trees and soon after making his first cast had… Read more