This season, the Great Ouse has gone up and down so many times Vito has lost count, but he recently managed two catches, just a few days apart. He told us “The first was from a stretch that some anglers wonder why I bother with, where I’m drawn to a… Read more

When Iain Mitchell set out to catch his first chub, any decent fish would have left him going home a happy man. So, you can imagine his shock when he landed this fish of 7lb 8oz as his very first of the species! The trip was his first on a… Read more

It’s been a slow winter for chub anglers so far, with our mixed conditions making things tricky on many rivers. However, Steve Fenton managed to get out on the Lee Navigation lately – a canalised stretch of the River Lea – and landed this specimen of 7lb 12oz. The fish… Read more

Having found the barbel fishing to be patchy on the Dorset Stour this year, local angler Mark Stocker instead turned his attention to the river’s chub, and has enjoyed a good season, capped by this recent 7lb 12oz specimen. It was caught during a short evening session from a swim… Read more

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