“I was stunned, The fish looked huge, and turned out to be the new British Record crucian” New British Record crucian, weighing a staggering 4lb 14oz set the angling world alight earlier this season, after being landed by southern specialist angler, Julian Barnes.   It tops a crazy few years for… Read more

Potential British record crucian banked!! Lots of anglers quite often change their focus towards pike, perch or even chub during the colder months but not Matthew Wright, who only ever fishes for tench and crucians and has previously banked big crucians in temps as low as -3. Matthew told us… Read more

“20 minutes after slipping the crucian back another bite resulted in an old warrior”.. Richard Bedder joined a new southern still water this year but due to restrictions and work commitments, he hadn’t been able to get down as often as he had liked. He finally managed to make the… Read more

Joe Coleman has certainly put in the miles recently with a 3 hour drive each way in search of some specimen crucians and was rewarded in style with this new personal best 4lb 3oz beauty. Joe told us “I set off from home at 2am for the 3 hour drive… Read more

After a successful trip a few weeks ago, specimen-ace Julian Barnes returned to Surrey’s famous Johnsons Lake to target its monster crucians. Julian told us “After a quiet first day with northerly winds and dropping temperatures, I saw three fish roll through the mist of first light the next morning…. Read more

“The hours’ drive home was a happy one indeed.” Matthew Fernandez arrived at a southern venue only to discover it was very busy with carp anglers. He didn’t let this dampen his spirits which proved to pay off massively on a recent crucian session. Matthew told us “when I arrived… Read more