Stewart Barnes had a sensational session, where he landed a 7lb 6oz chub alongside a 10lb 1oz barbel. Targeting a gravelly spot behind streamer weed on the River Great Ouse above Bedford, Stewart legered two 10mm boilies wrapped in paste alongside just four boilies fed in a PVA bag to… Read more
After landing two nice perch Frank Partington was ‘over the moon’ when he realised he was connected to this stunning 2lb 10oz roach. The fish was caught from a Leigh and District AA water, and is a new personal best for Frank, who fished a groundbait feeder with a bunch… Read more
A change in target species paid off handsomely for Brett Longthorne when on a recent session he landed this monster personal best bream of 15lb 6oz. Brett was fishing a large North West Stillwater for carp when after seeing bream fizzing and rolling he decided to change his approach and… Read more
Casting a lobworm hookbait into a marginal swim where fry were being chased proved to be a clever move for Darryn Stolworthy after it was devoured by this chunky 4lb 4oz perch. The Angling Direct-backed specimen hunter was fishing a southern gravel pit for bream when he noticed splashes in… Read more
Conditions for catching specimen barbel couldn’t be better as a host of huge catches from rivers all over the country prove this week. The largest came in the form of this stunning 16lb 5oz River Trent beauty which set a new personal best for its captor, 83-year-old Mervyn Wilkinson. The… Read more
Martin Abonyi also fished the float to target large roach, which resulted in the capture of an immaculate 2lb 4oz roach from a tiny northern river. He said: “I spotted a group of big roach under some tree branches, but unfortunately I had a few chub straight away that I… Read more