An overnight trip on a local canal proved fruitful for Nick Duffy after this 5lb 4oz eel devoured his four-lobworm hookbait. The 47-year-old, who is also the social officer for the National Anguilla Club, had previously caught eels to 4lb from this particular stretch of canal but felt it could… Read more
A string of specimen bream catches topped by an 18lb monster proves that there’s no better time than now to smash your personal best. With the onset of cooler weather the nation’s slabs have gone on a feeding frenzy and as a result, some truly impressive catches are now being… Read more
The largest of the five barbel reported fell to Dan Gale in the form of this stunning 16lb 9oz beauty. The Hampshire-based specimen hunter, who received a weekly Drennan Cup award for a 3lb 8oz rudd in the previous issue of Angling Times, continued his incredible run of form when… Read more
The River Thames is becoming increasingly more popular with barbel anglers but it’s easy to see why when it produces crackers like this 16lb 5oz example. It was banked by Roman Sivak who used a ground-baiting approach before fishing to draw in his intended quarry. He told Angling Times: “I… Read more
Despite the recent cloudier and cooler conditions, it is still possible to catch the iconic surface feeding summer species, the rudd, as proven by Dan Gale when he caught this 3lb 8oz specimen. Dan caught the beautiful golden flanked fish from a Lincolnshire Stillwater, where himself and a friend fished… Read more
Adam Hughes moved his boat to a deep spot on the River Thames he had noticed on the echo sounder and was quickly rewarded with this clonking barbel weighing 15lb 8oz. Adam told Angling Times: “I have been targeting carp since June the 16th but decided to have a change… Read more