A five-year campaign to catch one of the UK’s biggest pike finally ended in success for Chris Darke when he slipped the net under a 41lb 12oz specimen. The giant predator was taken on a free-lined, dead ide hookbait from renowned Northern pike fishing venue, Wykeham Lakes in North Yorkshire…. Read more
Not deterred by rumours that all the big barbel had been predated in the stretch, the London based angler Kenny Massey went on to land this impressive 15lb 9oz fish. Kenny visited a private stretch of the Oxfordshire waterway where he pre-baited several likely looking spots with broken boilies. After arriving… Read more
16lb 10oz River Trent zander sets new personal best for Craig Woodhouse. “This fish is quite literally the fish of my dreams and beats my old personal best zander of 14lb 4oz set over 12 years ago. I caught the largest of my two zander that trip just after 1… Read more
Luke Mayher caught this two impressive perch weighing 4lb 8oz and 2lb 8oz on live baits whilst fishing a gravel pit in Kent during his first trip of the season.
Martyn Cattermole banked his 8th pike over the 30lb barrier when he slipped the net under this 36lb 8oz personal best. He backed it up with a specimen of 24lb 12oz when he fished the prolific Chew Valley Reservoir near Bristol. The 58-year-old from Bristol fooled his predators with small… Read more
Three red maggots were the key to the capture of a record-breaking barbel caught from the River Itchen. The huge fish weighed 16lb 10oz and smashes the current river best by 2lb 2oz after 68-year-old, Terry Lathwell targeted a stretch of the lower river. It also sets a new personal… Read more
