Surrey angler Duncan Hayward has enjoyed a fish-filled season that ended on a high after slipping the net under this 1lb 1oz dace. It was caught from a Thames tributary on a maggot hookbait presented below an open-ended feeder. He’d been pestered by tiny roach before receiving a more positive… Read more
After enduring a difficult winter, Steve Wilkinson’s persistence paid off in spectacular style with this 8lb 9oz chub. It was taken from the River Kennet on a piece of link legered bread flake, fished alongside liquidised feed. He found the river running up and coloured so baited a few likely… Read more
Typically, perch are targeted by features, be it an overhanging tree or a bridge. But Steve Frost tempted this 4lb 8oz beast from an open water swim on the River Wharfe. He was targeting a stretch that had previous form for a small shoal of very large perch and cast… Read more
Having received a few twitches on the tip and reeling in to see the imprints of a chub’s lips on his cheese paste hookbait, Buckinghamshire angler Jonathan Pomroy switched to a lighter lead and was rewarded with this 7lb 10oz chub. He was fishing on Hertfordshire’s River Colne and had… Read more
In a phenomenal run of form, Alan Stagg has landed a perch over the four-pound mark every week for the past six weeks. But this remarkable brace of fish, weighing 5lb 1oz and 4lb 13oz, tops the lot. They came on the second of a two-day trip after locating a… Read more
When Paul Topley’s partner Amber said she fancied a few days away, he managed to persuade her that a fishing trip was a good idea. The pair headed to Devon’s Clawford Lakes, where Paul planned to target the large resident perch. For his first few days, Paul adopted a roving… Read more
