Manchester-based Andy Cheetham was the first angler to get on the score sheet when he banked a brace of stunners from a Midlands river – weighing 4lb 7oz and 5lb 3oz respectively. The Perchfishers press officer has been in fine form over the last two weeks and has achieved two… Read more
The larger of the two reported fish weighed 31lb 6oz and fell to Herefordshire-based pike ace Nick Goode. Targeting a deep stretch of the waterway, Nick float-legered a herring deadbait and didn’t have to wait long before the vibrant orange tip sunk below the surface. “It wasn’t a new PB… Read more
A switch of swims during a recent trip to a middle stretch of the River Wye helped James Wainwright put the next monster pike in the back of the net. It weighed 30lb 4oz and fell to a paternostered eel deadbait cast into a snaggy area in the river. The 34-year-old… Read more
A 12-month-long pursuit in search of a monster pike finally came to an end for Gary Palmer when he slipped the net under this 31lb 10oz titan. The giant fish, which is believed to be the biggest pike ever caught from the Warwickshire Avon, inspired Gary almost a year ago… Read more
The biggest reported pike of the season accolade has just been claimed with the capture of this 39lb 3oz beauty. It was scooped-up by 46-year-old predator fanatic Paul Slade during a two-day, bank-fishing pursuit on Bristol’s Chew Valley Reservoir, and is the largest recorded pike from the venue since it’s… Read more
The biggest pike of the season has been landed in the shape of this colossal 44lb 12oz specimen. Captor Brendan Guilar caught the monster predator – which he described as ‘the fish of a lifetime’ – after it devoured his herring deadbait at Ravensthorpe Reservoir, in Northamptonshire. To help cover… Read more
