Simon ‘Busta’ Aston had a trip to remember at Linear Fisheries after banking 36 tench to over 9lb. Here’s his account of a red-letter session. After a session or two catching a few bream I thought timing and weather was perfect to embark on my first tench session of the season… Read more
This is the incredible picture of a 4lb 3oz roach – a giant that falls just 1oz short of the current British record. It was banked by roach fishing fanatic Ken Fuller on his first cast at the incredible Homersfield Lake. He’s been fishing for the species for 60 years… Read more
The first-ever kayak fishing event at Devon’s Upper Tamar Lake produced a host of huge perch including a 4lb 5oz fish for George Osbourne. The biggest perch of the day was boated by George Osbourne at 4lb 5oz and these were just two of many huge predators that were caught… Read more
Well-known specialist Phil Spinks admitted that ‘he’s still pinching himself’ after he banked six roach over the magical 3lb mark in a session that will go down in fishing history. The Korum and Angling Direct-backed all-rounder landed fish weighing 3lb 12oz, 3lb 10oz, 3lb 8oz 8drm, 3lb 6oz, 3lb 5oz… Read more
The only bite of Jackie Proud’s first eel fishing session of 2017 produced this 6lb 10oz personal best. She fished a roach head tight to an island at a local still water in Bedfordshire when the huge fish made an appearance. It was beaten with 12lb mainline, a size 3… Read more
This 17lb 2oz bream was the biggest of a haul of big ‘slabs’ from a gravel pit in Northamptonshire. Andrew West from Kettering also netted fish weighing 13lb 8oz, 12lb 10oz and 11lb 10oz, when he fished a hair-rigged boilie tipped with a grain of imitation corn over a bed… Read more
