Drennan’s Stewart Moss was delighted to land this specimen barbel from a midlands river recently, which weighed in at 16lb 5oz, narrowly setting a new personal best for the species by ounces. The plump fish was tripped up by a simple legered CC Moores Meteor Boilie presented to a Kamasan… Read more
Category: Specimen
First Cast Tempts Big Pike At Chew
Reigning 2013-14 Drennan Cup Winner Jamie Cartwright has been afloat on Chew Valley reservoir trying to track down one of it’s monsters. Jamie didn’t have to wait long for a bite on his second day at Chew, as his first cast resulted in this impressive pike of 25lb 2oz which took… Read more
River Thames Produces 15lb 7oz Barbel
Adrian John from Middlesex has sent a great photograph of his recent barbel capture from the River Thames. “It has been a while since I last targeted Thames barbel, but at this time of year the Lower River Thames has a habit of throwing up a handful of very big barbel…. Read more
River Test Roach For Lee
Lee Chatfield recently spent a day targeting big roach and grayling on a stretch of the River Test. This roach was the biggest of the day, tipping the scales around to 1lb 12oz. The roach were caught using sweetcorn. “Red sweetcorn gives you that extra option, and is a great change bait… Read more
Huge Perch On E-Sox Dropshot Lures
In this week’s Angling Times predator specialist, Paul Elt, reveals one of the greatest big-perch hauls ever! You will have to read this week’s edition to find out exactly what the predator ace caught, but we can confirm it was a very special day. Our latest E-Sox Dropshot Lures are perfect for perch, zander, pike and other… Read more
Hemp And Caster Does The Trick
Darren Hague used hemp and caster tactics to fool no less than four double-figure barbel in one session on the River Trent, the biggest going 14lb 5oz. The one pictured is the largest specimen caught that day and was backed up with three others going 12lb 7oz, 11lb and 10lb 3oz. “I also lost a very… Read more