West Midlands based Dave Turner landed this impressive 15lb 8oz zander on his recent trip to the River Severn. Dave caught his personal best zander on a small bleak dead bait. “We anchored the boat up and cast the dead baits out and waited. After around 30 minutes the tip of my… Read more
The 1st of the three big Upper Thames matches started with the Turner 400, thirty teams of four spread from Grafham lock down to Tadpole. “The match was fished in wet and windy conditions which probably helped as the river was very clear with little flow. The team match was… Read more
Drennan Oxford’s Dean Barlow won the 72 peg Wychavon Championship on the Avon at Evesham for a second time thanks to a bold tactical move at noted chub peg 35 on the Isbourne mouth. “The Evesham bank holiday weekend festival is always one of my favourite match fishing events of… Read more
Round five of the Drennan Coors Masters on the River Trent at Burton saw the Municipal section supply three of the day’s top three weights, led by Don Cade (Mill Tackle) with 14lb 4oz of worm-tempted perch plus a bonus bream of nearly 8lb from peg 10. Runner-up with 11lb… Read more
A change of venue paid dividends for Harry Pardoe when he landed this personal best 16lb 6oz barbel. The West Midlands based angler was struggling on his usual stretch of the River Trent so made the decision to try another area further downstream. Using a heavy feeder rig with Baitworks… Read more
Alan recently landed 9 perch from the River Great Ouse with five over 2lb and the biggest tipping the scales at 4lb 3oz. “All the fish were taken trotting hair rigged lobworm, alongside an overhanging bush. My setup was a 14ft float rod coupled with a centre pin loaded with… Read more
