Just about to sit down, the reel went into utter meltdown, and after several powerful runs he had the longest, most pristine barbel he’s ever seen! Simon Baker is certainly on a role this season, having been preoccupied with chub on the Lea for the last few seasons, he never… Read more
Adrian Eves had been fishing a southern lake during the spring and early summer, but the lake had been particularly difficult with very few bream being caught. He returned back in early October with the hope that the bream would feed but unfortunately for him, they didn’t! After several difficult… Read more
Ringwood based angler Gavin Barrett is the latest in a long line of anglers to have sampled the simply stunning barbel the Avon is producing this season, landing this 17lb 6oz fish.. It’s a PB for Gavin, beating the 16lb 9oz fish that he had from the same venue back… Read more
When it comes to big roach, there aren’t many anglers with a better record than Alan Storey. The Dorset angler has just landed yet another three-pounder, this time a fish of 3lb 3oz from a southern chalk stream. Targeting the edge of a crease, Alan fished a small cage feeder… Read more
Perch expert Matt Atkins has banked yet another monstrous stripy, this time a 5lb 4oz fish from a gravel pit.. It’s his second over 5lb this year, with his first coming from the Thames. Matt used a new approach, using a float-fished dead perch on a paternoster that he twitched… Read more
“Was it a carp? No – a huge chub that unbelievably it swam straight into the net..” The River Severn has been in some great form this season with Roger Carswell being one the latest anglers to reap its rewards with this immense 7lb 8oz Chub. He told us “This… Read more
