Having spent the last three years targeting a ten-pound tench from a Hampshire estate lake, Tom Randall managed his target recently with this 10lb 12oz specimen.. Previously, he’d managed four fish over the 9lb mark, and on the very session in which he landed the double, he’d lost another big… Read more
Big eels are known for their fighting qualities, and this 6lb snake certainly lived up to their reputation when Alan Jump connected with it in the early hours of the morning. Targeting a stillwater in North Devon, Alan fished a dead roach on a Dyson Rig, a size 4 hook… Read more
After signing off the river season in style with the biggest brace of chub in history, Alan Stagg started his spring stillwater campaign in the same scintillating fashion this week by catching the biggest bream of the year so far. This scale-perfect 18lb 4oz fish was taken on an overnight… Read more
Whilst southern stillwaters generally produce the biggest bream, Leicester angler Lee McManus proved that specimens can be caught further north with this 16lb 14oz slab from a midlands gravel pit. Lee has great form with the species, reporting huge bream near enough every season. This fish was caught over a… Read more
Having landed two good bream of 12lb and 14lb throughout the week, Dorset angler Tim Jackson topped the lot with this 17lb 8oz slab from a southern pit he frequents. Targeting a clear, silty patch amongst a weedy area 60 yards out, Tim opted for his trusty homemade fishmeal boilies,… Read more
The first monster pike of the season was landed from the mecca that is Chew Valley Lake, and at 41lb 15oz caught the fly, it’ll take some beating. Full-time guide and former England International Ben Bangham landed the fish, and having targeted pike, primarily on the fly, for over 20… Read more
