Britain’s barbel anglers have ended the year in fine style with yet another week of incredibly large river fish landed – topped off by the biggest reported Trent fish this season at 18lb 8oz. The seasons biggest was caught by angler Matt Hughes during an overnight session on a pressured… Read more
Roy Jones also got in on the big roach action, landing a brace including a 2lb 4oz fish and a stunning 2lb 12oz example. Targeting the a stretch on the middle Avon, Roy fished for three days and on his final session, the wind and rain battered the banks. These… Read more
Alan Scotthorne runs through his latest two-day festival at Lindholme Lakes. I have been fishing regular matches at Drennan Lindholme Lakes, something that I don’t usually have the luxury of, due to other commitments. With no league matches on the canal at Thorne this year, I decided to fish the… Read more
Darrell Carter landed his best perch of the season in the shape of this clonking 4lb 3oz specimen. Targeting a Lea Valley syndicate, Darrell used a craw imitation fished on a cheb rig to tempt the stripy. After twitching his lure slowly across the bottom the perch put up a… Read more
Roman Sivak took full advantage of perfect conditions on the River Thames with this stunning 7lb 7oz chub. Targeting a deep area with plenty of bankside cover, Roman presented two 16mm plum and salmon boilies wrapped in matching paste on a bottom bait rig. An early morning take resulted in… Read more
Simon Baker achieved his target of catching a specimen chub over the magical 7lb mark on float gear from his local stretch of the River Lea. Having lost a good fish the week before in the snags, the London based angler returned using stick float and maggot tactics to tame… Read more
