Last week saw an incredible increase in water temperature from 14 degrees to 21 degrees in the space of four days at Messingham Sands. There was unsurprisingly, a huge amount of spawning activity across all of the lakes as a result, with all of the silverfish species involved as well… Read more
There couldn’t be a better time to catch a big tench and a simple maggot feeder rig was the key to the capture of this 10lb 12oz specimen for Nate Green. It was banked an hour after first light on an area 41 yards from the banks of a southern… Read more
Dave Harman is regarded as one of the finest tench anglers in the UK and the capture of a huge 10lb 12oz specimen proves exactly why. The Addlestone, Surrey-based specialist has now banked 28 double-figure tench with a dozen of those coming from different venues and he worked his magic… Read more
Hair-rigged worms were the secret to the capture of this huge 11lb 9oz tench for Rob Knapp. It’s the second-biggest tench reported to Angling Times so far in 2017 and it was banked by Tenchfishers member from Surrey Rob Knapp, who smashed his personal best for the species three times… Read more
A pole float presented with a float rod was the secret to the capture of this 4lb 1oz crucian carp. The fin-perfect specimen sets a new personal best for Ed Matthews from Shropshire when he grabbed a couple of hours fishing a Sutton Lake. It sets a new venue record… Read more
This 8lb personal best tench was the biggest of three fish caught recently by Shaun Turner from a local gravel pit. He found a clean gravel bar in between weed beds and spodded out a mixture of small particles and groundbait before casting his In-Line Flat Method Feeder baited with maggots over… Read more