Not long ago, barbel fanatic George Cornwell banked a new barbel PB at 15lb 7oz from the Hampshire Avon. Well, he’s gone and smashed that fish out the park with this 17lb 2oz beauty. It was caught from the same venue and fell to a paste-wrapped boilie fished alongside a… Read more
“It wasn’t until the fish was right under my feed that this was confirmed – it was a perch, and a huge one at that..” Specimen fishing does require a considerable amount of hard work, and quite often time. This could be time spent fishing a venue, simply traveling back… Read more
For many of us, going on a ‘social’ involves catching very little – instead the focus is on chilling out with friends. But.. ..on a trip to an East Anglia gravel pit, James Champkin managed to not only catch up with a couple of old mates, but also take a… Read more
On his first solo boat trip, Calogero Iacono was rewarded with this 16lb zander. He was targeting a midlands river, and the main priority of the trip was to have a play with his new electronics. After spending two hours driving up and down, watching the screen and setting it… Read more
It’s been a phenomenal season for big stillwater roach already, and catches show no signs of slowing, as Neil Tristram landed this 3lb 12oz redfin alongside one of 2lb 15oz 8dr. The Nottinghamshire angler was fishing a syndicate gravel pit in his home county, where he caught the pair of… Read more
A wet, low-pressure front is something many big fish anglers keep an eye out for, as it’s often enough to get the largest fish feeding. Midlands angler Adam Riches did just that and made the most of it on a recent trip, when he landed this 17lb 3oz bream. The… Read more
