Since he started pike fishing in his teenage years, James Chamkin has always dreamed of catching a pike weighing more than 30lb and he has smashed that target in spectacular style with this 33lb 2oz fish. The Milton Keynes specimen hunter was fishing a Midlands reservoir and had the fish… Read more
In an time where bolt-rigs and boilies are one of the more common tactics to use whilst targeting big chub, it’s nice to see that traditional tactics can still outwit the largest of fish, as Hertfordshire angler Roy Jones proved with this 8lb chub. He was fishing the River Thames,… Read more
Koi Croydon recently used his old match fishing background to produce this lovely 8lb 2oz chub from on a recent trip to the River Derwent. He told us “Liquidised bread is a brilliant loosefeed on rivers, but there’s one thing I like to do with mine that has just helped… Read more
A trip to Scotland paid off in fine style for Leicestershire angler Andy Wilson, who landed this hard-earned 3lb 1oz grayling. Arriving to find the river fining down after severe flooding, bites were hard to come by, but by staying mobile and spending no more than 20 minutes in a… Read more
Small tributaries and backwaters can offer great winter sport as the fish quite often shoal up with the main rivers carrying extra water, the proof was in the pudding as Alan Muller found with this 2lb 11oz redfin. This tiny waterway is a tributary to the River Thames and has… Read more
Although roach deadbaits are ‘the norm’ baits for zander by many anglers, Rotherham based angler Andy Oxley showed the value of trying something different, after catching this 16lb 9oz fish on a dace livebait. He was fishing a stretch of the Trent with form for the species, and started the… Read more
