“I’ve fished this river many times and I think this might just be the fish of a lifetime” An after-work evening session on the Warwickshire Avon proved fruitful for Jason Astolfi, who caught this monster barbel.He had already caught a few chub that evening, when as he was just settling… Read more
A few weeks ago I finally got round to barbel fishing the mighty river Trent for the first time ever with my good friend Adam Reed. We had a couple of days planned, but wanted to spend the daylight hours sussing out likely areas via the boat and concentrate on… Read more
“It stayed deep and gave a really dogged fight, but I was still shocked when I saw the size of it.” Most anglers would be delighted to catch just one personal best each spring, so you can imagine Joe Millar’s delight when he landed a trio of them in one… Read more
“It gave one of the best fights I’ve had from a fish” One of the biggest pike in recent times has been landed by former teacher, Peter Wood, in the shape of this beautiful 38lb 15oz pike. The huge fish came from a club water in North Lincolnshire, on what… Read more
“It weeded me up initially, putting up a dogged fight before I finally slipped the net under it.” It’s been a cold start to spring, which has certainly set the tench fishing back a bit for most anglers. But they’ve started to wake up now, as 42-year-old carpenter, Chris Taylor,… Read more
“Talking to other anglers, hardly any tench were coming out, so I stayed away from the boilie and pellet approach that everyone else went for” After setting himself a target of a double figure tench this season, southern specialist angler Domenic Turner achieved his target from a Hertfordshire stillwater when… Read more
