This season, James Champkin has been tench fishing on a few venues new to him, one of which was a deep Cotswolds gravel pit. Due to the cold spring his campaign started later than planned and had been very tricky. Although he’s only managed a couple of bites, one of… Read more
Over recent years, fly fishing for pike has certainly shot through the roof in popularity, and it’s easy to see why, when fish like this 34lb beast can be caught on the tactic. It was landed my Martyn Cattermole from Chew Valley Lake – the nation’s premier venue for the… Read more
It’s not taken long for King’s Weir fishery on the River Lea to rediscover last season’s form, after Gary Newland landed this 18lb 2oz barbel. With warm weather and heavy rain falling, he knew a big fish was on the cards. After heading to the weirpool and introducing a large… Read more
Leicester angler Lee McManus has continued his blistering start to the season with this 17lb 6oz bream. He had the fish from a weedy midlands stillwater and noted it’s huge frame, however as it was a female, it was well down in weight after spawning. A corn and caster hookbait… Read more
Shortly after landing his biggest-ever tench of 11lb 2oz, James Champkin returned to the Cotswold pit and banked this fish of 11lb 15oz. With the lake deep and the weather cool this spring, he was confident the fish hadn’t spawned yet, and was certainly proven right. The Milton Keynes angler… Read more
Whilst there have been plenty of smaller barbel reported so far this season, there haven’t been that many specimens reported yet. However, that changed when John Alexander caught this fish of 17lb exactly from a southern river. The fish fell to a Sticky Krill boilie which he fished alongside a… Read more
