Throop fishery on the Dorset Stour is best known for its chub these days, but there are some huge barbel there too, as venue regular Paul proved with this 17lb 13oz fish. It’s the biggest barbel ever caught from the famous stretch of river and was taken whilst the water… Read more
Mark Woodage is no stranger to big roach, having landed fish to 3lb 14oz in the past from stillwaters. But he’s recently been targeting the species on the Hampshire Avon and landed this 2lb 14oz specimen – his biggest from running water. It topped a day where he caught numerous… Read more
A trip to a large reservoir resulted in a superb brace of perch for former Drennan Cup winner Darran Goulder, who landed fish of 4lb 13oz and 4lb 3oz, plus one of 4lb 2oz later in the day. His session started slowly, with no bites coming during the early part… Read more
For years Finn Lewis has made the trip from his home in Essex to Somerset’s Chew Valley Lake, but he’d never had much luck at the iconic pike water. But on a recent trip his fortunes changed, when he slipped the net under fish of 33lb 8oz and 29lb. Finn… Read more
There probably isn’t a river in the country that sees more trotted maggots than the Dorset Stour, but other tactics work too, as Mark Hewett proved with this 7lb 10oz chub. The Dorset angler has had previous results on the venue on the float but, to select one of its… Read more
Due to floods, Iestyn Jones’ pike campaign had been put on hold. However, when levels on his local River Wye dropped, he made no hesitation to get out and was rewarded with this 30lb 12oz specimen. It’s his second ‘thirty’ from the venue, having had a fish of 30lb 8oz… Read more
