Having heard that a few eels had been caught by carp anglers on a southern gravel pit, Cardiff angler Carl Golding headed down to investigate, and was rewarded with this 6lb 10oz specimen. He was fishing with Terry Theobald and the pair used feeder tactics, introducing chopped worms and maggots… Read more
Author: Richard Taylor
Mark Cotterell 17lb 9oz Barbel
If there had to pick a stand-out river this season for big barbel it’d have to be the Lea, with the stretch at King’s weir producing some huge fish. With one of the most recent being this 17lb 9oz specimen, landed by Mark Cotterell. He’s a member at the fishery… Read more
Joe Royffe 3lb 11oz Rudd
River rudd don’t come much bigger or better-looking than this 3lb 11oz beauty landed by Hertfordshire angler, Joe Royffe. Arriving at the river after work, he roved the stretch and had a few fish on waggler-fished bread flake before making a cast to the far margin. The float sailed away… Read more
Adrian Eves 7lb 7oz Chub
“But in a new swim, the last one I’d try before packing up, my fortunes changed..” Adrian Eves normally leaves his specimen river fishing under the winter months, concentrating on stillwaters during the warmer months however, for the first time in quite a while, he concentrated his efforts on summer… Read more
George Lovell 5lb 11oz Perch
One of the biggest river perch ever caught in Britain has graced the bank, after 15-year-old George Lovell landed this almighty 5lb 11oz specimen. He was fishing the River Thames at Berkshire and tempted the beast on a three-inch Keitech Easy Shiner Lure, presented on a Texas rig. It’s just… Read more
Jack Jacura 17lb 12oz Barbel
The mighty flatbed method feeder has accounted for heaps of fish over the years, and whilst its more commonly found on stillwaters, Jack Jacura has demonstrated that it works just as well on a river whilst hunting down barbel as he banked this lovely 17lb 12oz specimen. Jack has been… Read more