Talk about tough starts to the new season! My plans of a big roach were trashed through work being mega busy and crap weather throughout April. Most of may didn’t go to plan either with a 3-day blank on my first tench trip of 2024. Following weekend, I met up… Read more
We didn’t think things could get much better on the big-bream front this spring, but when Lee Snow reported this 20lb 2oz slab, we were proven wrong in spectacular style. It came from a midlands gravel pit and caps a scintillating start to the Leicester angler’s campaign, having landed fish… Read more
It’s impossible to truly comprehend the scale of a truly big bream until you see one on the bank, as Ian Hannaby found after being left ‘gobsmacked’ by this 17lb 7oz fish. He was targeting the species on a water where there are only a few known monsters and had… Read more
There has been a pile of big bream reported over recent weeks, and species expert Lee McManus certainly didn’t want to miss out on the action, landing this 18lb 10oz personal best. He had the fish from a 90-acre midlands pit on an artificial corn and caster hookbait, fished on… Read more
Hot on the heels of his Drennan Cup win, Kent angler Daniel Woolcott has been back out targeting big roach, landing this fish of 3lb 4oz. Targeting the popular Brasenose 1 at Linear Fisheries in Oxfordshire which whilst its more common for its carp fishing, it does have a small… Read more
One of the keys to specimen fishing can be travelling to find your target fish, but occasionally they’re much closer to home. That’s what James Hague found on a recent trip, when he managed this 16lb 14oz PB bream from his local North London reservoir. He’d been targeting a water… Read more
