Typically, perch are targeted by features, be it an overhanging tree or a bridge. But Steve Frost tempted this 4lb 8oz beast from an open water swim on the River Wharfe. He was targeting a stretch that had previous form for a small shoal of very large perch and cast… Read more
Having received a few twitches on the tip and reeling in to see the imprints of a chub’s lips on his cheese paste hookbait, Buckinghamshire angler Jonathan Pomroy switched to a lighter lead and was rewarded with this 7lb 10oz chub. He was fishing on Hertfordshire’s River Colne and had… Read more
In a phenomenal run of form, Alan Stagg has landed a perch over the four-pound mark every week for the past six weeks. But this remarkable brace of fish, weighing 5lb 1oz and 4lb 13oz, tops the lot. They came on the second of a two-day trip after locating a… Read more
When Paul Topley’s partner Amber said she fancied a few days away, he managed to persuade her that a fishing trip was a good idea. The pair headed to Devon’s Clawford Lakes, where Paul planned to target the large resident perch. For his first few days, Paul adopted a roving… Read more
Pellets and boilies rule the roost for most barbel anglers these days, but there’s still a place for the humble maggot, as Mark Saul proved with this 19lb 6oz specimen. It was caught from King’s Weir fishery on the River Lea on a mag-aligner rig, with three red grubs on… Read more
Steve Fenton has enjoyed a blistering end to the river season on the Lee He’s had a string of quality chub, with fish of 6lb 15oz, 6lb 6oz and 6lb 1oz before finally slipping the net under a PB for the venue in the shape of this 7lb 13oz specimen…. Read more
