“The head shakes certainly weren’t from a small fish!” “After trying to get on the river zander fishing and continually getting flooded off or having to work when it was fishable, I changed focus over to pike. It’s a decision I’m now very happy with! I arrived at the lake first thing in… Read more
“I caught this cracking 17lb 5oz barbel on my first trip out fishing on the River Lea this season” “I only got my ticket a few weeks ago and was waiting for the ideal conditions which came just a few days before the end of the season. I used meat… Read more
“I’ve had a 15lb-plus barbel and a float-caught 8lb-plus chub on my bucket list for years” “In the last two weeks of the river season I’ve managed to achieve both! The 8lb-plus chub, (which went 8lb 1oz) came on the last day of the river season from the Dorset Stour…. Read more
“The fish immediately tried to head for a snag but was quickly turned with the rod tip held low” David Herrin 17lb 5oz Bristol Avon record barbel “I arrived at the river after finishing work early at around 4 o’clock. I settled into my first swim and cast out a… Read more
“After a long fight and about 3 final surges, I slipped the net under her” “I had been planning my last 2019/20 season trip to the Tidal for several weeks and was planning to head down for first light on the 12th and fish until close on the 14th. When… Read more
“I spent five nights leading up to the end of the closed season fishing my favourite stretch of the River Thames” “on the first four all I’d caught was a 1lb chub. It was now the evening of the final day of the river season and I finished worked at… Read more
