“Bang !!!! The tip wrapped round and the line starting stripping off the reel” “My names Ian Harvey. I’m from Stevenage. I caught a 7lb 15oz chub from the day ticket section of King Weir Fishery on the River Lea in Hertfordshire on Sunday 2nd February. This is the biggest… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup 2019-20
Rob NG 7lb 15oz chub
“I’ve fished the upper Lea a few times trying to catch whatever I could find but that was my first session intending solely to try and catch a donkey-sized chub!” “I finished work early(2pm) last Friday to beat the traffic for my 90 minute pilgrimage to the lower Lea. It was… Read more
Rob Malseed 33lb 4oz pike
“For more than 20 years I’ve been trying to beat my pike best of 21lb and it finally happened during my latest session” “It was a Friday and I arrived at my Essex syndicate after work and deposited three deadbaits at varying distances with my bait boat – one to… Read more
Steven Birt 20lb 7oz barbel
“I weighed it and just watched the needle on the scales go past the 16lb, 17lb, 18lb, 19lb and 20lb marks – I just stood there shaking” “I was fishing a slack in a weirpool on a middle section of the River Thames” “Been fishing this area with luncheon meat… Read more
Colin Douglas 18lb 13oz barbel
“I was absolutely astonished to see that i had broken my PB of 18lb 1oz with this monster.” “I made the 200-mile journey from my home near the Scottish borders to fish a club stretch on the River Trent, and although the weather was horrendous – with winds so strong… Read more
Mike Staines 7lb 13oz chub
“It’s one of the biggest chub caught from King’s Weir this season.” “I ventured over to the Kings Weir fishery on the River Lea at 11am and planned to fish for the big bream that live there all the way up until the afternoon. I managed two slabs of 7lb… Read more