After a successful trip a few weeks ago, specimen-ace Julian Barnes returned to Surrey’s famous Johnsons Lake to target its monster crucians. Julian told us “After a quiet first day with northerly winds and dropping temperatures, I saw three fish roll through the mist of first light the next morning…. Read more
Category: Drennan Cup 2020-21
James Butler 17lb Barbel
A two-hour drive from Middlesbrough to the prolific Collingham Weir on the River Trent resulted in this immense barbel for James Butler, weighing 17lb exactly . James told us “The fish came on just my second session for barbel, and only succumbed to the net after a lengthy battle. It… Read more
Tim Jackson 18lb 2oz Bream
Tim Jackson decided to target a local 25 acre lake to him in Dorset which contains only maybe a dozen bream. Tim Jackson decided to target a local 25 acre lake to him in Dorset which contains only maybe a dozen bream. Tim told us “I scaled down my tactics… Read more
Darren Wilson 17lb 10oz barbel
I was in total shock when scales steadied at 17.10 new lower Trent tidal PB for me!! Darren Wilson has been having a few set backs on recent sessions on the Lower Trent, these include getting plagued by mitten crab & small bream but on his last session he was… Read more
Steve Pitts 7lb 2oz Eel
Steve Pitts has been getting himself amongst some big eels once again, just a couple of weeks after his colossal 10lb 2oz specimen. Steve told us “I have been fishing a very low-density pit with very few eels in it. Having said that, so far this season I have had… Read more
Jake Benson 2lb 7oz Roach
“All of a sudden the biggest fish turned on my casters and I set the hook!..” Jake Benson has spent the last month fishing a midlands river for chub but on one particular session, hed spotted a shoal of big roach! He quickly started to become obsessed with them and… Read more