An opportunistic glimpse of bream rolling at dusk lead to the capture of this impressive 17lb 4oz PB bream for Ben Emptage from the Girton Fishing Complex, Lincolnshire. “The fish is 4lb larger than any bream I had caught before, but I didn’t realise quite how big it was until… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup 2020-21
Paul Faint 7lb 3oz Eel
“Looking down in the net I could see this was big eel..” 50 year old specialist specimen angler Paul Faint from Waltham Abbey landed himself a new personal best in the shape of this 7lb 3oz eel after a run of several good eels taken whilst targeting them since the… Read more
Sew Kow 20lb 6oz Barbel
The River Trent barbel record was smashed when Sew Kowalski landed this massive 20lb 6oz beauty.. whilst fishing a completion aimed at integrating foreign anglers with the UK fishing community. Fishing a 48 house match organised by Barbel Team PL/UK, Sew connected with the powerful fish during the early hours…. Read more
Kieran Roche 21lb 3oz Zander
“If it’d had a slightly bigger breakfast it would have been a new record”. That was the words of Kieran Roche after he landed this immense 21lb 3oz zander from a midlands river. Kieran told us “I spent the morning fishing with large 12cm lures, but after getting nothing but… Read more
Joshua Dorka 4lb 7oz Rudd
The British record rudd was rocked when 24 year old Joshua Dorka landed this fine 4lb 7oz specimen which was just 3oz short of the official 4lb 10oz record, caught by Simon Parry back in 2001. Rotherham based Joshua targeted a spot around 30 yards out on his syndicate lake,… Read more
Alan Rio 10lb 13oz Tench (plus multiple 10lb+)
Alan Rio really did have a red letter session on a recent tench trip “I decided on a 3 night trip to a club lake as the weather was looking good with a big low pressure forecast. When I arrived at the lake it was quite busy and I squeezed… Read more