Having been a lifelong pike angler, Gary Clarke was recently hit with a drive to fish for zander and had a great result last week, landing this 16lb 10oz fish. He fished the River Trent, where he presented a small, three-inch roach deadbait on a paternoster rig and received a… Read more
This winter, England International lure angler Adam Seeley set his sights on a huge zander, with his aim being a fish over 15lb. It’s safe to say he’s smashed that target out the water, having banked this fish of 16lb 10oz. Fishing the River Trent at night, he arrived at… Read more
After a rather remarkable run of big chub at the end of last season, Essex angler Paul Faint has picked up where he left off, landing this 7lb 9oz fish from the River Lea. It’s his local venue, but on this session, Paul headed to a stretch new to him…. Read more
When you look into almost any angling textbook, you’ll read all about using ultra low resistance rigs for perch. But when fishing at range on a 160-acre stillwater, Leicester angler Lee McManus had to take a leaf out the carp angler’s book to tempt this 4lb 12oz stunner. After feeding… Read more
The Warwickshire Avon is in stunning form this season, with the barbel record for the venue just being smashed by this enormous 19lb 4oz fish. It was landed by Dave Thornley, a man that doesn’t do much barbel fishing as he spends the little time he gets on the bank… Read more
Finding the Dorset Stour running high and coloured after heavy rain, Ben Fairweather was confident the river’s barbel would be feeding. He settled into a swim with a large near side slack and used two rods with matching hookbaits. These were 14mm fishmeal boilies, wrapped in Ben’s homemade paste and… Read more
