There has been loads of big bream reported this spring, with the vast majority falling to helicopter rigs. You can’t deny the effectiveness of these set-ups, but Matthew Clayton is a massive fan of fishing a Method feeder when possible and it this mammoth 18lb 14oz bream shows exactly why!… Read more
Location is everything in specimen fishing, as Ed Matthews highlighted when he recently landed this 3lb 2oz roach. He was fishing at Sutton Lake, Shropshire, and had started the day in a swim that had been in good form. However, after blanking for an hour and a half, he saw… Read more
Although he’d caught plenty of big bream over his years, a fish over 18lb had eluded Zenon Bojko until a recent session when he slipped the net under this huge 18lb 3oz fish. Targeting a gravel pit near his home where he’d had good fish in the past. Zeno fished… Read more
This spring there has been a large number of specimen bream reported, with it believed that the cool temperatures had big fish willing to feed just for a bit longer before spawning. Whilst the weather has finally improved, catches show no signs of slowing, after Neale Woodward banked this fish… Read more
“The Method feeder is the undisputed king of crucian carp tactics but fishing slightly differently to how the most do paid off for me on a recent session. Those were the words of Drennan Cup Champion Dan woolcott after a recent session at Sutton Lake in Shropshire He told us… Read more
We didn’t think things could get much better on the big-bream front this spring, but when Lee Snow reported this 20lb 2oz slab, we were proven wrong in spectacular style. It came from a midlands gravel pit and caps a scintillating start to the Leicester angler’s campaign, having landed fish… Read more
