It’s impossible to truly comprehend the scale of a truly big bream until you see one on the bank, as Ian Hannaby found after being left ‘gobsmacked’ by this 17lb 7oz fish. He was targeting the species on a water where there are only a few known monsters and had… Read more
There has been a pile of big bream reported over recent weeks, and species expert Lee McManus certainly didn’t want to miss out on the action, landing this 18lb 10oz personal best. He had the fish from a 90-acre midlands pit on an artificial corn and caster hookbait, fished on… Read more
Hot on the heels of his Drennan Cup win, Kent angler Daniel Woolcott has been back out targeting big roach, landing this fish of 3lb 4oz. Targeting the popular Brasenose 1 at Linear Fisheries in Oxfordshire which whilst its more common for its carp fishing, it does have a small… Read more
One of the keys to specimen fishing can be travelling to find your target fish, but occasionally they’re much closer to home. That’s what James Hague found on a recent trip, when he managed this 16lb 14oz PB bream from his local North London reservoir. He’d been targeting a water… Read more
After landing a bream of 17lb 1oz, Leicester angler Lee Snow went one better the following week, landing a fish of 17lb 2oz from a different water. He’d headed to a Cambridgeshire stillwater where, when he planned his season, he originally aimed to target tench. But with the weather still… Read more
“Baiting accurately over each is crucial, so put the time into marking-up properly and casting accurately..” Targeting a midlands stillwater with his 14 year old son Alfie, Lee Snow was rewarded for his efforts with this lovely 17lb 1oz bream. He told us “I’ve been fishing a midlands stillwater with… Read more
