“I struck in disbelief and thought I’d hooked into a barbel as this fish was incredibly heavy and powered towards my near bank..” Matt Hayes can normally be found targeting carp on the River Lea but due to covid laws, this has prevented him from night fishing so he decided… Read more
This 17lb 6oz barbel was definitely worth the wait for Andrew Hunter who had difficulty getting into a certain swim after he landed a 16lb 3oz specimen earlier in the year. He told us “Back in the Autumn I caught a 16lb 3oz barbel from the River Lea and every… Read more
Persistence paid off for Steve Fenton when he landed this 7lb 6oz chub after drawing a blank previously. Steve told us “I had been fishing on the Lea Navigation but had failed to get any bites so changed over the fish the relief channel and was rewarded with this 7lb… Read more
Knowledge certainly proved the key for Matt Atkins when he banked this superb 5lb 2oz perch! He told us “Knowing that the big perch in my local stillwater feed mainly during a short window in the morning, I got down to the fishery for the crack of dawn to try… Read more
“It’s been a dream of mine to catch a 3lb roach on the float and it finally happened on Christmas Eve..” “It’s been a long-time dream of mine to catch a 3lb roach on the float” are the words from Simon Daley, well that dream became a reality when he… Read more
Persistence certainly paid off for Colin Garlick who stuck it out whilst others went home and reaped the rewards when he banked this personal best 18lb barbel! Colin told us “I was on the tidal River Trent for a 48 hour session and to say it was flowing would be… Read more
