Having heard rumours of a monster perch in a lake at Clawford Lakes holiday park, Darren Simpkin headed over there for a week to see if they were true. He soon found that this fish was no myth, after landing this 5lb 2oz stripey.. As the venue is a carp… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup
Aaron Marguet 3lb 1oz Rudd
There are few things in fishing that gets the heart racing, like watching a big fish edge closer to your hookbait, just as Aaron Marguet experienced when he watched this 3lb 1oz rudd inhale his float fished boilie! He’d dropped onto a gravel pit and managed to locate a small… Read more
James Champkin 11lb 2oz Tench
This season, James Champkin has been tench fishing on a few venues new to him, one of which was a deep Cotswolds gravel pit. Due to the cold spring his campaign started later than planned and had been very tricky. Although he’s only managed a couple of bites, one of… Read more
Martyn Cattermole 34lb Pike
Over recent years, fly fishing for pike has certainly shot through the roof in popularity, and it’s easy to see why, when fish like this 34lb beast can be caught on the tactic. It was landed my Martyn Cattermole from Chew Valley Lake – the nation’s premier venue for the… Read more
Gary Newland 18lb 2oz Barbel
It’s not taken long for King’s Weir fishery on the River Lea to rediscover last season’s form, after Gary Newland landed this 18lb 2oz barbel. With warm weather and heavy rain falling, he knew a big fish was on the cards. After heading to the weirpool and introducing a large… Read more
Lee McManus 17lb 6oz Bream
Leicester angler Lee McManus has continued his blistering start to the season with this 17lb 6oz bream. He had the fish from a weedy midlands stillwater and noted it’s huge frame, however as it was a female, it was well down in weight after spawning. A corn and caster hookbait… Read more