A 4lb perch is considered to be the fish of a lifetime, so you can imagine how specimen hunter Paul Faint felt when he landed a brace of fish over the magical mark. The duo weighed 4lb 1oz and 4lb 7oz respectively and were banked from a Lee Valley Gravel… Read more
Scott Richardson landed this fish of a lifetime whilst targeting a stretch of the River Trent. “I’ve fished all my life, but have had nothing like this, it’s a special fish.” A legering approach with a simple free running rig and tiny roach deadbait produced the goods for Scott on… Read more
As the water temperatures begin to rise, fish will become more active and as a result, the perch may have moved away from their winter haunts and become more active in search of prey fish. Lure fishing can be a great technique at this time of year and allows you… Read more
The biggest pike of the season has been landed in the shape of this colossal 44lb 12oz specimen. Captor Brendan Guilar caught the monster predator – which he described as ‘the fish of a lifetime’ – after it devoured his herring deadbait at Ravensthorpe Reservoir, in Northamptonshire. To help cover… Read more
Steve Rowley was rewarded with this fine 35lb 8oz pike during a recent trip to a tough Southern gravel pit. Steve wanted to get out before the snow-melted and potentially ruined the fishing, so he was pleased to kick off his session with two jacks and a brace of double… Read more
The River Test provided the stage on which Adam Reed made pike fishing history. The Trakker employee from Sussex landed the 31lb 6oz fish just 30 minutes after starting his session-to-remember. It was a smelt hookbait that he expertly worked through his swim with the help of the popular sink… Read more
