West Midlands based Dave Turner landed this impressive 15lb 8oz zander on his recent trip to the River Severn. Dave caught his personal best zander on a small bleak dead bait. “We anchored the boat up and cast the dead baits out and waited. After around 30 minutes the tip of my… Read more
A change of venue paid dividends for Harry Pardoe when he landed this personal best 16lb 6oz barbel. The West Midlands based angler was struggling on his usual stretch of the River Trent so made the decision to try another area further downstream. Using a heavy feeder rig with Baitworks… Read more
Alan recently landed 9 perch from the River Great Ouse with five over 2lb and the biggest tipping the scales at 4lb 3oz. “All the fish were taken trotting hair rigged lobworm, alongside an overhanging bush. My setup was a 14ft float rod coupled with a centre pin loaded with… Read more
The mammoth specimen was caught by lure fishing ace Gary Edmonds who boated it from Cambridgeshire predator hotspot, Grafham Water. The Angling Trust ambassador tempted the giant fish using a home-made fly named by Gary as ‘the Zander Lander’ due to its effectiveness at landing the sought after species. Fishing… Read more
Ten minutes was all that Neil Wayte needed to bank this huge 16lb 4oz barbel from the River Thames. The London-based specialist fished a small pva bag full of crushed MAD Baits Pandemic boilies and presented a dumbell of the same variety over the top. It was a fish that… Read more
Stu Lennox explains how to use scaled-down carp tactics to target specimen bream in this week’s Angling Times. A pair of trusty Specialist Distance Tench & Bream Mk2 rods enables him to reach the bream shoals that patrol at range. To learn more, check out the latest edition of Angling Times, out this week.
