“IT was like a breeze block across the back and had pectoral fins as big as my hands!” – so said James Ufton who’s just landed the largest River Trent barbel of the season at 18lb 10oz. Like most anglers the Staffordshire-based barbel expert had his wife to thank for… Read more
MATCH angler Clive Samuell couldn’t stop swearing when he first set eyes on the roach he’d spent his whole life trying to catch. On the scales the 48-year-old’s new personal best registered 3lb 4oz and was banked when he and a friend decided to have a break from match angling… Read more
SIXTY-one- year-old Jeremy Weitz was left stunned when fishing a Southern chalk stream he encountered the biggest dace he has ever seen – a superb 1lb 3oz specimen. The Bournemouth rod described the fish as ‘truly massive’ as he measured it in at a staggering 14-inches long and was thinking… Read more
PEARL-coloured lures fished under a bright full moon is a deadly partnership for huge zander according to Tom Watts, who hooked into this 15lb giant during his latest session. It was the largest of five zeds for the Doncaster-based angler, who lure fished deep areas of both the tidal and… Read more
BARBEL fanatic Adrian Garside told Angling Times the capture of a new 16lb 10oz personal best was the greatest belated Christmas present he could’ve asked for. The 50-year-old endured a bite-less night of fishing on his club’s stretch of the Middle Trent but at 8am his alarm finally sprang into… Read more
LANDSCAPE Gardener Matthew Ward was left stunned when he banked one of the biggest braces of zander ever recorded in the UK. The 35-year-old recorded specimens of 11lb 9oz and 17lb 9oz during a trip to Upton-on-Severn and both obliterated his previous personal best of around 6lb. He said: “The… Read more
