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

Whilst fishing a large and challenging southern venue that produces small numbers of big bream, former Drennan Cup champion Tony Gibson discovered an interesting plateau. This area is predominantly 11ft deep, with its leading edge stretching out for more than 100 yards, whilst its closest edge rose up to 7ft… Read more

Former Olympic decathlete Dean Macey has showed no signs of slowing in his current form, landing this 17lb 2oz bream. It came a short while after he landed a brace of 16lb 8oz slabs, when he returned to the same venue for a 24-hour session. With the wind pushing down… Read more

Knowing that the bream numbers were dwindling on his local Leicestershire gravel pit, Craig Woolhouse set about targeting them, knowing that those remaining would reach impressive weights. His theory was proven true when he slipped the net under this fish of 16lb 10oz on a 24-hour session. It fell to… Read more

In a hectic 24-hour session, Dean Macey made the most of a swim packed with fish and landed two bream of 16lb 8oz, plus one of 12lb 8oz. The former decathlete had a small window of opportunity and headed to a stillwater where he fished two spots: one long, for… Read more

A few years ago, Matt Jackson used to fish a southern pit for bream, where he’d regularly catch fish around the double-figure mark. Recently, he was told that.. although there weren’t many left, those still hanging around were big. So Matt decided to give the water another go and, on… Read more