There has been loads of big bream reported this spring, with the vast majority falling to helicopter rigs. You can’t deny the effectiveness of these set-ups, but Matthew Clayton is a massive fan of fishing a Method feeder when possible and it this mammoth 18lb 14oz bream shows exactly why!… Read more

Although he’d caught plenty of big bream over his years, a fish over 18lb had eluded Zenon Bojko until a recent session when he slipped the net under this huge 18lb 3oz fish. Targeting a gravel pit near his home where he’d had good fish in the past. Zeno fished… Read more

This spring there has been a large number of specimen bream reported, with it believed that the cool temperatures had big fish willing to feed just for a bit longer before spawning. Whilst the weather has finally improved, catches show no signs of slowing, after Neale Woodward banked this fish… Read more

We didn’t think things could get much better on the big-bream front this spring, but when Lee Snow reported this 20lb 2oz slab, we were proven wrong in spectacular style. It came from a midlands gravel pit and caps a scintillating start to the Leicester angler’s campaign, having landed fish… Read more

It’s impossible to truly comprehend the scale of a truly big bream until you see one on the bank, as Ian Hannaby found after being left ‘gobsmacked’ by this 17lb 7oz fish. He was targeting the species on a water where there are only a few known monsters and had… Read more

There has been a pile of big bream reported over recent weeks, and species expert Lee McManus certainly didn’t want to miss out on the action, landing this 18lb 10oz personal best. He had the fish from a 90-acre midlands pit on an artificial corn and caster hookbait, fished on… Read more