Current Drennan Cup Champion Lee McManus has continued his run of form with big bream after managing nine doubles over a recent session, topped by this 16lb 1oz fish. Targeting a midlands stillwater, the Leicester angler fished in brutal conditions, with 45mph gusts and heavy rain battering his swim. Lee… Read more
Category: Bream
James Champkin 15lb 13oz Bream
Milton Keynes specimen ace James Champkin has continued his fine run of form from last season with this superb 15lb 13oz bream. He had it, alongside three others, over two trips on a Colne Valley gravel pit, where he fished a spicy shrimp and prawn boilie tipped with plastic corn… Read more
Dean Macey 16lb 14oz Bream
TV star and gold medal winning decathlete Dean Macey set out to catch his PB bream this spring and it’s safe to say he smashed the target out the water with this 16lb 14oz slab. He arrived at a busy lake that restricted his options on swim choice, but found… Read more
Daniel Woolcott 15lb 15oz Bream
Following on from his first weekly award of the season for an 11lb 1oz tench, Dan has quickly bagged his second after he landed this stunning 15lb 15oz bream. Big bream are famously one of the specimen fishing’s toughest challenges, but after a 15-year mission for one, Kent angler Daniel… Read more
Matthew Clayton 17lb Bream
Targeting big bream can certainly be a test of patience, but after two years on a Nottinghamshire stillwater, Matthew Clayton landed his target fish in the shape of this 17lb specimen. He’d gone through most of the water’s bream stock in his first year on the venue but finally tempted… Read more
Chris Harrison 20lb 4oz Bream
Although they’re not the species of choice for many anglers, catching big bream can be an almighty challenge, as Chris Harrison found after fishing 136 nights for this huge 20lb 4oz slab. The Ringwood and District AC member had his sights set on a big bream for four years, and… Read more