Having started a bream campaign on a new lake earlier this year, but with little to show for his efforts, James Champkin was feeling dejected. That was until last weekend when he managed this fantastic 16lb slab. The Milton Keynes based angler had hoped to get amongst the fish early… Read more

Targeting big bream isn’t an easy challenge and can be a considerable waiting game, but patience paid off for Leicester angler Lee Snow, who landed this 17lb 8oz fish from a rock hard 160-acre southern pit. Lee, who is a joiner by trade, has fished the venue on and off… Read more

Lee McManus is no stranger to big bream, a fish that, when big, are notoriously one of the hardest to target. This 17lb 11oz slab is his latest, and he managed it after arriving at the lake early in the morning and targeting spots he’d previously caught from. But rather… Read more

A session on a tough northern syndicate water proved fruitful for Doncaster anger, Pete Webster, when he landed this 16lb 6oz bream. A session on a tough northern syndicate water proved fruitful for Doncaster anger, Pete Webster, when he landed this 16lb 6oz bream. Using a simple helicopter rig with… Read more

After signing off the river season in style with the biggest brace of chub in history, Alan Stagg started his spring stillwater campaign in the same scintillating fashion this week by catching the biggest bream of the year so far. This scale-perfect 18lb 4oz fish was taken on an overnight… Read more

Whilst southern stillwaters generally produce the biggest bream, Leicester angler Lee McManus proved that specimens can be caught further north with this 16lb 14oz slab from a midlands gravel pit. Lee has great form with the species, reporting huge bream near enough every season. This fish was caught over a… Read more