Alfie Lane enjoyed a blistering end to the season on the Hampshire Avon where, after landing an 18lb 12oz barbel, he also managed this 8lb chub. The stretch he’s fishing is a popular one, and Alfie was having little success in the more pressured swims. He kept his eye on… Read more
Stephen Gibbons was one of several anglers to get in on the action at the end of the season, employing trotted maggot tactics to land this 7lb 15oz specimen from the Dorset Stour. He told us “I’d fed the swim steadily since 7am and had landed a few chub and… Read more
It’s the second biggest reported this season and was caught from the River Lea at King’s Weir. Finding the stretch in perfect trim for trotting, Dean landed a 6lb 15oz fish early in the day before heading to a swim that had seen little attention from anglers. He told us… Read more
With mild conditions rolling-in for the end of the season, Ashley Holmes spent a few hours after work on the River Kennet, where he landed this superb chub of 7lb 13oz.Targeting the stetch at Burghfield, he started the session using a cheesepaste hookbait, which he cast to overhanging brambles downstream…. Read more
On a trip to the River Lea at King’s Weir, Neale Woodward spent two hours baiting a swim with maggots before catching this 7lb 11oz PB chub prior to the river season ending. It fell to two red maggots on a size 20 hook, which he trotted through the swim…. Read more
The Rivers of Essex aren’t often in the headlines for big fish, but James Willsmer changed that recently when managed this chub of 7lb 8oz from a venue near his home in Chelmsford prior to the close season. The river he fishing is one that was historically known for good… Read more
