“I didn’t expect any action until night, with Thames chub having nocturnal tendencies”   Dan Woolcott has continued his excellent form this season, landing this immaculate 7lb 10oz chub from the Thames. Fishing a Dynamite Baits Halibut boilie wrapped in matching paste, he cast into a boating channel and didn’t… Read more

“A change to boilie hookbait snared this monster chub” After blanking for most the day on the Hampshire Avon, local angler Phil White changed to a boilie hookbait and snared this 7lb 11oz chub. Phil had been fishing a maggot feeder, hoping for a big chub, but having no signs… Read more

“That was certainly worth the change in stretch” After a rather slow start to a session on the river Thames in Buckinghamshire, Ian Wynter drove 25 minutes to a new stretch upriver and was rewarded for his efforts when he banked this 7lb 11oz chub. Fishing an 18mm custom bait below… Read more

“He found a small stretch of his local River Lea that hardly gets fished” Finding a quiet stretch of river is increasingly hard these days, but Waltham Abbey angler Paul Faint did just that and hit the jackpot with this 8lb 1oz chub. He found a small stretch of his… Read more

“An intense battle, as a good fish powered for the snags downstream and the roots below” Having watched the forecast, river levels and water temperature, Hampshire angler Alex Warren decided conditions would be best suited for chub, and his verdict was proved true later that day when he banked this… Read more

“The fish fought hard for the willows either side of him” Anthony Stockdale also got amongst the big Yorkshire chub recently, landing this 7lb 4oz specimen from the River Swale in the north of the county. After catching a few four-pounders, he dropped into a noted chub swim at dusk…. Read more