“An exciting battle in the dark followed, and once in the net Darren, was ecstatic with the new PB” Northern chub don’t get much bigger than this 7lb 4oz beast landed by Yorkshire angler, Darren Starkey. Targeting a river in his home county, he’s been after an elusive ‘seven’ for… Read more

Noticing a big pressure drop, he felt he was in with the chance of a big chub! Chub are well known to feed in bad conditions as Hampshire Adam Bassimeh found on a trip to the Upper Thames, where he managed this 7lb 10oz fish in 40mph winds and heavy… Read more

The smallest of things can make a huge difference in specimen fishing, as Ringwood angler, Gavin Barrett knows full well after landing this 8lb chub from the Hampshire Avon. After waiting for a slight rise in water temperatures, a mild front rolled in and he found the river had risen… Read more

The biggest reported river chub of the season has been banked.. ..with this 8lb 3oz beast falling to Essex angler, Peter Davies. Fishing the legendary Kings Weir Fishery on the River Lea, Peter landed the fish on a homemade paste wrapped around a size 10 hook and fished on 6lb… Read more

“Was it a carp? No – a huge chub that unbelievably it swam straight into the net..” The River Severn has been in some great form this season with Roger Carswell being one the latest anglers to reap its rewards with this immense 7lb 8oz Chub. He told us “This… Read more

Very few anglers are in better form than London angler, Simon Baker, who landed this stunning 7lb 15oz chub on the float.. Targeting the River Lea, he found the venue with a foot of extra water in and a tinge of extra colour. Feeding a few big pouches of maggot… Read more