Late season is usually when the biggest chub are caught, but we’ve seen a few huge fish already reported this season. This 7lb 14oz specimen caught by Steve Tomlin is one of the latest, with the specimen coming from the Hampshire Avon’s Royalty fishery. Steve was targeting a deep hole… Read more
Paul Brooks was another angler getting himself in on the big rudd action at the start of the season, as he banked himself this stunning 3lb 3oz specimen. He told us “I was out early in the morning and found a few good fish, but they weren’t interested in my… Read more
The biggest reported rudd of the season has been caught by Ryszard Warman, who landed this exceptional 3lb 14oz specimen. “I fished a swim I’d pre-baited twice in the week, and it was evident there were fish present when I arrived,” he told us. “Using slow-sinking bread flake below a… Read more
Early each season, anglers head east to the UK’s flatlands to target specimen rudd on countless miles of fenland river and drain. Whilst a few good ones are usually reported, it had been an extraordinary start, with a pile of three-pounders banked. Arguably the most impressive catch was taken by… Read more
After catching a 13lb zander from the River Severn last year, Allan Pagett thought it’d take some serious beating. However, on a recent trip he blew that fish out the water with this huge 16lb 1oz specimen. He was fishing from a boat with his friend Alex and hadn’t caught… Read more
Although he’s caught over 60 double-figure tench, a fish over the 10lb mark from Staffordshire’s Copmere had eluded Dai Gribble until a recent session, when he landed this immaculate 11lb 13oz specimen. The fish is, to Dai, worth the same as a 13lb gravel pit fish, and is one he’s… Read more
