Durham based angler Simon Ashton finished off his season in style, with this personal best grayling of 3lb 2oz, plus a handful of two-pounders, on his birthday! He arrived at a Scottish river on a frosty morning. Moonlight illuminated the fields. The river was up a good foot, and Simon… Read more
Category: Species
Paul Scowen 4lb 10oz Perch
With his local rivers out of sorts due to the continuous flooding, Paul Scowen opted to head over to a reservoir, where perch were his target. After locating what he describes as ‘the motherload’ of big perch stacked up on the top edge of a depression, he set about catching… Read more
James Crosby 38lb 8oz Pike
“The form of Somerset’s Chew Valley Lake has been no secret this year, with anglers travelling from far and wide hoping to catch one of the venue’s huge pike. Hertfordshire angler James Crosby was one of the lucky anglers to get in on the action at the end of the… Read more
Peter Davies 8lb 9oz Chub
Whilst its famous for its big barbel, the King’s Weir stretch of the River Lea has an excellent spell of fishing towards the end of the season, in the same week as Ricky Woolf landed a 19lb 12oz barbel, Peter Davies also landed this huge 8lb 9oz chub! He told… Read more
Paul Scowen 37lb 1oz Pike
Over the past few winters, Oxford angler Paul Scowen has had his sights firmly set on a pike over 35lb and its safe to say he’s smashed it this year with this 37lb 1oz predator. He was fishing from the bank of pike mecca Chew Valley, the venue that produced… Read more
Ricky Woolfe 19lb 12oz Barbel
The River Lea has been in fine form this season, with it hitting the headlines almost every week. One angler to take full advantage of this at the end of the season was Ricky Woolfe as he banked himself this stunning 19lb 12oz barbel.. Caught from the prolific stretch at… Read more