When the rivers are bursting their banks, few anglers would think to target perch, especially not on lures, but Robert Onicala proved the tactic’s versatility with this 4lb 10oz specimen. The 33-year-old Bedford angler was targeting spots new to him on the Great Ouse. He found some slack water and… Read more
A roach deadbait presented in a huge slack resulted in a savage take from this 16lb 1oz zander. It gave Eddie Wilson a great battle on the Trent, making his think he might’ve connected with a good pike, as it uncharacteristically ripped line from his clutch. However, when the specimen… Read more
A session on a flooded River Lea resulted in this superb 18lb 4oz barbel for in-form angler Dave Robinson. The Suffolk rod hit the river after heavy rain and employed his tried and trusted approach of roving with big cubes of luncheon meat, fished on 15lb fluorocarbon hooklinks and size… Read more
Paul Parish’s name has been etched into angling’s history books after he landed one of the biggest-ever roach in British waters, weighing a sublime 4lb 2oz. The Buckinghamshire angler caught the fish from Brasenose 1 at Oxford’s Linear Fisheries – one of the country’s most popular venues. Whilst It’s best… Read more
Not long ago, barbel fanatic George Cornwell banked a new barbel PB at 15lb 7oz from the Hampshire Avon. Well, he’s gone and smashed that fish out the park with this 17lb 2oz beauty. It was caught from the same venue and fell to a paste-wrapped boilie fished alongside a… Read more
“It wasn’t until the fish was right under my feed that this was confirmed – it was a perch, and a huge one at that..” Specimen fishing does require a considerable amount of hard work, and quite often time. This could be time spent fishing a venue, simply traveling back… Read more
