The fish gave Steve an almighty battle, forcing him to jump into the lake to get on top of the eel as it charged over some shallows! Ask any big fish angler the ultimate challenge in specimen fishing, and they’ll almost undoubtedly tell you it’s catching a big eel. Species… Read more
Having heard that a few eels had been caught by carp anglers on a southern gravel pit, Cardiff angler Carl Golding headed down to investigate, and was rewarded with this 6lb 10oz specimen. He was fishing with Terry Theobald and the pair used feeder tactics, introducing chopped worms and maggots… Read more
If there had to pick a stand-out river this season for big barbel it’d have to be the Lea, with the stretch at King’s weir producing some huge fish. With one of the most recent being this 17lb 9oz specimen, landed by Mark Cotterell. He’s a member at the fishery… Read more
River rudd don’t come much bigger or better-looking than this 3lb 11oz beauty landed by Hertfordshire angler, Joe Royffe. Arriving at the river after work, he roved the stretch and had a few fish on waggler-fished bread flake before making a cast to the far margin. The float sailed away… Read more
“But in a new swim, the last one I’d try before packing up, my fortunes changed..” Adrian Eves normally leaves his specimen river fishing under the winter months, concentrating on stillwaters during the warmer months however, for the first time in quite a while, he concentrated his efforts on summer… Read more
One of the biggest river perch ever caught in Britain has graced the bank, after 15-year-old George Lovell landed this almighty 5lb 11oz specimen. He was fishing the River Thames at Berkshire and tempted the beast on a three-inch Keitech Easy Shiner Lure, presented on a Texas rig. It’s just… Read more
