“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

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

“The float was going mad for a good 10 minutes before I received the take so the pike must have been stalking it for quite a while before attacking it.” When he was 12 years old, Duncan Hayward caught a 21lb 4oz pike on a lure that’s been his PB… Read more

Anglers fishing from the bank at Chew also got in on the action towards the end of the season, with Shaun Dixon landing pike of 34lb 11oz and 38lb 11oz in two consecutive days. He told us “Chew is a long way from my home in Cumbria – five hours’… Read more

Without doubt, Chew has been the in-form pike fishery, with several huge pike being reported and David Gaskin is one of a few anglers who has got in on the action with this staggering 42lb 8oz predator, caught on a float fished herring deadbait. He told us “Conditions were rough,… Read more