An eight-mile walk on a section of the River Cam ended in success for Paul Faint with the capture of this monster 3lb 6oz rudd. It was a new personal best for the 46-year-old and a catch that epitomised the challenge anglers face when targeting the vast Fenland waterways in… Read more
With the summer sun heating the upper layers of stillwaters and rivers there is currently no better time to target surface feeding species such as rudd. Angling Times has had reports of several amazing catches of big rudd in the past month with the pick of the bunch this week… Read more
Simple waggler tactics have accounted for one of the biggest hauls of rudd ever recorded by an angler in the UK. The five specimen silverfish totalled nearly 16lb in weight and were banked by Airfield Lakes Fishery owner Richard Wilby from a private five-acre irrigation reservoir in Cambridgeshire. Richard’s impressive… Read more
An afternoon off work was put to good use by Kevin Sanders, who headed to a local lake to bag this stunning brace of big rudd weighing 2lb 15oz and 2lb 8oz. After initially failing to raise a bite using float tactics, the Cambridge-based rod baited a couple of spots… Read more
Stephen Chesney had sweetcorn to thank during his latest rudd session as it helped him bank this 3lb personal best specimen. The Suffolk-based angler quiver tipped single grains of sweetcorn on a section of a Fenland river to take the large rudd as well as four others. He told Angling… Read more
Specialist angler, Ryan Hayden spent half the day searching for signs of big rudd and was rewarded with this stunning 2lb 1oz fish once he had located some around 4km from where he had started. “Typically after a week of hot, sunny weather with little wind, it all changed for… Read more
