A huge congratulations to Iain McDonald who has been voted the 2016/17 Drennan Cup winner! With five weekly Drennan Cup Awards under his belt, Iain’s dreams came true as he took a comfortable win with 53 points separating himself and second place. He said: “The fact that my name will be mentioned in… Read more
Simon Ashton defied the odds after landing two of only three known specimen bream from Manor Lake on the Linear Fisheries complex. This great brace consisting of 14lb and 13lb 7oz fish was landed within minutes of each other at the Oxfordshire venue. Both came at dawn after Simon spotted a fish roll and… Read more
The capture of one of the biggest tench of the year shows why many anglers are now targeting the species in search of a new personal best. Dan Gale had a patient approach to thank for helping him to fool this huge 11lb 12oz specimen. After finding an area of… Read more
All-round specialist angler Simon Ashton set his sights on landing a double figure bream from a new venue this Spring and succeeded on his very first session! Here is Simon’s account of the trip: One of my angling resolutions for 2017 was to target some specimen bream with the hope… Read more
Ian McDonald’s first eel fishing session of the season produced his biggest-ever fish caught by design weighing 5lb 6oz. After hearing stories of anglers being ‘smashed up’ by big eels at a club lake in the South of the UK, the Kent-based all-rounder took some fish heads out of his… Read more
This record-shaking 4lb 7oz crucian topped an incredible catch of the species. Nigel Kennard fished a lake in Surrey over eight days and he landed no less than four crucians over 4lb, 21 over the 3lb mark and six 2lb plus fish. The biggest crucian he caught falls just 3oz short… Read more
