Norfolk’s Justin Grapes caught his new personal best pike from Chew valley lake, which weighed in at a colossal 31lb 7oz! This fish was caught on a joey mackerel which was boated out 100 yards in 8ft of water. It was part of a 8 fish haul, which included a 19lb 2oz as well. Justin’s… Read more
Lee Chatfield and Tony King have been enjoying some great perch fishing on the River Thames recently, landing perch just shy of the 4lb barrier! The pair enjoyed a great catch of over 30 perch, with 8 going over the 2lb mark. The biggest of the session was Tonys 3lb… Read more
Drennan’s Stewart Moss caught this handsome chub recently while actually fishing for barbel on the River Nene. The chub weighed just under 5lb and was one of several that could not resist a CC Moore’s Meteor boilie hair-rigged to a Drennan Super Specialist Barbel hook and a standard leger setup. Despite using… Read more
Norwich based Steve Crowe, had a fantastic brace of pike during a weekend session on a Norfolk river. The smallest of the session was 19lb 6oz, which was followed by an even bigger fish of 21lb 6oz. Both of the fish were caught on roach baits using a simple float setup consisting… Read more
Steve Rowley netted himself an impressive 25lb 4oz pike on the opening day at Chew in October. “It rained virtually all day long, with gusty winds. The lake didn’t fish particularly well to Chew standards. I found myself blanking until 3.30am in the afternoon, when I had a small fish… Read more
Recent rainfall prompted Simon Daley to head for the Dorset Stour in search of one of its resident big chub. “As the light faded I had a thumping bite, which resulted in this 6lb 1oz chub. My first 6 of the season!” Explained Simon. Simon used a simple link leger setup using a size… Read more
