E-Sox pike specialist, Steve Rowley got his season off to a great start with this immaculate 31lb 4oz fish during his first day of the season on Chew Valley Lake. Chew is undoubtedly the best pike fishery in the UK. In the first five days of the October pike trials,… Read more
A 25lb catch including barbel of 11lb and 10lb backed by four perch and a small chub saw Leicestershire matchman Tony Marshall win £500 plus a 15ft Acolyte Plus rod in the Drennan Coors Masters final on the River Trent at Burton. Drawn on the Municipal length, Shakespeare Superteam member… Read more
Oxford and District open match fished by 40 anglers on the River Thames on Medley, Channel and Folly. The river is still very low and clear with very little flow, but it still produced good weights in a tight match with some perch showing on Medley. 1st: Gary Pook (Daiwa… Read more
A simple leger rig with a big chunk of meat is all Ray Kent needed to tempt this huge 16lb River Lea barbel. The Barbel Society, Records Officer, bagged the prize fish after waiting three hours without a bite on the legendary day-ticket fishery, Kings Weir. Fishing a centerpin reel… Read more
A rainstorm of monsoon proportions failed to deter Adam Perna when he slipped the net under this personal best 15lb 15oz barbel. The Blakes Baits sponsored, Oxfordshire angler fished a night session on a Southern waterway where he tempted his prize during a storm at 3 am using a Blakes 18mm… Read more
The River Trent’s seemingly endless stream of huge barbel continues this week with the capture of this superb 16lb 10oz specimen. A home-made boilie was a winner for barbel fishing fanatic Andy Oxley, from Rotherham, when he fished a lower tidal reach of the ever-popular waterway. It was a single… Read more
