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Surprise double figure tench a welcome capture

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27 August 2010 12:00

Neil Mitchell’s latest carp fishing session threw up a more than welcome surprise. Fishing with his family, the specimen angler had a screaming run at 2am in the pouring rain, and following an impressive fight that he assumed was from a mid double carp, a tench of 11lb 2oz tench came to the net. The big tinca, that also set ...

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Three barbel river records smashed in one week

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Angling Times, 27 August 2010 11:30

An unprecedented three barbel river records have potentially been shattered in just a week, Angling Times can exclusively reveal. Increased rainfall has reinvigorated the country’s rivers following months of low, clear conditions, with three different water systems throwing up huge specimens to prove that the fish are back on the feed. The first to fall was the Thame, with Oxford ...

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Biggest bream of this season landed at 17lb

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Angling Times, 20 August 2010 16:00

The biggest bream caught this season has been taken by an angler who had spent the first three days of his trip waiting for a bite. Targeting slabs on his local 17-acre Hasse Fen in Soham, Kevin Lord, whose biggest previous bream weighed 8lb, had the shock of his angling career when the huge 17lb specimen broke his frustration. Starting ...

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Record eel claim has been thrown into doubt

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Angling Times, 20 August 2010 16:00

The angling community has this week been buzzing with rumours of a new British record eel. Reported to weigh in at a monstrous 13lb 9oz, the big fish is thought to have come from a Colne Valley stillwater and, if genuine, would dwarf the current record that has stood for 32 years, by an unprecedented 2lb 7oz. Further speculation points ...

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Seven month quest ends with venue record catfish

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Angling Times, 13 August 2010 15:30

A seven-month quest for a big catfish ended in success for Alan Hutchings when he broke the record at his local stillwater with this monstrous 73lb specimen. Ironically the 30-year-old  had left his catfish tackle at home for the session at Par Fishery, Essex, deciding instead to target the resident carp. But his popped-up boilie proved too tempting for the ...

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16lb 4oz barbel landed on 3lb line by schoolboy

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Angling Times, 13 August 2010 15:00

A record-shaking barbel has been landed by a schoolboy after an epic hour-long battle on just 3lb line, Angling Times can exclusively reveal. The 16lb 4oz fish, which is only a single ounce shy of the River Severn best, took Josh Roe’s legered double red maggot during a night session at the 16-year-old’s local Holt Fleet stretch of the West ...

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Hants Avon produces biggest number of double barbels

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Angling Times, 06 August 2010 16:00

Anglers’ prayers for rainfall were answered this week and the river sport that followed didn’t disappoint, as a host of the UK’s best barbel venues produced the best catches of the season so far. One of the first to take advantage of the nationwide feeding spell was Andy Myers, whose 16lb 8oz personal best from the River Kennet marked the ...

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4lb 2oz roach/rudd hybrid

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Angling Times, 30 July 2010 16:00

When Steve Potton first saw the silvery flank of this superb fish break the surface of the water, he thought he’d landed a big rudd of near-record proportions. But the angler, from Hemel Hempstead, Herts, wasn’t at all disappointed when he discovered that his critically-balanced 16mm boilie hookbait had, in fact, been taken by a 4lb 2oz roach/rudd hybrid. Nigel ...

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Marathon drives result in huge Fenland brace of rudd

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Angling Times, 30 July 2010 16:00

If there was a weekly award for dedication, Gareth Goldson would surely win it hands down after making two five-hour round trips before work to catch a trio of massive rudd from the Fens. In the first of his three-hour sessions, the 28-year-old took a superb specimen weighing 3lb 8dr, before returning a couple of days later to net a ...

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Salmon leaps onto concrete canal towpath

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Angling Times, 23 July 2010 15:30

When Gloucestershire angler Neil Lawrence went for a session on his local Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, the last thing he expected to see was a near-20lb salmon. But the size and species of fish was only half the surprise. “I was just sitting there minding my own business and happily fishing when it leapt out of the water and landed ...

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