The Trent & Mersey Canal through Burton-on-Trent is an excellent but under-rated stretch of waterway containing a good mix of species, including a number of river fish, such as chub, due to the Trent entrance near Wychnor further south. The stretch is the chosen venue for the Division One National Championships this year, proving its consistency and the quality of ...
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- 23 May 2013
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- 13 May 2013
AN ANGLER has this week landed one of the biggest chub ever to come from a canal, smashing his personal best in the process. Steven Brady, from Wolverhampton, made the impressive catch from his local stretch of the Shropshire Union Canal, where he adopted a stalking approach to tempt the impressive 7lb specimen. The 29-year-old targeted a number of areas ...
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- 17 April 2013
Bonus fish were key during the latest match on the Shropshire Union Canal and Richard Buxton included several chub to 5lb in his winning 29lb catch. The Willenhall Angling man drew peg 11 during the Wolverhampton AA contest at Brewood in Staffordshire and used a bold worm and caster attack to take seven big specimens. Maver Tipton Van Den Eynde ...
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- 12 April 2013
A visit to a renowned hotspot on the Derbyshire Derwent ended with Patrick Oliver banking 6lb 6oz chub. The professional angling guide spent four days prebaiting an area he had had taken a number of big specimens from last winter before rigging up a simple running feeder rig to try and tempt a few bites on a bitterly cold evening. ...
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- 07 March 2013
Thinking outside the box can sometimes pay dividends as Dave Robson found out when he took victory in the latest event on the River Ure with 28lb 8oz of big chub. While most of the field decided to use conventional offerings such as worms and bread during the competition at Ripon, the Kippax Tackle Box rod alternated between lumps of ...
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- 25 February 2013
SOME anglers won’t let anything come between them and their fishing goals - and Gareth Goldson proved he’s one of these dedicated few after a gruelling campaign, that saw him travel over 1,150 miles, resulted in two huge personal best chub weighing 7lb 13oz and 7lb 4oz. The Hardy and Greys consultant has been trying to beat his pb for ...
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- 22 February 2013
Packing up after a blank opening period would have been the easy option for Paul Elt buthe will be glad he stuck at it as he eventually fooled a brace of 5lb plus chub from his local waterway. The Cambridgeshire-based all-rounder constantly fired maggots into the swim for over two hours without a single indication on the float but his ...
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- 29 January 2013
Match angling legend Denis White had two reasons to smile after the latest match on the Yorkshire Ouse as he netted a 5lb 14oz personal best chub which helped him take a spot in the frame. The former England international drew peg 254 on the Linton stretch of the waterway and took a gamble by fishing a groundbait feeder packed ...
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- 28 January 2013
THIS is a picture of one of biggest chub ever landed from a river, weighing in at a colossal 8lb 14oz. It was banked by Simon King from the ultra-tough Fishers Green stretch of the River Lea in Hertfordshire, and marked the successful culmination of a decade-long campaign by the 51-year-old to land a ‘monster’ from the popular southern river. ...
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- 28 January 2013
