This potential new IGFA world record Wels catfish weighing 250lb 5oz was caught from the River Po in Italy. Italian angler Roberto Godi tempted the colossal 8ft 2ins long specimen on a bream livebait and finally brought it to the net after a titanic 45-minute battle on the banks of the river, which runs through the north Italian city of ...
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- 04 June 2010
After drawing a blank on his first tench session of the year, Terry Lampard switched his attention to the catfish in Dorset’s Todber Manor, where he took this massive 72lb 4oz specimen, along with two others in an overnight session. Targeting the venue’s Paddock Lake with a small rudd livebait fished just below the surface on a ‘polyball rig’, Terry ...
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- 07 May 2010
Bryan Culley returned to the scene of his capture of a 4lb 1oz Trent perch a couple of weeks ago to winkle out this fine 6lb 10oz brace, part of a nine-fish catch made on floatfished worm. The stripeys, weighing 3lb 10oz and 3lb, were backed up with a brace of ‘twos’ and a number of 1lb-plus fish, all caught ...
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- 11 March 2010
The second-biggest zander of all time has been banked this week at a weight of 20lb 2oz. The mighty fish, which falls just 1lb 3oz short of the British record, was taken by Martin Jauncey from the River Severn during a day afloat with fellow predator enthusiast Chris Fowles. It fell to a trotted roach livebait and came on Martin’s ...
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- 23 February 2010
Deadbaits wouldn’t be many anglers’ first-choice bait for a big perch, but a lifeless small roach proved irresistible to this impressive Trent stripey weighing 4lb 1oz. The Trent predator was tempted by specimen angler Bryan Culley after experiencing a number of fast, aborted runs while targeting the middle river’s pike population. A switch to lighter tackle resulted in an immediate ...
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- 09 February 2010
A seven-year quest for a pike over the magical 20lb barrier ended in success for fanatical angler Jon Perkins when he netted this 26lb 6oz fish from the Hampshire Avon. The New Milton, Hants-based angler eased into his session on the famous Royalty Fishery by landing three double-figure pike, before his last take of the day produced his biggest ever ...
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- 27 January 2010
A livebait freelined in gin-clear water accounted for this stunning 33lb pike caught by German predator fanatic Christian Paschmann from an undisclosed lake in his homeland. It is the second thirty the Pro Logic consultant has taken over the past month, having landed a fish of just over 34lb from a Danish stillwater on a trolled lure two weeks before. ...
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- 05 January 2010
It’s not that easy to fit breaks into my work schedule, so I take advantage of any chances I get. This week I’m away on my ‘Wife Duty Holiday’ to Florida ¬ the one where I (hardly) fish and she hardly leaves any credit on the card. I do cheat, though, and have one day on the water with my ...
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- 01 December 2009
Big pike don’t come much better looking than this 27lb 14oz specimen taken last week from the River Waveney by Simon Humphrey. It’s a fish that the Lowestoft, Suffolk-based rod knows well, as it has graced his net already this season at a slightly lower weight. This time around, Simon braved gale-force winds and torrential rain at a location just ...
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- 24 November 2009
Small venues don’t always mean small fish - just ask George Johnson, who landed a new personal-best pike weighing 30lb from the tiny River Adur in Sussex. After taking three fish over 20lb from the secret stretch in recent years, George, from Horsham, decided to try his luck for a bigger specimen and was rewarded after the fish gobbled up ...
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- 27 October 2009
