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
Here's this week's selection of the best sea, pier and beach fishing catch reports from top marks around the English, Welsh and Scottish coastlines provided to the team at Sea Angler magazine from reputable sources within the world of sea fishing... Inverbervie Specimen cod are now the main feature at popular and in-form Inverbervie Beach as fish to over 10lb ...
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- 10 December 2009
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
Darran Goulder put a bad start to his holiday behind him by catching this huge sailfish just off the coast of Florida. The former Drennan Cup winner, from Kent, was fishing aboard the 'Therapy IV' charter boat out of Miami when the 7ft-long specimen took his trolled bonito livebait, marking the start of an epic battle that saw the fish ...
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- 11 November 2009
Hello all, as a complete non fisher (for the moment!) I hope you don't mind me posting here. I have an 8yr old Godson who is very keen on fishing. Although he's only little he is very serious about it, takes his toy rod and some livebait down to the local river as often as he can, and reads all the fishing books in the library. His parents are too busy to take him fishing so I thought I might take him and get a new hobby for myself at the same time. Unfortunately I am a complete novice - ...
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