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Proof that zig rigs catch carp in winter as well as summer

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Angling Times, 11 March 2010 16:00

Anyone who thought zig rigs were just a summer approach should try telling that to Stuart Young, who banked 10 fish to 33lb 2oz from a local syndicate using the tactic. Within three hours of his arrival the 32-year-old had netted five carp, including two thirties, a mid-twenty and two upper-doubles. The bites then slowed up, but as soon as ...

 

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Proof that zig rigs catch carp in winter as well as summer

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Angling Times,
11 March 2010 16:00

Anyone who thought zig rigs were just a summer approach should try telling that to Stuart Young, who banked 10 fish to 33lb 2oz from a local syndicate using the tactic. Within three hours of his arrival the 32-year-old had netted five carp, including two thirties, a mid-twenty and two upper-doubles. The bites then slowed up, but as soon as ...

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Rivers in top form for late-season chub catches

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Angling Times, 11 March 2010 15:30

A four-year campaign for a big River Trent chub came to a stunning conclusion for Mick Tolan when he slipped his net under this impressive 6lb 12oz specimen - just one of many big examples of the species taken by the nation’s anglers this week. Mick had been targeting the same stretch of the non-tidal river every winter for a number ...

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River Trent produces a fantastic brace of big perch

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Angling Times, 11 March 2010 09:00

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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Angling experts divided over authenticity of 3lb 15oz roach

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Angling Times, 10 March 2010 18:00

Can a record roach ever be claimed without bombproof DNA evidence t back it up? That’s the question being asked this week after the opinion of scientists and big- fish anglers was divided over whether this 3lb 15oz 8dr fish, caught by Duncan Chairman, is a hybrid or the ‘real deal’. The Aldershot, Hampshire-based rod is adamant that his fish ...

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End of season session produces 13lb Royalty barbel

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Angling Times, 10 March 2010 14:30

The end of the river season is rapidly approaching and one angler who has certainly been making the most of the remaining few days is John Stack, who landed this 13lb 12oz barbel from the Royalty Fishery on the Hampshire Avon. After finding the river in perfect nick - slightly coloured and holding a little extra water - the Christchurch-based rod rolled ...

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17lb rainbow trout breaks Toft Newton's 29-year record

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Trout Fisherman, 09 March 2010 11:55

This new Toft Newton record rainbow trout weighing 17lb was tempted on a Cat’s Whisker fly, fished on an intermediate weight line by visiting Sheffield angler Danny Peet. The specimen was part of a 38-fish catch made by Danny and boat partner Ricky Varley despite the less-than-ideal wintry conditions. The fish, which beat the north Lincolnshire trout fishery’s previous 5lb ...

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A great end to the pike fishing season at Chew Valley Lake

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Angling Times, 04 March 2010 10:00

The winter pike fishing trials at Chew Valley Lake finished with a bang last week when Steve Marshall banked this 37lb giant from the prolific Somerset venue. The huge predator, which beat the 42-year-old’s previous personal best by just under 2lb, fell to a floatfished smelt and was part of a five-fish catch made over two days with boat partner Andy ...

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Huge barbel taken from the Fishers Green stretch of the River Lea

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Angling Times, 03 March 2010 16:38

Half-an-hour in the right place can be worth a day in the wrong one. Just ask Richard Borley, who banked this superb 15lb 2oz barbel during a 30-minute evening session on the Fishers Green stretch of the River Lea. The local rod beat his previous best by 2oz when the fish gobbled up his spicy luncheon meat hookbait in a ...

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Biggest carp this year banked at Acton Burnell

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Angling Times, 03 March 2010 06:00

The biggest carp of the year so far has been caught by Chris Lowe, in the form of this 47lb 3oz mirror from the Acton Burnell Top Lake, in Shropshire. After seeing a few fish show close together at 50yds’ range, the 39-year-old scattered 2.5kg of SBS Ace Lobworm boilies over the area and then only had to wait two ...

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Massive billfish haul taken by party of UK anglers

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Sea Angler, 03 March 2010 05:00

A party of UK anglers have made one of the greatest catches of billfish ever recorded. Zyg Gregorek, owner of the popular Anglers Paradise complex in Devon, is no stranger to catching exotic species, having netted huge sharks and marlin from a host of far-flung destinations. But even he was taken aback by the numbers of billfish caught by him ...

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