An excellent bit of stalking by 14 year old Lewis Wilson resulted in this lovely old mirror – excellent angling! ‘It was a bright sunny Saturday morning and after a quick walk round the lake I decided to set up my gear in swim 17 which controls the middle section of the lake. After having a couple of high doubles fishing on the bottom the bites slowly slowed and I […]

Marcus Howarth from Wimborne sent us this brilliant story about a rather special common he caught the other week. Not only was it massive, and from a very tricky venue, but he watched it take the hookbait! Get a load of this! ‘I had a strange feeling and just needed to get down the lake, so I started my session a couple days earlier than I planned. The early start […]

Stuart Lennox had a great time at Sandhurst Lake, Yateley last week. He was fishing a qualifying match for a chance to represent the British Army in the BCAC’s. Here’s how he got on: “Just had a belter of a match at Sandhurst! I had four fish off the top including one at 29lb 15oz and a brace of 30s at 33lb and the 36lb 4oz in the picture. Had to use 12lb hook […]

John Elmer made the long trip from Kent to the Linear complex in Oxfordshire recently and a good bit of angling was rewarded with one of the lake’s most prized mirrors. Here’s John with the full story: ‘It had been well over 14 years since I last visited the Linear Complex and how it had matured since then. The works bank which was being worked back then was now full […]

Isle of Wight based Spencer Wright made an emotional return to an old venue last week and was rewarded with two carp for a combined weight of over 90lb! Here’s the full story: I made an emotional journey back to a local syndicate that I hadn’t fished for a year for an overnighter for some solitude and to reflect on the past 6 months of angling on another lake, which had […]

Daren ‘Tinpot’ Norman had a cracking result this week after a change in tactics lead to the capture of this chunky 46lb 14oz mirror from a large southern pit. The Kent based hauler said ‘I had a week’s holiday off work and was originally intending to fish a Colne Valley syndicate water and was already en route when for some reason I decided to turn round and head back to […]

Sean Leverett opened his Stoneacres account with this stunning mirror. Its been a hard slog so far but what a fish to get off the mark.  Here’s Sean’s story: Despite being on fish for most of my sessions on Stoneacres, getting a bite was always a different matter. The Stoney fish have clearly seen it all so as a result of this they are quite clued up. On several occasions […]

Matt Fernandez has been in touch with news of a PB common and what a cracker it is too. Here’s Matt’s story on how a move paid off with a lovely run of fish, topped by the big common. Powerful angling Matt! After arriving at the lake I’ve been angling on, more anglers proceeded to turn up due to the warm weather, adding more and more pressure to the lake […]

New approach for Dutch Ben scores a hat trick of huge commons! Big carp specialist Ben Voltijn has been in touch with news of some stunning big commons from a very tricky water in Holland. Ben only targets challenging venues in his home country and has caught many stunning big fish using a focused, determined approach to his angling.

Kev Hewitt was very close to his first blank trip on the Bluebell complex earlier this week, when an opportunist bit of stalking helped save the day. Here’s Kev’s story: After a successful day at the Linear Fisheries open day I made a two hour drive down to Bluebell lakes near Peterborough. It was very busy and the weather was bang on. The fish were showing like dolphins when I […]