The 46-year-old sea lion handler tackled Cranwells Lake, on the Wasing Estate, in Berkshire, for the big mirror known as the Parrot – tipped to go on to break the…
British record fish
Record-beating fish caught by 4-year-old!
Anya, from Halesowen, West Midlands, was fishing with her dad Wilson for small roach and rudd when their session was interrupted by this monster of a three-spined stickleback that weighed…
Top tips for stalking fish
STALKING a carp can be the most exciting method of fishing. Watching a big pair of lips engulf your hookbait with get the adrenaline pumping and your heart racing! …
Fake record carp!
Unwitting anglers are buying the poor casts of the big mirror carp that still holds the British record at 67 lb 8 oz for when Oz Holness landed it in…
Britain’s biggest fish stir!
The big ‘un fell to the rods of 31-year-old Lee Crowther, who regularly travels to the Norfolk venue from his home up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. His colossal cat fell…
Awesome catches join Top 50 biggest fish hall of fame
14 coarse species are included in the 2015 refresh of Top 50s, compiled by specialists who help the British Record Fish Committee. And their charts make fascinating reading for any…
Put the scales away, says our pleasure fishing blogger!
YOU hook a fish, play it, land it… and then what do you do? Some anglers slip the fish into a keep-net, others put them straight back, others weigh…
Record shore conger eel to coarse angler!
For the full story, grab this week’s Angler’s Mail magazine in the shops from Tuesday, September 9. And get the magazine every week for top tips, big news, best…
24 lb British record barbel slammed as a hoax
Suggestions that this is a new British record barbel of 24 lb – well over the 21 lb 1 oz official best – was said to be a ‘harmless hoax’.…
Dangerous venue yields record grass carp
Tudor Prosser landed this Welsh record beast from The Wharf in Cardiff using a pineapple pop-up boilie tipped with plastic corn fished over particles and boilies. Get the lowdown on…