With temperatures falling and pike coming on the feed, this week’s Angler’s Mail features possibly the most eye-catching selection of 30lb-plus giants ever seen with a big river fish taking a Korum Specimen Cup award and John Bailey reliving his specimen pike lessons with no less than ten whackers to 38lb.
Also inside this week:
• Licence dodger fines hit £60k
• Massive Thames barbel and catfish caught
• Fist cast brings 94 lb carp for Brit
• Archie Braddock is back with specimen zander and barbel
• Record pike venue back open
• Fishing back on the BBC
• Fred Healey takes monthly Korum Specimen Cup award with rudd and perch
• Free Chapman’s Angling tackle guide
• Steve Collett bags up on reservoir roach
• Enterprise Tackle release new glow-in-the-dark worms
• New lure fishing braid and reels revealed
• Guru rod bands and JRC alarms plus other new tackle in New Gear
• Mediums-sized fixed spool reels under the spotlight
• Have canals lost their magic? Dave Coster gives his view
• How to take the perfect pike catch photo
• Best winter barbel baits revealed
• Huge £1m Used Tackle sale is almost here
• How old can carp get? Secret Lives reveals all
• Essential Knowledge covers bread punch basics and tackle
• The pros and cons of anti-tangle tubing revealed in Carp World
• John Bailey gives his big pike run-down plus lessons learnt from their capture
• MatchMail has all the latest match news and results
