Freddie Sandford

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Teen banks superb eel from carp fishery

2 days ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Big eels are rare in the UK, and unfortunately they seem to be decreasing with every year that goes by, so it is always great to see a big fish caught. On their latest trip, Gethin Hillier and his grandad Carl Golding were fishing a carp lake they knew held some good-sized eels, but they weren't prepared for the fish that ended up taking Gethin's bait. “My 14-year-old grandson, Gethin, took this 5lb 2oz eel from a carp lake in South Wales the other day.
Incredible run of form results in another huge bream

2 days ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Leicestershire angler Lee Snow’s fine spring bream campaign went up another notch last week when he landed this superb specimen scaling 19lb 1oz. It follows hot on the heels of his capture of a 17lb 3oz fish, while his 15-year-old son Alfie also got in on the action with an 18lb 11oz bream few weeks ago. Lee is targeting arock-hard 90-acre pit, where the fish have proved hard to locate.
Giant roach is ‘the best fish I have ever caught’

3 days ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Former Drennan Cup winner Richard Wilby has just landed what he reckons is the best fish he’s ever caught – this sublime 3lb 11oz roach. Fishing at a Midlands stillwater, Norfolk-based Richard presented a grain of corn beneath a light waggler at close range to tempt the fish. Knowing how shy big roach can be, he used fine tackle, with a size 18 hook and 2lb hooklink on the end of his 3lb mainline.
One bite results in one massive bream

5 days ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

On a trip to a large southern pit, Leicester angler Lee Snow landed the fifth different bream of his specimen angling career over the 17lb mark when he slipped this huge fish scaling 17lb 3oz into the net. He was targeting the side of a gravel bar around 90 yards out from the bank, where he found a silty area in 15ft of water. Bait-wise, he didn’t introduce much loosefeed, scattering just a few handfuls of hemp, corn,pellets and casters over the spot.
Dream session sees father and son bank 32 double-figure bream

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

A nine-year-old lad and his dad kicked off their spring stillwater campaigns in style, landing 38 bream – including 32 doubles – and 33 tench in one manic session!Matt Rand is no stranger to big fish, and each spring he and his son, Freddie, venture out for a few days of tench and bream fishing. In the past, Matt had done the majority of the fishing, with Freddie simply happy to join him on the bank.
A brace of bream for 35lb banked by former Drennan Cup champ

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

The first big brace of spring bream was landed this week when former Drennan Cup winner Lee McManus slipped the net under fish scaling 18lb 1oz and 17lb 8oz. The two huge slabs cap a great few weeks for the species, during which we’ve seen a flurry of specimens reported as anglers capitalised on the seasonal feed-up ahead of the bream spawning next month. Lee’s fish were caught from a Midlands pit, where a swim move paid off in style for him.
3lb roach banked from carp superwater

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Former Drennan Cup champion Daniel Woolcott is no stranger to big roach, and this spring he’s continued his superb form with the species by catching this giant weighing 3lb 7oz. It was landed from B1, a 30-acre day-ticket carp lake on the Linear Fisheries Complex in Oxford, which also holds a small stock of big roach to target. When reporting the fish to us, Daniel noted its characterful appearance, saying it was clearly an old warrior with a few tales to tell.
Clever scaled down carp rig fools enormous rudd

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Most carp anglers will have used a hinge rig at some point but, with a little tweaking, the same pop-up presentation can work for smaller species as well, as Stephen Gibbons proved with this 3lb 6oz rudd. It was caught from a Midlands pit, and capped a great spell for him over the last few weeks, during which he’s landed multiple fish over the 3lb mark. Stephen scales down the rig from what a typical big-carp angler would use, going for a size 10 wide gape hook and a 6lb fluorocarbon hooklink.
Sensational silverfish haul caught from natural venue

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Marc Wilson had a cracking session recently, landing more than 80lb of bream and big roach on the pole from a natural water. “I was fishing a small ‘knock-up’ at Harlesthorpe Dam, Chesterfield, with my mates from work. “It’s a gorgeous fishery where there are two lakes. We were on the bigger of the two, a water filled with a mixture of silverfish and some quality carp. “My peg had a set of lily pads around 12.5m out, which was the place I decided to target.
Year-long blank ends with double-figure tench

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

How hard do you try to catch the fish you really want? Do you give it a few sessions before moving on, or do you stick it out until you finally land it? Raymond Ball is one angler who showed serious dedication in his pursuit of big tench on a large gravel pit he has been fishing. After blanking for an entire season on the venue, a tactical switch transformed his results, rewarding his persistence in superb style. “I’ve been fishing a Lea Valley pit for tench over the last few seasons.