TOP CATCHES

The week’s biggest catches

“Over my last two sessions targeting the River Great Ouse I’d managed to catch a brace of chub on each day, so I was determined to catch three in this trip to finally tick-off the ‘hat-trick’.

Using a roving approach with linklegered breadflake, I targeted snaggy areas and by 9am I’d had my first bite – a small chub weighing 4lb on the nose.

By 12:30pm I had one of 5lb 3oz in the net so there was plenty of time to tick off that third fish!

At 2:40pm I got an indication on the tip that I leaned into, and immediately this strong fish tore off downstream under some snags.

After gaining some line and pulling the chub into the crease I regained control and eventually the flow pushed the fish round into the margin where she graced the net.

At last I had the hat-trick I’d been searching for thanks to this excellent 6lb 14oz chub, which gave me a grand total of 16lb 1oz for the day.