wells catfish

Nice unhooking mat

Wells Catfish

wells catfish

returning netted fish to canal

pike caught during netting

jack pike netted

10lb mirror caught during draindown

specimen perch found in draindown

Peter Skates 19lb12oz Common (Eelmoor)

Jason with a nice canal common carp

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lee vaughan with pike

Member Les Vaughan shows off his match-winning pike caught at the start of March. This was a pike-only match, also attended by BCAA Head Bailiff Jeff Bunch, who also caught a healthy fish. Les won the match though, with this 12 pound 9 ounce beauty. Well done again Les.

40lb Mirror - New BCAA Record

Nice g.b.f mirror for Les

Terry and a 2lb3oz perch from Odiham

Just to prove that Pike are not the only fish Terry catches, Here is a 2lb 3ounce Perch, caught at Odiham.

38lb 4oz Mirror Carp

Lewis Stagg Roach 1lb 4oz odiham

Lewis caught this specimen roach not far off the canal record - well done Lewis

GBF whacker for Les

BCAA record crucian 4lb 8oz

21st August 2008. Member Tony Etherington catches what must be the biggest Crucian Carp ever caught on the canal. I was fishing on the canal at Great Bottom Flash in Ash Vale. It had been a quiet morning until about 11:30, and then I had a few bream, a tench, a small crucian of 1lb 14oz. Soon afterwards I was stuck into the big one! I’ve caught many large crucians in the past, my previous best being 3lb 12oz, but this one just hammered that!

Les with a beautiful common

July 2009 Member Les Vaughan has been out and about on the canal again in the early season. Les caught the fishing bug again after a long lay-off, at the start of the 2008-2009 season. Since then, he has already clearly become something of a carp specimen hunter – see pictures below From June and July 2009.

big perch for Paul

Chris Bunch 14lb 8oz pike GBF

Chris Bunch 14lb 8oz pike caught from Great Bottom Flash

Great Bottom Flash Pike

Hi there, I caught the pike pictured below on Sunday (2nd December 2007) at Great Bottom Flash (near Ash Vale Railway Station). It weighed in at 15 pounds and 7 ounces, and put up an amazing fight. It was also in immaculate condition, which was really great to see.

Ben Tucker 1lb 6oz Roach -odiham

Robert with nice canal mirror

June 2010 Member Robert Richbell is the first to send in a few piccies of decent catches in the early season. Hi A couple of carp I had in around an hour and a half yesterday (Thursday 24 June 2010) in the canal not far from Eelmoor flash. Both fish taking surface baits, the 1 with the chap with a funny hat was a shade over 17lb, the other was 22lb. I also missed 2 other good bites and then the 2 adult swans and 6 cygnets arrived so it was time to call it quits.

Paul Wheate with a Perch 3lb 10oz

Member Paul Wheate, who has become something of a large perch specialist, has caught yet another large perch on the canal. This latest one breaks his own canal record, weighing-in at 3lb 10 ounces (previous record 3lb 8 ounces).

Paul Wheate with canal caught chubb

Bob Vince with pike from dogmersfield

Nice canal mirror carp

nice mirror mark

Season 2009 - 2010 A selection of many fabulous Carp caught by one of our BCAA Bailiffs. And a very fine pike too! Mark Marshal-Deane shows that Les Vaughan is not the only one who can catch ‘em.

Tom Sayer 13lb pike from GBF

Les with GBF pike

Winter 2008/2009 Member Les Vaughan has been out and about on the canal again through the winter. In what is his first winter season for a long time, Les is delighted to have caught a nice pike and an nice perch, both at Great Bottom Flash. Readers should be aware that whilst there is no unhooking mat shown in these pictures, Les always uses a mat – and so should anybody who is fishing on the canal!

Lewis stagg bream 7lb 1oz odiham

eelmoor 12lb pike

BCAA Member Terry Bell sent in this collection of excellent pictures of fish caught on the canal.

Nick Warne 22lb common carp - GBF

Gareth Bulbeck - 1lb 14oz Roach

Gareth Bulbeck 1lb oz 14oz Roach from odiham (BCAA Record Feb 2015)

Les again with a 29lb 2oz winter

Having only started fishing again in the 2008-2009 season, after a long lay-off, member Les Vaughan Has caught his biggest carp on the canal – on the evening of Saturday 6th March 2010 (sub-zero temperature that night). Fishing one of his favourite spots, Les caught the carp shown below, which weighed 29lb 2 ounces. Thats only 10 ounces short of our canal record for a carp.

Odiham common carp

In addition to being something of a Pike specialist (see other pictures from Terry), This one caught at Odiham, weighing-in at 17 pounds

pretty common for Mark

Mark with a nice common carp

Season 2009 - 2010 A selection of many fabulous Carp caught by one of our BCAA Bailiffs. And a very fine pike too! Mark Marshal-Deane shows that Les Vaughan is not the only one who can catch ‘em.

Carl Eland bream 8lb 4oz from barley mow

Thomas Foster with nice perch

September 2010 Member Thomas Foster reports the capture of a pretty good perch on the canal.

Andre Granjean - 9lb 5oz Common Carp from odiham

Simon Hale with Leather carp

July 2009 Member Les Vaughan has been out and about on the canal again in the early season. Les caught the fishing bug again after a long lay-off, at the start of the 2008-2009 season. Since then, he has already clearly become something of a carp specimen hunter – see pictures below From June and July 2009.

Tom Sayer 14lb pike - GBF

Gary Goddard with two carp 19lb & 18lb 6oz

Rachel Goddard with 4lb 6oz tench from mytchett

Paul Wheate with nice canal pike

5lb 6oz Bream for Terry McAnish

July 2009 Having spent many happy years fishing with Adventure in the early 70's I decided to re-tackle up and start again. On Wednesday 22/7/09 in a swim between Broad Oak Bridge and the By-pass bridge I hit into a shoal of bream whilst fishing sweetcorn for tench and carp. I took out a 3lb bream and had many bites. Around 5pm my rod took off from my rod rest and I hit a very big carp but unfortunately there is a snag near the towpath and lost it.

Nice mirror well done Les

17lb caught pike for William Crowdy

31st January 2009. Young member William Crowdy (13) proudly holds a monster from the deep – A 17-pound pike caught on the canal in the Pirbright area (OK the canal is not very deep, but its certainly a monster fish!). William is a regular angler along the canal, and has caught a number of excellent pike over 15 pounds, as well as plenty of smaller fish. This one was caught on float-fished spratt. done William – lets see some more!

Lewis Stagg tench Crookham Bridge

andy martin 5lb tench from ash flash

Great Bottom Flash Pike

Caught at Great Bottom Flash, this one was 16lb 10ounces! Well done Terry

Les Vaughan nets this tench

31st August 2008. New member Les Vaughan has found, like many of us, that taking your son along the canal to teach him a bit of fishing is the spark which re-ignites your own love of fishing after a long lay-off. Les was delighted to catch the tench shown below on his first outing on the canal. Caught at Eelmoor Flash, it may not be the biggest in the world, but it was welcome nonetheless. Well done Les!.

lewis stagg 6lb 5oz koi carp from odiham

Mick Fenton & daughter 10lb pike from GBF

Paul Wheate with another nice perch

Chris Kingston bream

Derek 'the puch' Pickard with match haul of 3lb 13oz from eelmoor

Gary Goddard with 7lb bream & 9 tench to 50lb eelmoor flash

Paul 'Skimmer' Merritt Crucian carp 4lb 9oz

Nice Pike!!

Season 2009 - 2010 A selection of many fabulous Carp caught by one of our BCAA Bailiffs. And a very fine pike too! Mark Marshal-Deane shows that Les Vaughan is not the only one who can catch ‘em.

Jeff Bunch 18lb 2oz pike - GBF

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Nice GBF caught common