Korum Challenge
Catch a fish and win a badge - guarenteed!
It’s great to catch a personal best, however big the fish. In the digital camera age, it’s easy to get a memento of the catch, but you could win up to £300 of Korum tackle if you send your catch picture to Total Coarse Fishing.
Every entry wins a badge – there are nine qualifying species, and if it’s over our big-fish qualifying weight you get a specimen badge.
If your picture is published, you will also win a Korum cap to show off your badges. Each month the team picks its top one, two, three. The winning picture wins £300 of Korum gear and the two runners-up win gear worth £200 and £100 respectively. The top three each month will also receive an invite to the Korum winners day where there are more tackle giveaways and they get to fish with Korum’s team of top anglers.
James Howes
specimen bream badge
Aslacton, Norfolk-based James Howes fed a bed of pellets, corn, hemp, casters and dead maggots, along with plenty of groundbait to lure this personal-best 12lb 4oz bream to his swim. The fish came from Catch 22 in Norwich and actually fell to rubber casters fished on Method-feeder tactics.
The River Kennet is well known for its monster barbel. This 12lb 12oz whiskers is a personal best for Reading-based Lee Povey, falling to legered luncheon meat fished over a bed of hemp.
Prudhoe, Northumberland-based Mike Welby has his son Peter to thank for the capture of his personal-best 3lb perch, as he let him have a few casts with his Mepps spinner during a visit to Lakeside Fishery in Lincs and promptly bagged the best fish of the day.
Nikki Clarke – 18lb carp. Float-fished double maggot. Private lake.
James Astley – 6lb 2oz tench. Legered mussel. Hull Pastures, Hallsham.
Charlie Durn – 2lb 4oz perch. Two artificial maggots/ Method feeder. Haven, Burnham-on-Sea.
Steven Allain – 6lb 5oz tench. Float-fished corn over groundbait. Canvey Lake, Essex.
Edwin Stringer – 25lb 8oz carp. Popped-up, hair-rigged fake corn. Acorn Fisheries, Somerset.
Harry March – 4lb chub. Freelined double red maggots. River Yare, Norwich.
Josh Wells – 12lb 10oz barbel. Hair-rigged halibut pellet. River Trent, Newark.
Mark Reid – 11lb 10oz bream. Hair-rigged corn/Method feeder. Lincolnshire stillwater.
Daniel Brackley – 21lb 6oz carp. Home-made boilie. Bishops Bowl Fishery, Leamington Spa.
Derek Giddings – 6lb 7oz chub. Freelined luncheon meat. The Hollybrook, Reading.
Daniel Ridley – 22lb carp. Floating bread. Private lake.
Andrew Kennedy – 10lb 10oz barbel. 11mm Hali-Hooker pellet. River Dove, Derby.
Karll Stevens – 9lb 6oz tench. 14mm boilie tipped with red corn. Marshside Fishery, Canterbury.
Arron Adams – 3lb 6oz crucian. Double caster over hemp. Bestwood Ponds, Notts.
David Foster – 9lb 7oz bream. Two hair-rigged tiger nut boilies. Higham Farm Fisheries, Alfreton.
Gary Potten – 16lb carp. Hair-rigged 15mm pineapple boilie. Dovercourt Caravan Park, Essex.
8lb 14oz, Ryan Shaw, Ilkeston
10lb 2oz, Des Giddings, Reading
8lb 1oz, Paul Brooks, Chorley
8lb 13oz, Andrew Greaves, Woodhouse
10lb 6oz, Toby Burgess, Frampton-on-Severn
6lb 4oz, Zac Allain, Benfleet
6lb 2oz, Daniel Howe, Castletown
7lb 2oz, Paul Brooks, Chorley
6lb 1oz, Kristian Doherty, Clondalkin
7lb, Robert Lancaster, Ware
7lb, Wayne Garrett, Rotherham
6lb 10oz, Paul Coombes, Retford
21lb, Nathan Patrick, Coventry
6lb, Charlie Durn, Stroud
5lb 2oz, Andrew Kennedy, Alfreton
5lb 1oz, Tony Gray, Woodbridge
2lb 13oz, Andrew Kennedy, Alfreton
17lb, Tanya Page, York
1lb 13oz, Ashley Hatfield, Derby
1lb 12oz, Daniel Ridley, Grimsby
1lb 12oz, Jack Greatbatch, Cheddleton
6lb 8oz, Gavin Durnell, Beckenham
6lb 8oz, Daniel McCabe, Chippenham
4lb 8oz, Neil Marling, Hull
7lb 2oz, Karll Stevens, Westbrook
7lb 12oz, Charlie Durn, Stroud
5lb 8oz, William Woodcock, Grantham
4lb, Mike Pearce, Whitby
7lb 9oz, Andrew Greaves, Woodhouse
6lb 8oz, Gavin White, Retford
7lb 8oz, Steven Cresswell, Stoke-on-Trent
5lb 11oz, Adam Green, Telford
2lb 3oz, Paul Brooks, Chorley
1lb 8oz, Daniel Ridley, Grimsby
1lb 4oz, Raphan Batty, Hull
2lb, Steve Allain, Benfleet
1lb 12oz, Les Kenny, Preston
1lb 8oz, Reece Wright, Market Harborough
11oz, Alan Baxter, Laxfield
14lb, John Blake, Lowestoft
12lb, Rick Betts, Rainham
14lb, Daniel Ridley, Grimsby
9lb 12oz, Alan Baxter, Laxfield
7lb 12oz, Jack Greatbatch, Cheddleton
12lb 6oz, David Fieldhouse, Bridgwater
17lb, Mark Westermen, Cleethorpes
14lb 8oz, Craig Logan, Littleborough
10lb, Elias Wilson, Manche
10lb, Ashley Margan, Nuneaton
1lb 13oz, Daniel Bates, Peterborough
11lb 3oz, Paul Coombes, Retford
7lb 6oz, Alexander Burgess, Caterham
17lb 10oz, Jack Craddock, Southampton
10lb 4oz, Steven Allain, Benfleet
7lb 8oz, Ryan Wright, Market Harborough
8lb 13oz, Lynn Roberts, Great Wyrley
13lb, Jordan Duval, Bridlington
12lb 8oz, Leslie Summers, Newhaven
6lb 6oz, Scott Barbour, Camberley
14lb 6oz, Alan Gould, Hastings
17lb 8oz, Mark Reid, Lincoln
10lb 6oz, Adam Skillcorn, Peterborough
3lb 12oz, Alan Baxter, Laxfield
3lb 7oz, Andrew Greaves, Woodhouse
2lb 4oz, Adam Green, Telford
4lb 3oz, Gavin White, Retford
4lb 8oz, Paul Coombes, Retford
3lb 10oz, Alan Baxter, Laxfield
1lb 5oz, Arron Dawson, Newport Pagnell
1lb 5oz, Steven Allain, Benfleet
2lb, Steven Pollard, Boldmere
1lb 2oz, Tony Gray, Woodbridge
14lb, Gavin Durnell, Beckenham
7lb 8oz, Andrew Greaves, Woodhouse
9lb 13oz, Mariusz Rygiol, Glasgow
4lb 5oz, Zac Allain, Benfleet
12lb 14oz, Les Kenny, Preston
1lb 2oz, Charlie Durn, Stroud
10oz, Jack Greatbatch, Cheddleton
1lb, Steven Allain, Benfleet
14oz, Alexander Burgess, Caterham
