8lb 1oz chub is one of season's best

ROBIN Cave has slipped his net under one of the biggest chub of the year weighing an incredible 8lb 1oz.

The specimen ace was itching to get back on his favourite stretch of the River Thames after recent floodwater rendered it unfishable, but had no idea his first outing would yield a new personal best.

He said: “I know there are some big chub in this stretch so to draw them in I baited a small amount of pellet and crushed boilie, before fishing a 22mm Oxford Carp Baits GS Crab boilie over the top.

“As the light faded my tip shot over and after scrappy ten minute fight I finally landed my prize – a chub weighing 3oz bigger than my previous pb!”

Robin’s 8lb 1oz giant beat his previous PB by 3oz