BIGGEST eel of the season landed

The biggest eel of the season has been banked from a Lea Valley Pit in the form of this 8lb 4oz monster. 

It was landed by Cheshunt, Herts specimen hunter Kim George Whiley during a tench fishing session and completely obliterates his previous personal best of 6lb 8oz. 

He told Angling Times: “We measured her length at 45ins and the girth at 10.75ins – she was in superb condition too.

“I’ve now been an angler for the best part of 60 years and this eel tops the lot for me!” added Kim, who fished chopped lobworm hookbaits over a bed of casters.