Chub falls ounces short of river record - Chay Jackson

“What a day I had on the River Anker. I’d been targeting a 5lb-plus chub from this stretch for a while now, but I always believed it could throw-up a whacker, having lost a couple of proper fish in the past.

“I’d already enjoyed plenty of sport during the day with three chub to 4lb 14oz taking a liking to my homemade cheesepaste but I wasn’t prepared for my next bite – an absolute donkey of a chub weighing 6lb 8oz! 

I checked later and realised my fish fell just a couple of ounces short of the Anker record.

It was simply incredible.”