Prebaited river spot throws up a giant chub - Robin Cave

“With the weather getting colder I decided I’d target one of my old chub haunts on the River Thames.

“I prebaited a swim for a week with 14mm boilies and 4mm pellets in preparation for an evening session in hope I’d catch one of the monster chub.

“Using a single rod, a running leger rig and a 14mm boilie hookbait, I crept into position, cast out and sat in the darkness, staring at my rod.

“All was quiet until 8.30pm when my rod-tip slammed over and I set the hook into this fish which felt like a big chub from the start.

“After a good five-minute scrap, I managed to coax her to the surface and into the net.”

Robin Cave – 7lb 6oz chub