The 2016 Mega Match This Grand Final will be viewable on BT Sport. Rob Hughes, who will continue to present the broadcast of angling’s richest final, said: “It’s great that BT are getting behind the coverage of angling and to have high profile events televised will elevate angling to the place it should be along […]

The first qualifier round this year of the Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship fished at Earlswood Lakes (Engine Pool) in Warwickshire was held on 11th June.  Typical early season patchy results with Sections A, B and C producing up to 3 fish with many single fish and many not weighing in. […]

There was only one fish in it at the end of the Woodland Lakes Fish O Mania heat as the 100lb weights that had been expected in the run-up failed to materialise. As the field of 146 tackled up at their pegs, it was clear that competitors were in for a day of little wind […]

England’s disabled anglers are heading home from the world match fishing championships in the Czech Republic with two bronze medals. The event on the Labe River in Pardubice saw eleven teams taking part and found out son enough that the river was full of fish which kept feeding as long as you did. The Disabled […]

The 2016 Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities National Championship was fished on Arles Lake at Woodland View Fishery near Worcester on Saturday 4th June. Fishing for the 28 competitors proved quite difficult on a bright warm day with no ripple on the water. The winner on the day was Elliott Fay of Kingsteignton Devon fishing […]

Team England Veterans retain their World Championship title for the second year after a fantastic win in the 9th FIPSed World Championships from 3rd – 4th June 2016. 14 nations arrived in Pardubice, Czech Republic to fish the Labe River with the aim of beating England’s 2015 winners. England’s new team manager Joe Roberts had […]

For just about the first time this year, conditions were actually summery for the Larford Fish O Mania Qualifier. However, that kicked the carp into spawning mode and for many they had better things than feeding on their mind. Things weren’t going too well for eventual winner Ian Giddins for the first couple of hours […]

The day dawned grey and misty on the morning of the latest  Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier, fished in the lovely natural surroundings of The Oaks complex at Sessay, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire on Saturday 4th June 2016. By the time the draw had been made and anglers had got to their pegs, the sun […]

The top six all weighed in over the ton in an excellent Fish O Mania qualifier at Coleman’s Cottage that saw jack Harkness through the the big money final. Incredibly however nearly 30 anglers failed to turn up for this Essex heat.  The best weights were on Pathfield Lake, which produced four of the top six […]

Messingham Sands fishery’s second Fish O Mania qualifier was won by Paul Wright, a Doncaster angler who weighed on nearly 200lb on the day. The fishery had been in fine form and with good, settled weather in the run-up hopes were very high of a big weight match all round. Rain and a cold wind […]

The popular TV Fish O Mania series has received a boost with the announcement of a new sponsor. Online poker company PartyPoker will sponsor of Fish ‘O’ Mania XXIII, with the event now extended to include a Friday match where 32 qualifying anglers will compete for 16 places in Saturday’s show piece event. As ever […]

Anglers were greeted with some strong winds and also the first sign of carp starting to spawn for this Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Midlands fishery Woodland View, Droitwich. On Barley peg 18, London builder Krzysztof Frackowiak of London got off to a slowish start but built most of his winning 90-8-0 weight during a […]

Freezing cold conditions put paid to any high hopes of mega weights at this latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying round at Barford Lakes on Saturday 14th May 2016.  Forecast conditions might have contributed to the 30 anglers who failed to turn-up with over half who did not let the organisers know. Weights were well down and […]

The misty damp conditions  at the draw for this latest round in the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers held at Monk Lakes on 11th May 2016 soon gave way to a warm sunny day,  and the fish in most of the lakes responded accordingly. It was very disappointing to have 28 anglers not turning up especially […]

 No wind, but bright sunshine and thundery showers greeted the 150 competitors at the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm on Saturday 7th May 2016.  It was hard enough conditions without the hot weather, however the result was good  with over 12 ton nets recorded and a good days fishing was enjoyed by […]