Congratulations to John Vernon on booking his place into the Fish O Mania grand final in July. John qualified from Heronbrook Fisheries Q2 on Wednesday 12th May and drew Match Lake 21. John spent the first hour on the method feeder but caught most of his fish on meat for his winning weight of 112.7 […]
Top six all ton-up in tight Heronbrook Fish O Mania qualifier
Meat shallow does the damage for Tim at The Oaks
Congratulations to Tom Bainbridge for his superb win at the Oaks Lakes, Sessay on 1st May. Tom drew peg Ash 7 and caught both short and shallow on meat to win with an impressive 131lb 8oz to secure his place in the grand final this year. The Angling Trust would like to thank venue owner […]
Boddington Classic Qualifier – Wood in driving seat
Low overnight temps and blazing conditions meant for a low weight affair on Boddington. It was Colin Wood who took the honours from sailing club peg 2, taking 4 carp on pellet waggler for 18kg 750g. Second was Owen Taylor with two bruiser carp on the wag from peg 88. Rounding out the top 3 […]
Jordan pips Tommy in Tunnel Barn Fish O Mania qualifier
Congratulations to Jordan Holloway on winning Tunnel Barn Farm Fish O Mania qualifier. Drawn on Extension 22, Jordan fished short on meat for his 144-11oz off Extension 22 and his place into the grand final. Three were four more weights of 100lb or more accress the complex. 1st. Jordan Holloway (Ext 22) 144.11 2nd. Tommy […]
Drennan Barnsley Blacks takes Team Commercial Stillwater Championship title
Drennan Lindholme Lakes (230 fished) 23 teams of 10 competed for the Stillwater Commercial Team National title at the prolific Drennan Lindholme Lakes near Doncaster. On the day, a cold easterly wind put paid to any bumper catches for this match but at least it didn’t rain and catches still remained reasonable for most and […]
Andy Bridge wins Old Hough Fish O Mania heat
Congratulations to Andy Bridge for winning the Old Hough Fish O Mania qualifier. Some quality carp up to nearly double figures on pellet saw Andy net his place in the final with an impressive 148lb 2oz with four other weights over the ton on the day. Top 6 results are; 1st. Andy Bridge (Big Max […]
Ben Lockwood wins first of the Fish O Mania qualifiers at Moorlands Farm
Congratulations to Nuneaton based Ben Lockwood winning Moorlands Farm FishOMania at the weekend. Drawn on Bank peg 5, Ben caught a steady run of carp on the bomb and pellet before switching to pellet fished shallow on the long pole where he caught carp up to 10lb. Ben did really well in the latter stages […]
Match and charter boat fishing to resume from March 29th
After what has been described as “intense discussions with government officials” the Angling Trust is delighted to announce that we have confirmation that all forms of angling including night fishing, charter boat angling and match fishing will be able to resume from March 29th under new Covid guidance for the return of outdoor sports and […]
Bream see Paul Cannon through to RiverFest glory on the Trent
The eighth RiverFest final took place over the weekend of October 3rd and 4th when 72 of the countries top river anglers went into battle on the River Trent at Burton Joyce. Heavy rain on the first day didn’t stop the fish from feeding and top spot went to Paul Cannon who landed 44-6-0 of […]
Fairer Tidefest match as fewer bream show on River Thames in London
This year’s Thames Tidefest was another great advertisement for London’s river with some excellent and surprising fish caught by the 40 competitors at Kew and Barnes on the 7th Tidefest Angling Championship. These included sea trout, mullet, smelt, bream, chub, dace and some high quality roach. All fish other than eels were eligible to weigh […]
Sarah Taylor wins first Fish O Mania NxtGen title
Sarah Taylor won the FishOMania NXTGEN title with 17.93kg thanks to a big second half of the match at Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster. John Light Junior on peg two had a huge opening hour, weighing in at just over 12kg after 60 minutes. He remained top of the leaderboard until the very end, but Taylor began […]
Andy Bennett wins back to back Fish O Mania finals
Andy Bennett became the first angler to successfully defend his FishOMania title when he won Saturday’s £50,000 match at Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster with 40.1kg at the end of a gripping afternoon of fishing. In what was one of the most exciting afternoons FishOMania has enjoyed, the lead changed hands four times before Bennett took command […]
Dates and venues announced for ‘Silverfish 2020/21’ and tickets on sale
The SilverFish competition is back for 2020-2021 in conjunction with Catch More Media. We’ve lined up a set of qualfiiers that are sure see bites across the country this winter: Sun 27th September – Lake John Fishery – 30 pegs Sat 10th October – Meadowlands Fishery – 45 pegs Sat 10th October – Packington Fisheries […]
Adam Southgate takes Monks Lakes Fish O Mania qualifier
Monks lakes hosted it’s second and the twentieth round of FishOMania qualification this weekend in sweltering conditions down in Kent. After some big weights from Match Lake 3 in the previous qualifier, many fancied it again on the online draw and the lake once more didn’t disappoint. It was Adam Southgate who drew in the […]
Debutant Rob Swan cruises to Weston Pools Fish O Mania heat win
Weston Pools was yet another sell out for the nineteenth round of FishOMania 2020 qualification and as usual many fancied the Clay Pit for producing the match winning weight. However, as often can be the case in big qualifiers, a different lake threw up the champion, that being Stretton. Runaway winner on the day and […]
