Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery is holding a random pairs match in memory of Jenny Hamlington and departed friends of the Midlands venue. Jenny and Mike built the fishery together over the years from a small pond which became the Bottom Pool, to the complex that you see today. The cost for the Tuesday July 9th […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Memorial Match
Carp And Cats On The Feed At Shatterford
It’s been a great week of fishing at Shatterford Lakes with lots of anglers cashing on both the big carp and catfish having a feed. Jim Smith’s first catfish is one he won’t forget as it weighed 50lb. Jim’s fish fell to a bunch of worms and there has also been a 36lb 8oz moggie […]
Marukyu Reveals Its 2013 Bait Range
Marukyu has launched its new range of baits for 2013 at The Glebe Fishery in Leicestershire, England. The Japanese bait brand invited top anglers along to demonstrate some of their new 42 additions to their match, pleasure and carp fishing ranges, including new flavours and sizes of their very popular JPz hooker pellets and a […]
Rapala Angry Birds Range
Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the Angry Birds game, has hooked up with lure manufacturer Rapala in a partnership aimed at getting more youngsters across Europe, and especially complete beginners, interested in fishing. There are seven plug-style lures in the range plus Angry Birds branded beginner’s kits, poles, lure boxes, float sets and fishing bags […]
Summer Trouting With Game Fisher’s Diary: FREE TO VIEW
Adrian Joyce, the bailiff at Packington Somers Trout Fishery near Coventry in England, offers up some exceptionally useful tips for early summer fly fishing in the latest episode of Essential Fly Fishing from Game Fisher’s Diary. Adrian demonstrates ‘the washing line’ technique and recommends fly patterns suitable for the time of year, and reveals his […]
Hellings Is Up For The Cup
Dennis Hellings is targeting the fish at a 14-acre gravel pit known as ‘The Cup’ and his latest session produced this 34lb 3oz common known as ‘De Kegel’ or ‘The Cone’. Said the Taska backed angler: “Last year I fished about 30 nights there and with success. The only thing missing was one of the […]
Treble Top For Wootton At Ivan Marks Memorial Match 2013
The ninth running of the two-day Ivan Marks Memorial Event was greeted with a sell-out attendance of anglers, and many spectators to boot, fished at the fabulous Leicestershire Glebe complex of Mallory Park Fisheries, which also included the Foundation Lake situated adjacent to the famous race circuit. The 100 anglers that fished on each day […]
Historic Lake Bled Produces Big Carp For Matteo
Matteo Tecchi is on a quest to catch big carp all over Europe and his latest session on the historic glacial Lake Bled in Slovenia resulted in a 44.1lb mirror and a stunning 30.8lb common. Matteo fished a Combi rig with a Taska Tungsten Aligner, choosing White Fish Big Fish and Green Fish Big Fish […]
Hagger Bags Big Rutland Rainbow
David Hagger from Middlesbrough took the best fish of the week from Rutland Water, this superb overwintered specimen rainbow weighed in at 7lb 5oz. The fish fell to Dawson’s Olive fished on an intermediate line whilst David boat fished off the Peninsular. LATEST RUTLAND FORM
Watch Team Carp World’s Assault On The World Carp Classic
The Carp Channel brings you an exclusive insight into the trials and tribulations of big carp match fishing on huge waters, in this brand new episode of Chilly On Carp. We were able to shadow Team CarpWorld – a mighty trio comprising Lee Jackson, Tim Paisley and Ian Chillcott – in their assault on the […]
Take Someone Fishing This Spring Bank Holiday
The TAKE A FRIEND FISHING (TAFF) campaign, organised and run by the Angling Trades Association, is back again! TAFF is designed to encourage regular anglers to take their family members and friends fishing over the Spring Bank Holiday period to let them try the sport for themselves. Free one-day rod licences (each worth £3.75) from the […]
Hotrod Leathers Wins Place In 2013 Fish ‘O’ Mania Grand Final
Heavy rain overnight and pretty cold conditions all day helped to make this a hard match for most of the anglers at the tenth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Barford Lakes, Norwich on Saturday 18th May . It was Andrew Leathers lucky day, the Hotrods angler was a reserve and got a ticket on […]
Top Surface Action For Trout Anglers At Packington Somers
Packington Trout Fishery has been in top form over the last week with 116 rods accounting for 466 fish; an average of around four fish per angler. There have been lost of hatches going on, bringing the fish on the feed and resulting in great top-water action with Buzzers, CDC Emergers and dry Olives accounting […]
New Water Above Bewdley For BAA Anglers
The Birmingham Anglers Association has acquired the fishing rights to a new section of the River Severn for the coming season. Northwood Fishery just north of Bewdley comprises two left bank meadows, one upstream and the other immediately downstream of Dowles Bridge about a mile upstream of Bewdley bridge.The upstream boundary is clearly signed at […]
Ooh La La! ‘Roady’ Lands Lake Island Record Carp At 81lb 12oz
Droitwich angler Chris Roadknight has hit the carping headlines after a trip to France saw him set a new venue record at Island Lake at 81lb 12oz. Chris fished the venue last year as well when he set a new personal best with the second biggest fish at the venue 70 miles south of Paris […]