National wildlife and conservation organisations have formed an alliance with local river restoration groups to press the government and its agencies to radically reform water policies to enable England’s endangered chalk streams to return to good health. On Thursday the ‘Charter for Chalk Streams’ will be launched on the banks of the over abstracted river […]
Charter for Chalk Streams
Record German Salmon
Germany’s salmon record has been beaten with this 53.57lb giant taken off the Island of Rügen off the Pomeranian coast. The 123cm long fish to a trolled Rhino Mag Spoon fished by Wolfsburg angler Dieter Schmidt, who donated it to the local community. The mayor has decided to have it displayed in a local restaurant […]
Two Summer Events For Arrow Valley Lakes
John Bushell is running a teams-of-three match at Arrow Valley Lakes in Redditch in August with a prize of £600 for the winning outfit if a full quota of 18 teams enter. Entry is £100 all-in for the August 10th event, with a 9am draw at the Arrow Valley Visitor Centre and prizes going […]
Winds Push Out The Boddington Carp
The Angling Trust Stillwater Champs is underway and the first round at Boddington on Sunday saw a cold wind push the fish well out into the reservoir, making fishing difficult. There were a couple of good weights though – in fact the top three all came from the natural bank pegs 90-99 – and topping […]
Barston Swann Baits Festival 2013
June sees the second running of the Swann Baits Festival at Barston, won last year by Lee Richards. The event will be fished at the popular Solihull water over three days – the 18th-20th of June – with organiser Craig Casemore looking to fill 60 pegs to guarantee daily payouts of £300 for first in […]
Fry Sets New Larford Record In Amazing Match Lake Event
Simon Fry has set a new match record at Maver Larford lakes with a 344-11-0 bag of carp and F1s from the Stourport venue’s Match Lake, caught during the two-day Maver Classic. As soon as he arrived at his peg Simon could see fish moving in the margins, and that’s where he pole-fished from start […]
‘Fishing TV’ App – 250,000 Downloads…And Counting!
Fishing TV has smashed through the QUARTER OF A MILLION DOWNLOADS barrier for its Smart TV app. And they have done it in less than ten months! The Fishing TV app is available free on all smart Samsung and Panasonic Smart TVs and blu-ray players sold EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, the only angling channel on […]
100 Year Old Leven Trout Record Beaten
The brown trout record at Scotland’s Loch Leven – which had stood at 9lb 13oz for over 100 years – has been beaten with a fabulous fish weighing 11lb 5.4 ounces by Kirkcaldy’s Alan Campbell, a regular who fishes the water more of less every week. Alan was boat fishing at the so called Hole […]
Chilly Targets The Stenhill Leneys
Ian Chillcott’s latest filming expedition with The Carp Channel saw him visit a small fishery in Devon that was stocked with original Leney carp in 1978.Stenhill Fisheries is a holiday destination that allows only residents to fish, so the fish are not pressured and beauties they are too. Chilly landed 14 carp during the 36-hour session […]
Ivan Marks Memorial Match 2013 – Update
Ticket sales for the ninth annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match are going exceptionally well but there are still a few pegs left in the draw bag for either day of the two-day event which caters for 200 anglers in total. Anglers can fish on both days if they book now. 80% of […]
Perry Stone Makes Fish O Mania Final
Early morning rain soon cleared to leave a bight windy day for the 130 anglers in this latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Monk Lakes on Wednesday 8th May 2013.Pegged over the four match lakes, plus Bridges Lake, the word on the morning was that not very many wanted to draw Bridges. Chertsy angler Perry […]
21lb Carp Caught In Barston Masters Match
The second round of the popular Barston Masters produced a tight finish and was notable also for a 20lb-plus carp being landed. That fish, a common carp going 21lb, which is a huge fish to be caught in a match, saw Wayne Colloff take 59lb 14oz to the scales, but it wasn’t quite enough as […]
Bacon Grill Tempts Big Masters Catfsh
The big catfish just keep on coming at Shatterford Lakes, the latest specimen being a 63lb 2oz beauty to Gary Attridge, who was fishing Masters Lake and caught it on his last day of a week-long session. The fish came from peg six and took half a tin of bacon grill at 4.55am. Other catfish […]
Dog Lane Fishery Throws Up Huge Perch
Ever since a winter netting operation at Dog Lane Fishery revealed the presence of some huge perch, a number of anglers have been targeting them. And one of the venue’s real beasts has put in an appearance in the shape of a claimed 5lb 8oz fish to Gary Dumbleton. The Rugby angler had fished through the […]
Anglers raise Over £3000 For Fishing For Heroes
On Saturday 27th April, Lucy Bowden from Alnwick organised a fly fishing event to raise money for the charity, Fishing for Heroes.Anglers travelled from far and wide, with some competitors travelling over 300 miles to attend the event which was held at Chatton Trout Fishery in Northumberland. 40 anglers including active servicemen from the Scots […]
