Tunnel Barn Farm played host to the eleventh round of Fish’O’Mania on Saturday 12th May and with some warm weather holding strong over the weekend, there were a few fish expected to be caught. The nice weather also brought out a few people on spec on the morning, who all managed to snap up spare […]
Pete Black wins tight Tunnel Barn Farm Fish O Mania qualifier
Lee Edwards wins four-day Anglo Dutch Classic on Voorne Canal
Pic: Lee found himself amongst some better quality fish on day two. Welsh International Lee Edwards has returned from the annual Anglo Dutch Classic held on the Voorne Canal in Holland as the 2018 Champion! The event, which attracts some of the sport’s biggest names, is fished over four (4) days with this year’s event […]
Subtopia – An underwater online slot game you must definitely try!
If you’re crazy about the underwater world and also love gambling every now and then, Subtopia is an online slot game you must definitely try! With Fish O Mania still a couple of months away, Subtopia can be just the right game for you to satiate your gambling needs! A product of NetEnt, a very […]
Beautiful Icelandic trout sets new IGFA tippet record
IGFA Representative Meredith J. McCord caught and released this beautiful 5.27-kilogram (11-pound 10-ounce) brown trout (Salmo trutta) on May 13, 2018 while fly fishing Iceland’s Lake Thingvallavatn. McCord played the fish for approximately 10 minutes before it was landed, documented, and released alive. If approved, the catch will become the new women’s 3-kilogram (6-pound) tippet […]
Magnificent 11lb 8oz Rutland Water brown trout falls to Al’s self tied Buzzer….
Al Owen shows of a magnificent 11lb 8oz brown trout from Rutland Water – by far the biggest of the season from the Anglian Water trout fishing Mecca. The Rutland regular from Cranwell ventured down the South Arm and fished deep buzzers on the midge tip from a boat. Al ties arguably the most successful […]
Rod average of over 6.0 at Rutland Water: Anglian Water Trout Reports April 29th, 2018
Latest News and Information from Week ending 29 April 2018 • Latest match results from all our waters • Summer is heading this way – Rutland Tuesday Evening boat league starts 8 May www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water […]
Yellow Pop-Ups account for speciment rudd brace for Kevin Sanders
Cambridge angler Kevin Sanders braved some pretty awful weather to bank this beautiful brace of rudd with the best going a personal best 2lb 15oz and the other another beauty at 2lb 8oz. Kevin started on the float with no luck but a switch to fishing the Method Feeder over a couple of pre-baited spots […]
6lb brown and rainbow trout from Rutland and Grafham Water : Anglian Water Report April 22nd, 2018
Latest News and Information from Week ending 22 April 2018 • Wonderful week at Rutland Water with a 6lb 12oz Brown and a 6lb Rainbow • Grafham rod average 5.6 and biggest fish of the week is a superb 6lb 2oz Brown www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell […]
Big fine for water company following hazardous chemical leak that killed 30,000 River Amber fish
On 19 April 2018, at Derby Crown Court, sitting in Nottingham, Severn Trent Water Limited was fined £350,000, ordered to pay Environment Agency costs of £68,003, as well as a victim surcharge of £120. An estimated 30,000 dead fish and 5km of damaged ecology along the River Amber led to proceedings brought against Severn Trent […]
World record asp from Italy’s Lake Mantova
Italian angler Giovanni Stanzione caught this 10.34-kilogram (22-pound 12-ounce) asp (Aspius aspius) on April 12, 2018 while lure fishing Lake Mantova, Italy. Stanzione played the fish for approximately 15 minutes. This is the heaviest asp ever recorded by the IGFA and if approved, the catch will become both the new All-Tackle world record, as well as […]
Anthony’s huge 92lb Cobia is biggest on the fly….
French angler Anthony Guenec potentially set the new men’s 10 kg (20lb) tippet class world record for cobia (Rachycentron canadum) with this massive 42-kilogram (92-pound 9-ounce) fish that he caught on March 5, 2018 while fly fishing off the Bijagos Islands in Guinea Bissau. Guenec played the hard-fighting cobia for over an hour after it […]
Shropshire farmer £36,000 lighter after serious breach of pollution regulations….
On 16 April 2018, Telford Magistrates’ Court fined the 55 year-old £16,000 and ordered him to pay £20,000 in costs, along with a £170 victim surcharge. The charges were brought by the Environment Agency under the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 and Sections 24(1) and (4) of the Water Resources Act 1991. The Environment Agency […]
Isle of Wight carp out at 52lb 6oz
Richworth’s Simon Dew has gone and done it again….. he’s smashed his PB by landing the Isle of Wight’s largest resident at 52lb 6oz as a guest on a local syndicate water. The monster mirror carp was caught last night using S-Core pop ups over mixed sized freebies on his favourite Withy Pool rig. This […]
Super rod averages at Ravensthorpe, Rutland and 7lb 5oz brown trout
Latest News and Information from Week ending 8 April 2018 • Ravensthorpe rod average a massive 8.6 • 7lb 5oz Brown for Toff Crowther at Rutland • Match action from all of our fisheries www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton […]
Tommy Pickering leaves Preston Innovations and joins Maver
After seemingly a lifetime under the Preston Innovations banner (although he was actually also with Daiwa for ages, and Tri-Cast, for those with a longer memory), Tommy Pickering has left to join Maver UK, who are claiming a ‘new era’ is underway, Originally from South Kirkby, the 62-year old Doncaster-based rod is no stranger to […]
