Pic: The big winners from the 2017 RiverFest final on the River Wye: Mike Bedding (1st, centre £13,000 ), Sean Ashby (3rd, left, £4,000), Same Merry (2nd, right, £6,000) Tickets for the UK’s biggest river fishing competition will go on sale from Monday 26th March. Four new venues have been added to this year’s line […]
RiverFest dates and venues 2018 and how to book tickets….
199lb weight sees Jason Brown head Heronbrook Fishery Fish O Mania Qualifier
Fish’O’Mania’s third qualifier of the year made its way northwards to Staffordshire and the popular Heronbrook Fisheries. At the draw 148 anglers made the qualifier another near sell-out showing the resurgence in popularity of the contest this year and it was mild overcast conditions that met the hopeful anglers. This seemed to get the venues […]
Shaun Cooke wins Tunnel Barn Farm Fish O Mania Qualifier
Fish’O’Mania XXV wound its way to the ever-consistent Tunnel Barn Farm for the second 2018 Qualifier. Upon arrival anglers were met with some awful conditions, temperatures were barely above freezing, and the snow was continuing to fall! At the draw bag there were a few noteworthy draws with Andy Bennett drawing New pool peg one […]
FIPSed European Match Fishing Championship Slovenia 2018: England to blood Derry, Dent and Hughes
Pic: Mark Downes: ‘great learning arena for the younger element ‘ This year will see the European Championship being used as a blooding exercise for the next generation of full England internationals, with Mark Downes and Steve Sanders coupling three “experienced heads” with three younger members to gain optimum benefits. The team will be; Will […]
No surprises as England name their world match fishing squad for Portugal on a venue where they have won before…
Mark Downes, England Manager and co-manager, Steve Sanders have named their Drennan Team England squad for the forthcoming World Nations Championship who will be heading to the fishing port of Figueira Da Fox in Portugal from 8th – 9th September. This vastly experienced team will consist of; – Alan Scotthorne, multi times World Champion – […]
Anglian Water fly fishing news March 28th, 2018: Overwintered fish galore at Grafham Water
Latest News and Information from Week ending 25 March 2018 • 5lb 5oz Rutland Rainbow for Toff Crowther • Overwintered fish galore at Grafham Water • Read Weekly Fishery News online at www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk/news www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water […]
Opening week produces rod average of 5.6 at Rutland Water….
Latest News and Information from Week ending 18 March 2018 • Great start to new season at Rutland with rod average of 5.36 • Good sized specimen fish at Grafham Water www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 […]
Big ‘Lau’ catfish for intrepid anglers in Guyana
Amazon-Angler.com’s most recent expedition into the jungle rivers of Guyana in South America has produced a string of trophy paraiba catfish or ‘Lau’. Our exclusive Jaguar Explorer camp is a mobile operation that allows us to take our clients to the most remote, and best fishing, based on the prevailing conditions. The group of eight […]
Anglian Water trout fishing underway – first reports from Rutland Water, Grafham, Pitsford
Latest News and Information from Anglian Water Week ending 11 March 2018 • New season’s headlines from Anglian Water’s ‘Big Four’ • Visit the new look Rutland tackle shop Rutland tackle shop has had a big face lift www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills […]
Huge Malaysian snakehead could set new All Tackle record
Malaysian angler Faizal Zainal potentially broke the All-Tackle World Record for giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes) with this massive 13.6-kilogram (30-pound) fish that he caught-and-released on February 28, 2018 while fishing outside of Rawang, Malaysia. Zainial needed only a few minutes to subdue the snakehead after it crushed the lure he was casting. If approved, the […]
Swallowtail world record caught off Kenya
Steve Wozniak boated this beautiful potential work record 7lb 8oz swallowtail (Meganthias natalensis) while deep dropping off Watamu in Kenya (the current all tackle world record is vacant) WWW.AFRICA-ANGLER.COM
Adrian Eaves banks 19lb 10oz barbel – biggest of the 2017-2018 season
Specialist angler Adrian Eaves has banked the biggest barbel of the season as a whopping 19lb 10oz while fishing a ‘southern waterway’ using a boilie approach. The fish, which may be the biggest living barbel in the UK, smashed the angler’s personal best by more than 2lb when it snaffled a Crave boilie wrapped in […]
Clarissa The Carp the face of the new fishing licence…
To the delight of the country’s anglers, the Environment Agency has revealed today that Clarissa the Carp (Cyprinus carpio) – for 28 years a UK record weighing Carp – will be represented on the front of the Environment Agency’s fishing coarse & trout licence. Clarissa was chosen to mark the centenary birth of renowned angler […]
Ravensthorpe Reservoir produces 40lb pike in February Predator Week
The February predator week at Ravensthorpe was a huge success with a 40lb 2oz pike caught along with several 30-pounders. This massive specimen (pictured) was caught on mackerel by John Rushworth who is new to fishing at Ravensthorpe. John was boat fishing but took the fish to the shore so that it could be returned […]
Kent angler hits headlines with potential new shore-caught halibut world record weighing 153lb 8oz
Dave Wood-Brignall has been thrust into the national new headlines after landing what looks set to be the new shore caught halibut world record. The Kent angler was fishing at the Norwegian town of Bodo, a mark famed for giving the opportunity of hooking big halibut within casting range, when the 153lb 8oz flatfish, as […]
