Chris Hartley (28) from Rhyl, North Wales, made the 3-hour journey yesterday for a Day Ticket on Masters Lake and doubled his PB by landing a massive 68lb catfish on his first ever cat session.   Chris fished peg 4 using a Shatterford’s ready-made cat rig (£1.99) and a chunk of pork luncheon meat. For most of […]

In a bid to bring the area’s angling clubs closer together, Wayne Sharman at Lane’s Fishing Tackle is organising a new teams of four festival at Meadowlands Fishery. Two years in the planning, the event is only open to angling clubs in the Coventry region, and the tackle shop is putting up a trophy as […]

The Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers reached the halfway stage on Saturday at the highly regarded Stafford Moor Fishery in North Devon. Tim Bull (Dynamite Baits) aged 39 years, brother of former winner Mick and a Business Development Manager from Leamington is the eighth qualifier to join the line up for the Fish ‘O’ Mania final […]

This 6th Qualifier in the 2010 Fish O Mania series at Larford Lakes failed to live up to the expected weights that this venue is famous for, mainly due to very heavy overnight rain and a clear bright sunlit day with little or no breeze to put a ripple on the water. Prior to the […]

On Sunday May 16th the National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair will take place at the Abbey Stadium Sports Centre on the Birmingham Road in Redditch Worcestershire B97 6EJ.   Auctioneer Neil Freeman of Angling Auctions (sponsors of the fair) will be on hand to value any item of tackle. Over 40 of the country’s foremost dealers […]

Tickets are now on sale for the Evesham Festival Ladies Championship on August 22nd and Veterans Championship on August 25th. With top prizes of £500 for each event plus a chance for the two respective winners to compete in the main Shakespeare Championship final and a shot at the £6,000 top prize on August 28th, […]

An angler who has banked the biggest verified salmon for over 30 years from the Hampshire Avon has described the capture as the ‘defining moment’ of his angling career. Surrey based Stewart Allum hooked the massive 32lb 12oz fish on the fly on the famous river between Fordingbridge and Ibsley. He weighed and measured the […]

Response from organisers, coaches and businesses eager to support the new National Fishing Month initiative has been fantastic so far. To date, over 60 events have been registered online.  They include ladies’ days, under-16 teach ins, dads’ and lads’ days and disabled angler opportunities – all spread across the three fishing disciplines. The trade support […]

Britain’s top bloodworm supplier, Sam Wildsmith, has joined forces with the organisers of the Evesham Festival as the official supplier of bloodworm and joker for the two qualifying weekends and also the three final days.Sam is taking orders for all these matches and will be present to deliver the bait to competitors on the morning […]

Government plans to designate large areas in the North and Irish seas and the English Channel as marine conservation zones (MCZs) where many activities may be restricted or barred, are running out of time. Sea anglers on four regional project teams covering the areas say there is only six weeks in which to study and […]

High overnight temperatures and a warm, overcast breezy day really gave the competitors the best possible conditions to capitalise on their fishing at Woodlands View, near Droitwich on Wednesday in the fifth Fish ‘O’ Mania Qualifier.All lakes fished pretty well and this was best illustrated in the section results where 44lbs was the lowest weight […]

Congratulations to David Darlington, Mark Bate, Paul Barnsley, Mick Brov and Ian Griffiths on winning the Extreme Fishing II with Robson Green box set in www.total-fishing.com latest competition.They all correctly identified that there are three discs in the box set which is now available as a DVD for £24.99. The series finds Robson island hopping […]

Tickets sales for the fourth annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match are going exceptionally well but there are still plenty of 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. Roy Marlow, […]

Mark Downes and Mark Addy, Drennan Team England International Managers have announced that after ten years of success they are sending the most experienced team to fish this year’s World Nations Championships in Ciudad Real, Spain 26th/27th June. Both Managers feel that to compete at the highest level, this team is the best in the […]

Easter weekend saw the launch of Mike Williams new Greys sponsored charter boat, Greyfox. Greyfox is an Evolution 38 and is designed for offshore Bass and wreck fishing.Powered by a 500 hp Iveco engine, Greyfox is capable of cruising at 20 knots  with a top speed of 26 knots.  The boat is fitted with all […]