Angling Times is injecting some much-needed impetus into the match fishing scene with two new initiatives that are drawing some of their inspiration from the past. The all-new County Championships will see matchmen awarded weekly points for opens they fish, which will be printed as a county league table. At the end of the season […]

The River Severn has produced the biggest zander ever caught by design in the UK – a 20lb 2oz beauty. The fish fell to the rod of Martin Jauncey during a day’s boat fishing with Chris Fowles. Martin was floatfishing a roach livebait on a 2/0 hook attached to 30lb Fox Easy Twist wire.Martin, who […]

Hardy & Greys Coarse Academy member Cathal Hughes has been pushing the new Hardy 13ft Extreme Feeder rod to its limits during extensive field testing. Working alongside Product Development Manager Dave Coster, Cathal achieved distances well in excess of 100 metres while casting various types of feeders. Built from high modulus carbon fibre and using […]

The Angling Trust today launched a campaign strategy to highlight the concerns of Britain’s 3 million anglers in the run-up to the General Election. The comprehensive strategy includes calls for the government and its agencies to:• Protect fish stocks from commercial overfishing by reforming the Common Fisheries Policy and enforcing existing legislation;• Implement the Water […]

100s of shark anglers to invade South West Scotland 18-19-20th June Volunteer anglers from all over the UK will be descending upon south west Scotland once again in an attempt to tag as many inshore sharks as possible from boats, kayaks and the shore over the three-day period 18th to 20th June. Sharkatag is just […]

Angling Trust and Matchroom have announced today that the Fish O Mania qualifier scheduled for Wednesday 21st April at Barford Lakes in Norfolk has had to be moved to Makins Fishery in Warwickshire on the same date for fish welfare reasons. Barford suffered an outbreak of KHV last year, and although the fishery is now […]

Conservationists and salmon fishermen are united in their concerns about the dwindling number of Atlantic salmon now residing in rivers across the UK.  Pollution, predation even climate change are thought to be potential causes of a massive 70 per cent decline in recent years.  But in truth no-one really knows why salmon stocks are disappearing. […]

Do monsters lurk beneath the waters of a South Yorkshire beauty spot..? Pike anglers hope the big ones will be feeding when they stage a charity fish-in at Damflask Reservoir, near Sheffield, next month.Similar events on the 115-acre Yorkshire Water-controlled lake have raised more than £4,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.As well as raising money for […]

Just because everywhere has been frozen over in Ireland it does not mean you can’t catch fish. Angling guide Ian Kitson spent 20 minutes breaking the ice at venue just off the Woodford River near his home in Ballinamore, County Leitrim to create a small fishing area and was rewarded with over 190 fish, mostly […]

Tony Ward is planning a couple of open matches at Toft Farm Fishery’s Carp Lake, the first of which will be on Sunday 4th April and the other on Sunday 10th October.He is guaranteeing at least £100 first prize (based on minimum 25 anglers) and judging by the Dunchurch fishery’s popularity he should get that […]

This week’s Angler’s Mail magazine is even bigger than usual and includes a special offer for a FREE TRIAL at lots of CEMEX Angling venues. You need the voucher from the magazine, and can then secure a day at one of many great rivers and lakes which are normally season ticket only. If you buy […]

Three times Kamasan Matchman of the Year Andy May has been signed up by Northamptonshire bait firm BagEm to help promote its range of commercial fishery groundbaits and pellets. Andy, a world silver medalist in his younger days, said: “After seeing the quality of Bag’Em groundbaits I had absolutely no hesitation in joining the team. […]

The West Midlander at the centre of a record zander claim has now witnessed the biggest pike of the season – a 40lb whopper. Mick Dolan, who has put in a claim for a 22lb zander boated at Grafham water was bank fishing with pal Andy Charmer at Chew Reservoir and landed the 40lb 8oz […]

Anglers, your country needs you! A once in a lifetime opportunity is being offered to become part of the new Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), which will shape the future of our inshore fisheries. Ten IFCAs are being established around the coast of England in 2011 to promote healthy seas, champion sustainable fisheries and […]

The Total-Fishing.com forum has been buzzing this week with the news that a 5lb plus perch has been caught in a match… and on very light tackle. Mick Keeper was fishing the event run by Terry Molley with single caster on a size 20 hook and just 0.08mm (1lb 5oz) line when he latched into […]