Kamasan Starlets rod Hadrian Whittle topped the latest Hereford Open with a stunning 94lb bag of chub and roach, and what’s more there wasn’t a fish over 2lb in his net. The competitors found the river in perfect trim for the first time in ages and when Hadrian drew fancied peg 64 above the main […]

The owners of the Monument Fishery have moved to more than double its stock of 40lb plus carp this year. RH Fisheries is rearing brace of mirror carp are being grown on for stocking into The Monument lake, with another four bound for The Avenue, a venue some are tipping to produce the next British […]

The saga of top trout water Draycote Water looks set to draw to a close, with the owners having agreed to allow fishing on the big trout reservoir from April. The venue was closed amidst considerable acrimony last year, with Severn Trent citing building work as the reason for shutting down the fishing altogether.However, plans […]

A fine bag of chub dominated Round Two of the Coventry Canal Winter League at Atherstone, Rob Chambers coming out on top with six for 14-8-0. Rob fished pole-fished bunches of bloodworm at Ran Hill to lead the 32-strong field by over 2lb from Darren Lewis, which weighed in 11-12-0. Maver Tipton lead the way […]

Friday 28th January        7:00pm Sky Sports 4Repeated:                     10:30pm Sky Sports 2Sat.      4:00am Sky Sports 38:00am Sky Sports 3 Match fishing is the focus on this week’s show and Keith’s guest will be Scottish International Jamie Masson. He’s been at the top of the game for 20 years and has amassed over 1,000 open match wins […]

EVENT: THURSDAY ‘KOBRA’ OPENVENUE:  DYNAMITE MAKINSDATE:  20 January 2011RESULT1st Gaz WOOD  Browning Central   13 lb 12 oz2nd Mick TIMSON Elton Tackle    10 lb 8 oz3rd Dave KENT  Long Eaton Victoria AS  9 lb 10 oz4th John RICKETTS Swann Baits/Mosella  8 lb5th John ADAMSON Kobra Feeders   5 lb 10 ozNumber of pegs: 15 Report:In spite of a hard frost throughout Dynamite Makins Lagoon produced a good match for the Kobra Thursday Open. […]

The 2011 Glebe Festival takes place as always on the last Friday and Saturday of May, the 27th and 28th, at Roy Marlow’s Glebe Lake and The Foundation at Mallory Park. As always it’s only open to members of the Total-Fishing.com club – www.total-fishingclub.com Entry is £40 with all the pegging fees going to charity. […]

Christchurch Angling Club Salmon Fishing Open DaySunday 6th Feb 2011 Somerley Estate EllinghamHampshire BH24 3PL Christchurch Angling Club’s Salmon Open Day is rather special this year.  The historic Salmon Lodge has been rebuilt and will be opened by the Earl Normanton as the highlight of this year’s Open day. This special day is open to […]

If there’s one angler who knows how to catch big zander, it’s Savage Gear consultant Denis Curot. Denis has weaved his magic once again, and this time with an LB Grub lure fished on a 5gram Ball Jig Head using Adrenaline 0.13mm braid and thin Spectrum FC tippet. The fish, measuring 90cm long and weighing […]

Sales of less popular species of fish have taken off following the Channel 4 Fish Fight series of programmes. The Guardian reports that shoppers are now turning to coley, dab, mussels, squid and sardines after species were championed in the TV series by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s, who is also the newspaper’s food writer.Greenpeace, however, has urged […]

Oceanic  Dead Zones  Exposing Tuna And Billfish To More Overfishing With the New Year comes new challenges to fish in our world s oceans and one of the major concerns is the expansion of hypoxic zones. That s the scientific name but more recreational anglers are becoming aware of them as  dead zones.  They are […]

Nick Weston in the Observer Food Monthly advocates eating wild freshwater coarse fish as a potential solution to the tragic decline of our marine fish stocks in his article ?Freshwater Fish Fight?, posted on your web site Monday October 17th. This suggestion is not only ludicrous, but following it would also, generally, be illegal. Buried […]

SOCKEYE salmon are dying in large numbers on the River Fraser in British Columbia, one of Canada’s most important salmon rivers. It is less than three months since it was reported that the River Fraser had been enjoying a huge salmon run, with an estimated 34 million fish – the second large run last year. […]

Hardy & Greys Coarse Academy member Gareth Goldson has won the prestigious Specimen Angler of the Year. Awarded by the Angling Times, the award is given out to an angler who has had notable consistent specimen catches throughout the year; Gareth’s include a 3lb Rudd and a 6lb 6oz Chub.Gareth said;“Well it’s fair to say […]

The ATA has joined HFW’s Fish Fight to provide its wholehearted support to end of the unnecessary and unethical practice of discarding commercially-caught sea fish. It is crucial for the future of recreational sea angling that the oceans support plentiful, robust and sustainable populations of catchable fish.  There has been a steady decline spanning more […]