Tag: fishing news

Betting For Fish O Mania Final

This weekend sees the biggest televised fishing event in the calendar – the Sky Sports Fish ‘O’ Mania final which once again takes place at Cudmore Fishery in Staffordshire. Last year saw a thrilling finish which saw Neil McKinnon storm up the rails to take the £30,000 first prize and once again there are several […]

White In Top Gear

Matches at Packington Somers included a stand out 86-15-0 winning net in the Monday evening open to Kobra Feeders’ Steve White. Steve drew peg 11 on Little Geary’s, where he fished the Method with meat on the hook for a bag of F1s and carp. Swann Baits Derek Hartshorn was second with 55-2-0 with Suzy […]

Great Match On The River Severn

The Severn has been surprisingly good in the early weeks of the season with both barbel and chub feeding and that’s resulted in some good turnouts in the matches there. The Nick Gretton Memorial at Linley was a case in point attracting 40 anglers, and it produced the best match weight of the season on […]

Celtic Lakes Latest Catch Report

Sailing Lake:Some excellent Bream Sport this week with fish to 7lb figuring in mixed bags. Harry Lewis of Leicester took 6 Bream to 7lb, Hybrids, Roach to over 1lb and Tench to 4lb for a total catch of 48lb, Harry alternated between pole and feeder with maggot and caster outscoring other baits on the day. […]

Shakespeare Qualifier 10th July

Shakespeare QualifierSunday July 10th69 fished. With fishing times being pushed back to accommodate the Evesham River Festival, anglers were optimistic that the later finish would lead to increased catches. Alcester rod George Avery took top spot with a 7-8-0 net of perch and roach from peg seven. George started by fishing maggots on the long […]

Latest news From Angling Water

National Fishing Month is just around the corner and on Thursday 4 August we have a great day planned for young anglers Rutland Water Fly Fishers to host a Juniors Day at Rutland WaterA boat fishing competition for youngsters in two age groups 12-14 and 15-17 yearsEach boat will be accompanied by an experienced RWFF […]

Mega Match This

Angling is the most participated sport in the UK, yet despite this, lacks the level of recognition and life-changing financial rewards of sports such as snooker and darts. However, this is all about to change thanks to tackle giants Maver (UK) who have decided to do something about raising the profile of angling by organising […]

Big Roach by Mark Wintle

Books about big roach are about as rare as genuine four-pound roach. This long-awaited book, ‘Big Roach’ (Mpress) by respected roach angler Mark Wintle, will be available from mid-July. For those wanting to meet Mark (and other well-known roach anglers who’ve been invited) there is a book launch at angling-themed pub The Land’s End Pub, […]

Angling Essays by Graham Marsden

• 400 pages in total with 368 pages printed in a classy brown/sepia font on quality cream paper • Numerous photographs throughout in sepia • A 32 page section of full colour photographs on 130 gloss art paper • Signed hardback copies are £25.00 plus P&P. Available by mail order from Calm Productions (www.calmproductions.com) • A limited number of 15 […]

Sharktag 2011

Tope numbers down – no sign of cuckoo, blonde or spotted rays… Are Scottish tope shark stocks in decline and will we ever see any rays again. ? These are two of the questions facing sea anglers and Scottish fisheries managers following last weeks Sharkatag, as, for the third year in a row, the numbers […]

Countdown To National Fishing Month

Less than two weeks to the start of National Fishing Month (NFM), and the indications are that it is set to break all records. Already there are more than 275 events nationwide – listed online at www.nationalfishingmonth.com – so there’s plenty of opportunity for people to have a go at fishing at a venue near […]

17th European Championships Poland

There were some surprises in the results this year for all the teams taking part in the European Coarse Angling Championships in Opole, Poland from 25th – 26th June 2011.Drennan Team England consisted of; Mark Downes and Mark Addy (Joint Managers), Alan Scotthorne, Steve Gardener, Will Raison, Sean Ashby, Darren Cox and Steve Hemmingray.Drennan Team […]

Woodland View Fishery Bonus For Club Anglers

Woodland View Fishery has an enticing new bonus for clubs that book matches at the Hadley fishery. Their new Clubman’s Championship match takes place on Sunday October 30th and will see two anglers put forward from clubs that enter any event at the venue until the day before. If your club fished five matches on […]

Huge Severn Zander

The River Severn has produced what’s thought to be the fourth biggest zander ever landed in the UK. Zander are not native to the river, but have thrived on the big river’s silver fish population and indeed the Severn produced the current British record of 21lb 5oz in 2007. Like that one, the latest big […]