The British record for a boat-caught undulate ray has been beaten with the capture of a specimen weighing in at 23lb 8oz. The fish beats the existing best for the species, which has stood for over 40 years, by over 2lb. Simon Dale was the lucky angler, catching it during a night time fishing trip […]
Record Undulate Ray
Biggest Irish Trout For 118 years!
The largest trout caught in Ireland for over a century has been boated on the country’s Lough Corrib. Weighed at a staggering 25lb 2oz, the huge ferox is a new record for the venue in the west of Ireland, beating the previous best for the lough by over 3lb.The monster brown trout was hooked not […]
Maurice Williams Takes Barston Masters Round 3
The Barston Masters 3rd round took place on Saturday June 9th. With the bad weather beforehand it was anyone’s guess on how it was going to fish. The level of the lake was up by four inches… there was plenty of colour in the water and with the overcast conditions everyone expecting the venue’s skimmers […]
Angling Trust Welcomes New Fishing Superstore Opening in Newbury
While the country prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee the Angling Trust celebrated a rare event in the fishing world, the opening of a new tackle shop. Angling Trust National Campaigns Coordinator Martin Salter joined Charles Jardine, the legendary fly angler and Pallatrax baits boss Simon Pomeroy for the opening of the Newbury fishing […]
2012 England Youth Fly Fishing National Qualifier
Twenty five young anglers took part in the 2012 England Youth National held at Pitsford Water on Monday 4th June. Conditions were good with a light easterly breeze giving the water a slight ripple, perfect for buzzer fishing. Six boats started in the ‘small half’ close to the boat pontoon and it was Fen Oakley […]
Pitsford Water In Sizzling Form
Latest News and Information from week ending 3 June 2012 •Grafham Water hosts Midlands heat of Anglian Water Airflo International11 teams battle for a place in the Midlands Final •Fantastic rod average of 5.0 at Pitsford Water Pitsford WaterFish week 641 (Season 7,196) Returns 128 (1,790) Rod average 5.0(4.02)Pitsford Water continues to fish well with […]
Thirteenth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier proves lucky for top rod Ben Emery
After a promising forecast for the 13th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Saturday 2nd June 2012, the weather took a turn for the worse as the draw took place leaving the anglers to face a cold, drizzly day, and this almost certainly affected the sport. That said this beautifully kept fishery – Partridge Lakes, near […]
Match Record For WCB Angling Club
The latest WBC Angling Club match on the Grand Union at Tyseley saw Keith Woodhead set a new club match record for the stretch of 15-1-13. Keith drew peg 51 and despite a gusting wind he fished close to the far bank using breadpunch tactics and with the roach not really showing, skimmers made up […]
Tony Miles Launches Barbel E-Book
Top Midland big fish specialist and prolific author Tony Miles has launched his first ever e-book. The first of what will be a series is called Top Tactics For Big Barbel and costs just £2.85, featuring a picture of a 17lb 2oz Great Ouse fish on the cover To buy the book visit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0086686OW/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk
Harrell To Speak At Rivers Conference
Midlands river ace Dave Harrell will be among the speakers at a special conference about the future and management of river coarse fish stocks organised by The Angling Trust and being held at Barston Lakes, Solihill, this Saturday. Dave said: “As a passionate river angler of many years standing myself I would urge anyone who […]
Green Goes For Shatterford’s Grass Carp
It’s hard to know where you are with the weather but when the sun shone last week the fish came out to play at Shatterford Lakes. One notable catch fell to the rod of Dave Greenland, who fished a bubble float and floating dog biscuits from peg 8 on Eric’s Lake for eight carp to […]
Green Goes For Shatterford’s Grass Carp
It’s hard to know where you are with the weather but when the sun shone last week the fish came out to play at Shatterford Lakes. One notable catch fell to the rod of Dave Greenland, who fished a bubble float and floating dog biscuits from peg 8 on Eric’s Lake for eight carp to […]
Barston Matches
Barston Lakes is hosting a charity match in September with the proceeds going to cancer research and the Birmingham based Acorn’s Trust, which is a network of care for life limited and life threatened children and young people, and their families, across the heart of England. Run by Gary Kirkham, the 16th September event will […]
Mallory Park Marukyu Festival
Marukyu Festival Sat/Sun 26/27th May 2012 (2nd 2-Day Event) With The Glebe fish population having only recently spawned it was going to be a bit of the unknown regarding how good or bad the fishing would be over the weekend. All of the competitors received a goodie bag from Marukyu and the bait was […]
Black Cat wins the World Catfish Classics
The Black Cat Team debuted this year at the Catfish Classics in Spain and immediately managed to win the team competition. The team was split into three squads of each two anglers and one support person: Team 1 with Ingo Kuprian, Uwe Barthel and Stefan Seuß; Team 2 with Alexander Kunert, Thomas Grabitz and Riccardo […]
