The TAKE A FRIEND FISHING promotion is back to encourage thousands of parents, grandparents and friends to take the time over the Easter break to give family members and friends the chance to have a go at fishing. Particularly if there’s nothing they want to watch on the TV and they have an extra few […]
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Bait-Tech Festival, White Acres
With 180 in attendance including some of the very best in Britain, this was sure to be another hotly contested event. The sun was shining and the fish fed well which led to some huge weights from all over the complex. Tony Wynnick topped the big weight stakes with a staggering 240lb but some very […]
Dorking Cruise To Victory On Kennet And Avon Canal
Match Report A hard overnight frost and bright sunshine led to a very slow start for the 90 competitors on the Angling Trust Winter League second Southern Semi Final on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Marlborough on Sunday 1st April 2012. It took a few boats to stir things up and get the fish […]
Angling Trust To Assist Clubs In CEMEX Negotiations
Following concerns expressed by anglers worried that the Cemex portfolio of about 100 waters could be lost to the sport the Angling Trust has contacted Fennwright, the agents handling the sale, and offered to broker contacts with interested clubs or fisheries interests to see if the owners would consider joint bids in order to retain […]
Vicki Shatters Ladies Catfish Record
Vicki Davies has set a new ladies’ venue catfish record at Shatterford Lakes with a 68lb beauty – a fish less than 2lb short of the biggest of the species ever landed in the UK by a female angler. The fish, which came from peg 15 on Masters Lake and took luncheon meat at 5am, […]
Tons Begin To Flow At Tunnel Barn Farm
The tons are starting to flow at Tunnel Barn Farm, with 11 reported in open matches in the last week, topped by an impressive 178-11-0 in the Wednesday Open on New Pool to Kingsmill Redditch rod Paul Newell. Paul fished bread and slop at nine metres up in the water for a bag of F1s, […]
Kamasan Starlets Take Gloucester Canal Semi Final
Match ReportA cold northerly wind greeted the 80 competitors to the Gloucester Canal for the first Southern Semi Final of the Angling Trust Winter League and the plunging temperatures meant the normally prolific roach went off the feed. The saving grace was the skimmers and bream which did show reasonably well especially in the later […]
Kamasan Starlets Take Gloucester Canal Semi Final
Match ReportA cold northerly wind greeted the 80 competitors to the Gloucester Canal for the first Southern Semi Final of the Angling Trust Winter League and the plunging temperatures meant the normally prolific roach went off the feed. The saving grace was the skimmers and bream which did show reasonably well especially in the later […]
Angling Trust To Fight Spread Of Beavers Into England
Angling bosses are courting controversy by bidding to stop the spread of beavers from Scotland into England. The Angling Trust has today written to Fisheries and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon urging him to authorise the trapping and lethal control of beavers following the alleged failure of the Scottish government to contain populations within a […]
Scottish Grayling Record Broken
A seven-year-old angler has broken the Scottish grayling record after catching a huge specimen from the country’s river Clyde. At a weight of 3lb 10oz, the impressive fish smashes the previous best for the species, caught from the river Tweed, by over 8oz. The overjoyed captor, young Sam Thomson from Forth, south Lanarkshire, tempted his […]
River Trout Fishing At Packington Somers
Packington Somers trout fishery is known for its stillwater sport, but they also run a small syndicate for fly anglers on their stretch of the River Blythe. Their water on the river is stocked with brown and rainbow trout and is open from March 15th to October 16th to trout anglers. The cost is £120, […]
Arrow Valley Lake Open Matches 2012
John Bushell has been in touch about the forthcoming series of open matches he’s running at Arrow Valley Lakes. John has just completed a successful winter series on the Redditch Water, and has now booked seven dates for Saturday open matches with the draw at 9am at Arrow Valley Visitor Centre and fishing 10.30am to […]
Cuttle Mill Fishery For Sale
Cuttle Mill Fishery near the Belfry is up for sale. The venue, which has been owned by the Higgins family since 1985, remains open as normal however and bookings are being taken as usual until the end of April and from the new season starting June 16th. Visit www.cuttle-mill.com .
Tons Start To Flow At Moorlands Farm
A sign that summer is on the way is when ton-up weights start to be recorded on the area’s commercial stillwaters. At Moorlands Farm Mal Watson registered 108-12-0 in the Wednesday Open on Bank Pool peg 17, and the following day George Reynolds won the open on Silver with 104-4-0. On Saturday the top two […]
Surprise Stillwater Barbel
Barbel have become our most popular river fish but Lee Burden has hit the angling headlines after landing a 13-pounder from a lake. The fish, one of the biggest barbel to have come from a stillwater in the UK, came from Lychgate Fisheries at Stoke Golding in Warwickshire. The 33-year-old was fishing for carp and […]
