Biggest story in match fishing this week has to be the huge carp that one the winter league match on the River Wye. Danny Baker was fishing chopped worm for perch on the feeder when he latched into something he hadn’t bargained for. However, his gear gave him a chance – he was fishing a […]
Danny’s Massive Match Carp
Huge Brace For Eel Fanatic Nick
A Birmingham Angler has hit the angling headlines with what’s thought to be the biggest brace of eels ever caught by design. Nick Rose was fishing a secret venue that had not previously produced a single eel for him in three years of trying, when a monster 9lb 2oz eel took his popped up lobworm […]
Harrisons To Sponsor New League On The Fossdyke
Details have emerged of a new Winter League set to take place on Lincolnshire’s popular Fossdyke Canal. Having played host to several high profile leagues in the past, the Fossdyke has a reputation for offering top quality sport even in the coldest of weathers. League organiser Alan Henry said “Living just a few miles from […]
National Fishing Month-Better Than Ever
National Fishing Month (NFM) 2011 has been hailed as a resounding success with more than 300 events taking place across the country attracting over 15,000 participants of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and social profiles. This year’s events which took place between 16th July to 14th August 2011, got off to a great start with the […]
Mark Holmes Bags a 50lb Beauty!
Hardy & Greys Academy member Mark Holmes has just banked a 50lb 6oz beauty. It is Mark’s sixth UK 50 plus and comes after a succession of good catches over the summer. When asked about the details of the capture Mark said, “This carp is the 2nd 50lb plus I have had from Lakeview and […]
Sunline Joins Fight Against Line Cheats
One of Japan’s top fishing line manufacturers has joined EFTTA’s campaign against line cheats. Sunline, which was founded in 1977 and is a major supplier to its domestic market, has signed up to EFTTA’s Line Charter – a campaign designed to end the practice of wrongly labeled line packaging. The company’s Hiroshi Togi said: “Sunline […]
Geoff Vallence Secures Bury Hill Silvers Festival
37 Anglers took part in this midweek annual event on the Old Lake at Bury Hill Fishery and for plenty of the competitors the bream and skimmers were obliging. Day 1 saw Ed Green draw peg 74 and he took full advantage putting together an excellent feeder performance with 84-0-0 of bream up to 5lbs […]
Dominant Dorking Take Preston Innovations World Club Classic Qualifier
Dominant Daiwa Dorking rounded off the year with their forth major team success on Nottingham’s Newark Dyke on 24th/25th September 2011. Their emphatic victory over 9 of Britain’s top teams has surely guaranteed their number one UK status.This World Club qualifier is now in its second year and is made up of teams finishing in […]
Giant Ravensthorpe Rainbow
Highlight of the week of trout fishing at Ravensthorpe is the capture of a whopping 14lb 2oz rainbow trout to Andy Kress. Andy was out fishing with his son and a friend only 100m from the lodge when he managed to tempt the fish, which is just 6oz short of this season’s best. The fish […]
Huggins Wins British Waterways Stillwater Champs 2011
Low water levels at Boddington Reservoir forced organisers to move the British Waterways Stillwater Championships to Blythe Waters at Solihull, and with high winds blowing competitors were apprehensive. However, the top three anglers all weighed in over 37lb with Dynamite Baits Backed Sean Huggins taking the £3,000 top prize thanks to a 55-7-0 bag from […]
Mellings Is Midland Angler Of The Year 2011
Wayne Mellings is the 2011 Midland Angler Of The Year after posting a perfect two-point scorecard at Solihull’s Barston Lakes. The competition, which was set up by Total-Fishing.com’s Gareth Purnell up with fishery owner Nigel Harrhy some nine years ago when he was editor of Midland Angler magazine, sees 40 top anglers fishing two matches […]
Fish ‘O’ Mania 2012 Qualifiers
The venues for the 2012 Fish O Mania competition and it’s good news for Midlands anglers with five of the 16 qualifiers taking place in the region. Moorlands Farm isn’t in the line-up this year, but Maver Larford is on May 5th, in addition to Makins Fishery on April 21st, Woodland View Fishery on April […]
Will Raison: Big Fish From Canals WATCH FOR FREE
Daiwa’s Will Raison shows how he goes about targeting quality fish from canals in the September Issue of Coarse and Match Fishing Monthly – available free to view on this website. Former world individual champion Will targets the Basingstoke Canal near Aldershot, where he targets a feature peg with corn, casters and worm for big […]
Angling Trust & British Waterways Stillwater Championship 2011
The final of this inaugural joint venture event between the Angling Trust & British Waterways Stillwater Championships was switched to Blythe Fisheries in the West Midlands from Boddington Reservoir where water levels were extremely low. Initially several of the finalists were apprehensive about the new venue but after the match many said that, given the […]
The Pike Anglers Club Annual Convention
What will this winter bring on the pike fishing front..? That’s going to be the main topic for debate on Saturday, October 1, as predator anglers from across the UK converge on Kettering for the Pike Anglers Club’s annual convention.The weather forecasts might look dire – but you don’t catch ’em sitting at home. And […]
