The latest round of pike trails at prolific Chew Valley has got off to a brilliant start with fish to 38lb 8oz.  The massive female was taken by Ian Nadin, who was fishing with guide Julian Chidgey who also has a 30-pounder. In fact they had two 30lb-plus pike in the boat at the same […]

Two potential world record musky have been and released in the St. Lawrence River, only two days apart. Michael Forjohn, of Ambier, Pennsylvania, landed an enormous 130 cm muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) on December 2nd, while trolling a Swim Wizz lure in the St. Lawrence River, near Clayton, New York. Once hooked up, Forjohn needed only six minutes […]

Caption: Nathan Edgell shows off the biggest river pike caught in the UK in 2013 so far at 34lb 10oz.Pic: Angler’s MailPike season is upon us in the UK with a couple of really big girls reported. Nathan Edgell snaffled the biggest river pike of 2013 with this 34lb 10oz beauty, the Dorset angler using […]

With spinning enjoying huge popularity, many known predator swims are increasingly being over-fished. You will often hear: “the swim has been fished to death”, “the swim is burnt out” or “it’s not worth going there any more!”.In some cases, it may well be that the fish are avoiding the swim or at least not visiting […]

Solihull angler Steve Bown has landed a massive 19lb 5oz zander from the River Severn. The 43-year-old, who is an experienced predator angler who has previously landed zander to over 18lb, was boat fishing on the lower river when the big fish took a float-legered bleak deadbait fished in conjunction with size 6 Owner treble […]

Top Midlands open match angler Grant Albutt is taking on the running of one of the best waters in the region in Shatterford Lakes. The six-lake venue, which was established in 1972, is situated in a valley on the Bridgnorth Road only 10 minutes from Kidderminster and Stourbridge and is noted for offering great sport all […]

Kidderminster angler Jeff Randle has landed a catfish which may have been bigger than the fishery record at Shatterford Lakes.  The big fish easily bottomed out 55lb scales and estimates put it at around 75lb – the venue record is the 70-pounder banked by Sean Mills in 2011 and Jeff’s cat is thought to be […]

A group of anglers have just recorded a proper big hit of specimen wild Irish fish on the Lee system. Four anglers banked over seventy fish, with an estimate of around 450lb, amazingly with only a dozen falling short of the Irish specimen barrier. The bream tally included two ‘tens’, three ‘nines’, a dozen ‘eights’ and […]

The big catfish just keep on coming at Shatterford Lakes, the latest specimen being a 63lb 2oz beauty to Gary Attridge, who was fishing Masters Lake and caught it on his last day of a week-long session. The fish came from peg six and took half a tin of bacon grill at 4.55am. Other catfish […]

Jim Sidebottom was fishing the Coventry Canal when a chub 22 inches long took a liking to his lobworm hook bait.  Jim didn’t have any scales or a camera with him but estimated the fish at 9lb, and the catch was witnessed by two other anglers. Whatever its true weight it’s another example of the […]

The new Jersey Wood Fishery between Nuneaton and Coleshill is open for business and early signs are promising with carp to 19lb 4oz coming from Daisy’s Pool and Harry’s fishing particularly well, with bags to 75lb and virtually everyone getting 40lb plus, according to owner Chay Jackson. Sunday sees the first of a series of […]

Guide Sidney Kennedy was driving around a stillwater on the Lee system in Ireland’s beautiful County Cork  when he saw a shoal of bait fish scatter at the edge of a reedbed. Quick as a flash he parked up, cast out his fly gear with an imitation frog hopper lure on the end, and found himself […]

Chay Jackson’s new Warwickshire fishery, Jersey Wood, is opening its doors for the first time this weekend as a new Academy of Angling. The unveiling of the five-lake venue at the ever-popular Hoar Park Craft Village near Ansley includes half price day tickets, a ‘kids go free’ offer, 10% off academy coursed booked and it’s […]

The prolonged cold weather has led to another tough week on the area’s main commercial fisheries with no ton-up match weights and not many winning bags over 50lb either. The most consistent fishery has been Moorlands Farm, which produced the top weight of the week in the shape of a 94-13-0 bag of F1s to […]