Signs that things are warming up come when catfish start feeding and the first of Shatterford Fisheries’ big ‘moggies’ has been landed in the shape of a beauty which bottomed out 60lb scales to Sam Radnor, who fished luncheon meat from peg 15 on Masters Lake. Sam later looked at pictures of the fishery record […]
Monster ‘Moggie’ May Have Broken Shatterford Best
Promising Opening For Jersey Wood Fishery
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 […]
Drive By Pike On The Fly
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 […]
Opening Day At Jersey Wood Fishery
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 […]
Moorlands Farm Showing Best Midlands Form
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 […]
Cavan Lough Produces 30lb Pike
Ireland’s ‘Fish of the Week’ is this super 31lb pike which came from one of the small loughs around Shercock in County Cavan. Regular pike angler Brian McDonnell legered half a mackerel for the fish, which the Dublin angler returned. http://www.fishinginireland.info/news/
Barbel On The Feed At Linley
There was a good turnout of 30 anglers for the Birdgnorth Angling Society match on the River Severn and Linley on Sunday and those who made the frame enjoyed some decent sport. Barbel fishing on the feeder has come to be dominated by pellet fishing on the big river these days, so it was good […]
Cat Comes In From The Cold
It may still be pretty cold out there but Shatterford Fishery has already produced its first catfish of the year – a species more associated with the warmer months. The beauty of Shatterford is that the lakes there are deep and so fish are less affected by the plunging temperatures. The 30lb catfish came from […]
New BAA Water At Fladbury
The Birmingham Anglers Association has purchased some new water at Fladbury on the Warwickshire Avon. The water is on the meadow on the right bank immediately downstream of Jubilee Bridge and connects to their existing water there. The plan is to provide vehicle access to this new stretch but for now you have to walk […]
Phil’s Silver Lining At Makins
The saying ‘horses for courses’ certainly applies to Phil Hull, who comes into his own when the temperature plummets. Phil has won the last two opens at Makins Fishery, breaking the ice both times to record easy wins with 15-12-0 (Lake Four) and 23-14-0 (Lake Five), the latter catch including some big perch and hybrids […]
Big perch procession
At the start of December, Quantum Specialist team angler Fredrik Harbort and his fishing partner Sascha Cervenjak enjoyed a perch session that could not have been much more successful. In just three short afternoon sessions at a marina in northern Germany, the pair landed more big perch than they ever would have thought possible in […]
New Lake For Monument Fishery
Monument Fishery is planning a new lake to be stocked with over 400 fast growing carp ranging from double figures to 25lb. Work will begin on the new eight-acre water in February. It’s expected to hold 15 pegs and owner Rob Hales plans on keeping the complex’s day ticket stance, charging £60 for a 26-hour […]
100kg Catfish from The River Po Italy
It was one of those nights that many anglers hope, pray and believe will one day become a reality… But let us start at the beginning: November 2012, the Rhino Black Cat guided tours on the middle reaches of the Po in Italy are in full swing. As is so often the case, the starting […]
Quality Roach For Packington Somers
Midlands day ticket water Packington Somers Fishery has been stocked with an extra 1,000lb of big roach from the venue’s trout lakes. This is the time of year when it’s safest to move fish and on finding a healthy stock of quality roach plus some tench during repair work at one of the venue’s trout […]
Huge 6lb Perch To Lure Angler
Here’s a perch to tickle the fancy of any predator angler out there – all 6lb 6oz of it. That’s bigger than the British record! The magnificent fish fell to the rod of German angler and guide Andreas Schutt, who caught it while lure fishing in the southern Baltic in two to three metres of […]
