By Gareth Purnell Tommy Pickering’s 241lb River Erne weight – caught on the fourth and penultimate day of the 2014 Mahon’s Festival in Ireland – sets a new match record for the famous venue by 15lb. The catch of 58 bream to 6lb and six hybrids came from peg one on the Sligo Road section […]
How Tommy Pickering Broke The River Erne Match Record
Jackson And Hughes Retain World Pairs Crown
At the end of a week of incredible fishing, full of twists and turns, Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland pair, Philip Jackson and Cathal Hughes, retained their crown as Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Champions. Holding off a strong challenge from Preston Innovations England Feeder Team Internationals, Steve and Phil Ringer, the Irish duo […]
Wood Bags Barston Match Record With 188lb
The Barston Lakes match record has been beaten with a massive 188lb net to Gaz Wood. Fishing Method feeder with a red boilie hook bait over a gravel bar at 65 yards for the duration of the 40-peg pairs match, Gaz had a double figure carp first cast from peg 14. He had to cast […]
Downes Student Tamey Claims His First Match Win
Great Barr angler Carl Tamey has been having some coaching from Paul Downes and after making the jump from club match fishing to the open scene, he secured his first win in the latest Cornestone AC event on the Grand Union Canal in the city. Carl drew peg one where he fished squatt and groundbait […]
Bag’ems Jamie Hughes Comes Second
Bag’ems Jamie Hughes came second in the Kamasan Matchman of the Year 2012 on Sunday. Andy Bennett won with 40 points just beating Jamie with 36. Jamie received a cheque for £1000, he had won the Kamasan in 2010 and was hoping to do it again! Now you can be coached by Jamie click here […]
England Seeks Talented U18s And U23s For The 2012 England Youth Coarse Trials
The Angling Trust is looking for talented anglers who would like to take part in the England U18s and U23s coarse youth trials. The U18s and U23s World Championships are due to be staged in Slovenia along a deep slow river where bloodworm and joker, pole and waggler tactics will be the main attack on […]
2011 Fish ‘O’ Mania Results
2011 Fish O Mania Results The full 2011 Fish O Mania Results including the main Fish O Mania final won by Shane Atkin, the Ladies Fish O Mania result, and the result of the 2011 Home International, also fished over the Fish O Mania weekend and won individually by Wales’ Lee Edwards. Fishomania Result1. Shane […]
Shakespeare Qualifier 17th July
59 fished A blustery wind, coupled with a clear river running quite hard after the previous days torrential rain, meant that conditions were far from ideal for the anglers battling it out in this Sundays qualifier.Clary Partridge from Pershore drew peg 13, and relied upon stick float and maggot feeder tactics to exploit his peg. […]
Abu Garcia/ Wychavon Qualifier
Abu Garcia/ Wychavon Qualifier69 Fished With a little rainwater putting a tinge of colour in the water, this proved to be the best qualifier of the season so far, with a whopping 8-13-8 needed to make the frame!Coming out on top with a weight of 13-0-0 was Oxford rod Robin Cave, who plundered the rivers […]
Sky To Cover Match This Final
Sky Television have agreed to film the final of the Match This competition, which takes place at Larford Lakes on August 20th. The Maver backed event has been supported by the Daily Mirror, and will see 24 anglers go head to head for a guaranteed minimum prize fund of £50,000. Maver will be making a […]
World Championship team for Anglers with Disabilities 2011
Angling Trust are pleased to announce the England Coarse World Championship team for Anglers with Disabilities 2011….After a successful trial for Anglers With Disabilities that was held at Packington Somers Fisheries, Meriden on Saturday 21st May 2011 the Angling Trust is pleased to announce the England team that will be competing in the World Angling […]
Record sharks caught off South-west Scotland
Two of the largest smoothhound ever seen in Scottish waters were recently tagged and released by members of the Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP) fishing off the coast of South-west Scotland. The anglers were fishing on-board a locally based charter boat, Onyer Marks, and in a remarkable 20 minute period, the two smoothhound, both of […]
John Uses His Loaf At Tunnel Barn Farm
Bread proved the winning bait for John Merchant in the big Tunnel Barn Farm Open at the weekend. Venue regular John fished breadflake and punch at half depth for 106-10-0 – the only ton-up bag of the day – in a tight finish that saw two other anglers take over 96lb to the scales. John […]
