Although blistering hot conditions prevailed all day for the 130 anglers in the latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying match held at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery, Shrewley, Warwick on Saturday 26th May 2012, the weights were very impressive with seven weights over the magic ton and the lowest 10 peg section winning weight was 65 lbs […]
Rob Wootton Wins Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery Fish O Mania
Ivan Marks Memorial Match Results 2012
Saturday & Sunday 19th/20th MayMallory Park Fisheries This event is in its 8th year and still has incredible support. Day One: 70 anglers fished in extremely cold conditions at the Glebe complex, rain and a bitterly cold easterly wind made the fishing tough going, but although weights were down, the match was the closest in […]
Big Moorlands Match Eel But Win Proves Slippery
Stourbridge angler Dave Gough had a shock in Sunday’s match at Moorlands Farm, when the ‘carp’ he was playing on the pole turned out to be a huge 6lb 4oz eel! Dave was fishing luncheon meat at four metres in the afternoon match on Meadow Pool peg 37; and the Kidderminster fishery has confirmed that […]
Andy Geldart joins the final Fish O Mania 16
Barnsley Blacks angler Andy Geldart was the 9th angler to qualify for the Fish O Mania final to be held on the 14th July at Cudmore Fisheries in Staffordshire. 130 anglers fished the qualifier at Oaks Fishery, Sessay, North Yorkshire on Saturday 2th May. GFollowing all the recent heavy rains and the flooded fields after […]
Chris Kendall Wins Latest Fish ‘O’ Mania Qualifier
153 lbs winning haul for Chris (Hatman) Kendall at Barford Lakes Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier. Fairly mild conditions greeted the competitors for the latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held on Saturday 19th May 2012 at Barford Lakes Fishery, Barford, Norwich.Chris Kendall (Yorkshire Anglers), a Recruitment Consultant from Ilkley, West Yorkshire secured the 10th Fish ‘O’ […]
Change In Dates For Evesham Qualifiers
Due to the recent severe rain, the dates of a couple of this years Evesham Festival qualifying matches have had to change. This is to accommodate a rowing regatta that had to be cancelled due to the river being dangerously high. The two dates affected are Saturday June 30th, and Sunday July 1st. There will […]
Stu Ballard becomes 7th finalist from Fish’O’Mania qualifiers
Stu Ballard, past finalist in 2010, and a Construction Works Manager from Aldridge, West Midlands last weekend became the 7th qualifier for the 2012 Fish O Mania final. A bitterly cold north easterly wind and cloud, accompanied by occasional glimpses of sunshine greeted the competitors for the 7th of the 2012 Fish O Mania qualifiers […]
England Announces U18s and Drennan U23s Match Fishing Teams
Mark Downes and Steve Sanders, Angling Trust England Youth Managers are happy to announce the U18s and U23s World Championship teams who will be representing England in the World Championships in Radece, Slovenia on 28th and 29th July 2012. Following a successful England trial for the U23s that was held on the Gloucester canal on […]
Callum Graham Crowned World Junior Shore Angling Champion 2012
16 year old Callum Graham from Southbourne is feeling on top of the world after clinching the individual gold medal during the week-long World Junior Shore Angling Championships held in the Budva region of Montenegaro. Callum, who attends St Peters Sixth Form College in Bournemouth put in a superb performance and is a worthy winner […]
Tench Feature For Birch On Birmingham Mainline
The third round of the Mosella Black Country Teams of Three league on the Birmingham-Mainline Canal attracted a turnout of 45 anglers and a double-figure winning weight for Bruce Birch. The Four Ashes Elite angler fished chopped worm and caster at peg 11 on Clissold Street for two tench plus skimmers for an excellent 11-2-0. […]
British Barbel Angling Championships
The rivers Severn, Wye and Trent are set to host a new British Barbel Angling Championships, which will see anglers fish over 24 hours in the summer of 2013 leading to a big final, probably on the Trent. Five pairs will go through from each heat, with stewards on hand to weigh fish in so […]
Simon Medd Secures Place In Fish ‘O’ Mania Final 2012
What a contrast to last year when this match was fished earlier in the month in bright warm sunshine and a cloudless blue sky. The Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held on Saturday 28th April 2012 at Lakeview Fishery, Melton Mowbray was almost like fishing in mid-winter with freezing cold winds, which continued all day, not […]
Angling Trust announce the England Veterans Coarse team for 2012
The Angling Trust are delighted to announce the Veterans Coarse Angling team who will represent the Angling Trust and England in the FIPSed World Angling Championships this year in Penacova on the River Mondego, Portugal on the 11th and 12th August. After three consecutive years of podium finishes the England Veterans team failed to win […]
Steve Cooke Makes Fish O Mania Final For The Sixth Time
Garbolino star angler ‘Cookie’ bags up at Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier Makins Fishery Following almost two weeks of typical April showery weather, cold easterly winds and the occasional frosty night the fishing was always going to be tough for many fishing the third Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Makins Fishery, Bramcote, Nuneaton on Saturday 21st […]
Good Turnout For Woodland View Match This
The Maver Match This Qualifier at Woodland View Fishery attracted a great attendance of 91 anglers. Deans Pool fished the best and it was peg 36 that produced the winner, Danny Ludgate fishing caster shallow on the pole for carp to 7lb and a 107-9-0 winning total. In fact Danny was forced to change tactics […]
