An Over 50s match at Moorlands Farm produced the biggest winning margin anyone can remember for years at the Kidderminster complex, fishery manager Mal Watson topping the field by over 140lb! Mal, who has been on a brilliant run of form, having also won three recent events in a row with 56-4-0, 78-0-0 and 90-4-0, […]
It’s Elementary For Watson
Five Midlands Qualifiers For Fish O Mania 2013
There are five Midlands qualifiers for the 2013 Fish ‘O’ Mania competition, which is now in its second decade. The entry process will open at 9am on Tuesday January 15th. The dates for the diary are Bolding Pools (April 13th); Makins Fishery (April 17th); Tunnel Barn Farm (April 27th); Larford Lakes (4th May) and Woodland […]
Christmas Fayre At Barston Lakes
Barston Lakes’ Christmas event will include a slap-up post-match dinner at the West Midlands Golf Club centre. The 23rd December open will be fished on the Solihull venue’s Main Lake with the £25 tickets available by emailing fishery boss Nigel Harrhy at nharrhy@aol.com . Along with Packington the venue hosted the Garbolino Sensas CIPS League […]
Larford Lake Winter League Dates
Larford Lakes has announced the dates for its winter league series, starting in January. The teams of four event is fished over six rounds with a payout of £1,000 to the winners based on a full turnout of 16 teams.The top three placed teams will also qualify for the Mega Match This Team Championship Final […]
New Match Record For Rice At Tunnel Barn Fish Turn To Cheddar
Ronnie Biggs has been stealing a march on his rivals at Tunnel Barn, using cheese hook baits to great effect. The bait may be more associated with fishing for chub and barbel on rivers, but Ronnie has found the Shrewley venue’s F1s, carp and hybrids all have a taste for cheddar and he proved the […]
Tunnel Barn Incentive For Angling Clubs
Tunnel Barn Fishery has a new offer for angling clubs out there – any club that books four or more matches will get a fifth date free of charge. The Shrewley complex has also announced its Christmas match schedule with a Santa Special Open on Christmas Eve with £100 added to the prize find kicking […]
Christmas Matches At Moorlands Farm
Moorlands Farm Fishery has announced its Christmas match schedule with special fur and feather events on Thursday December 20th and Saturday 22nd, with the fishery closing then until Boxing Day. The complex then welcomes in 2013 with a New Year’s Day Open – more details on www.moorlands-farm.co.uk .
Good Roach Fishing On The Newry Canal
A hard overnight frost and a reduced water level in the Albert Basin didn’t bode well for the Anglers assembled outside the Quays on Sunday morning. Some of the gathering looked decidedly worried as they presented their licences for the Loughs Agency Fishery Officers to inspect. With some men travelling from as far away as Newtownabbey […]
Chapman At The Treble
Dave Chapman has had a week to remember at Tunnel Barn Fishery. The White Hart rod won Monday’s open match on Club Pool with 76-10-0 of carp and F1s on pole and pellet, fishing three lines at six, eight and ten metres. He then followed up in the Tuesday Over 50s event, fishing the same […]
Harrell’s Triumphs In Hereford Festival
Dave Harrell once again proved his river fishing prowess by winning the Shakespeare sponsored Hereford Angling Festival. Despite low and clear conditions for this sell-out three-day event, there were plenty of good weights, especially from the pegs in the 80s on the right bank. The area produced the day one winner in the shape of […]
Woodland View Winter Matches
Woodland View Fishery is running a Silverfish League with matches kicking off on Saturday January 5th. Entry is £20 with another £21 in pools for each of the six rounds. The venue’s Pairs League started at the weekend and was won individually by Steve Wilson with 68lb, but there are another nine rounds to be […]
Jim Hemmings Memorial Angling match
The match was run in support of the Macmillan Cancer Appeal charity in memory of Redditch man Jim Hemmings, who sadly passed away a while ago, and was organised by his son Mark aided by the local angling community, and held on Arrow Valley Lake on Saturday November 3rd 2012. The match was a great […]
World Champ Joe Shows Off His Long Pole Skimmer Skills
There are two Kamasan Starlets knocking around with current world championship crowns – Sean Ashby who won the men’s senior event in 2012, and Joe Roberts, who won the Veterans event in Portugal in August. And Joe showed his prowess on silver fish to win the AVVC Open on Arrow Valley Lakes with 29-15-0 of […]
Ashby Lands 30lb Carp To Win Match
The two day Sensas Challenge final will be remembered for a huge fish landed by Kamasan Starlets team-man Sean Ashby on light tackle. Fresh from winning individual gold at the 2012 World Championships, Sean found himself struggling away with just small perch and small roach for his efforts with an hour to go. His float then […]
Cox Takes First Meadowlands Silver Fish Open
Meadowlands Fishery is another Midlands commercial that’s just started its winter series of matches and the first one this weekend was won by England international Darren Cox, who opted for a chopped worm, pellet and caster approach on peg 12 on Lambsdown for an impressive 64-4-0 bag of roach, perch and skimmers. Packington Vets regular […]
