The eighth RiverFest final took place over the weekend of October 3rd and 4th when 72 of the countries top river anglers went into battle on the River Trent at Burton Joyce. Heavy rain on the first day didn’t stop the fish from feeding and top spot went to Paul Cannon who landed 44-6-0 of […]
Bream see Paul Cannon through to RiverFest glory on the Trent
Fairer Tidefest match as fewer bream show on River Thames in London
This year’s Thames Tidefest was another great advertisement for London’s river with some excellent and surprising fish caught by the 40 competitors at Kew and Barnes on the 7th Tidefest Angling Championship. These included sea trout, mullet, smelt, bream, chub, dace and some high quality roach. All fish other than eels were eligible to weigh […]
Sarah Taylor wins first Fish O Mania NxtGen title
Sarah Taylor won the FishOMania NXTGEN title with 17.93kg thanks to a big second half of the match at Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster. John Light Junior on peg two had a huge opening hour, weighing in at just over 12kg after 60 minutes. He remained top of the leaderboard until the very end, but Taylor began […]
Andy Bennett wins back to back Fish O Mania finals
Andy Bennett became the first angler to successfully defend his FishOMania title when he won Saturday’s £50,000 match at Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster with 40.1kg at the end of a gripping afternoon of fishing. In what was one of the most exciting afternoons FishOMania has enjoyed, the lead changed hands four times before Bennett took command […]
Dates and venues announced for ‘Silverfish 2020/21’ and tickets on sale
The SilverFish competition is back for 2020-2021 in conjunction with Catch More Media. We’ve lined up a set of qualfiiers that are sure see bites across the country this winter: Sun 27th September – Lake John Fishery – 30 pegs Sat 10th October – Meadowlands Fishery – 45 pegs Sat 10th October – Packington Fisheries […]
Adam Southgate takes Monks Lakes Fish O Mania qualifier
Monks lakes hosted it’s second and the twentieth round of FishOMania qualification this weekend in sweltering conditions down in Kent. After some big weights from Match Lake 3 in the previous qualifier, many fancied it again on the online draw and the lake once more didn’t disappoint. It was Adam Southgate who drew in the […]
Debutant Rob Swan cruises to Weston Pools Fish O Mania heat win
Weston Pools was yet another sell out for the nineteenth round of FishOMania 2020 qualification and as usual many fancied the Clay Pit for producing the match winning weight. However, as often can be the case in big qualifiers, a different lake threw up the champion, that being Stretton. Runaway winner on the day and […]
Steve Openshaw wins Heronbrook Fish O Mania qualifier with massive weight
The Final round of FishOMania qualification took place at the mighty Heronbrook fisheries and with 82 anglers across the complex, there were some big weights expected. The Fishery certainly didn’t disappoint with 180lb needed to make the top 6! Top of the weight tree was Steve Openshaw, who found his way back to yet another […]
Mark Griffiths wins Larford Lakes Fish O Mania Qualifier
The Seventeenth round of FishOMania saw one hundred and eighteen anglers descend on the picturesque Larford Lakes and with settled overcast conditions, the venues large resident carp were expected to make an appearance. At the online draw many wanted Match Lake due to its recent form, however the FishO gods had other plans. It was […]
Fish O Mania 2020 will go ahead – behind closed doors
In line with current government guidance around spectators at sports events, this year’s FishOMania will be staged behind closed doors, with live coverage on Sky Sports, DAZN and Matchroom.Live on Saturday, August 29. Matchroom Multi Sport and Angling Trust have remained in contact with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport throughout the Covid-19 […]
Dan is the man in Lindholme Lakes Fish O Mania heat
A trip back to Lindholme lakes was on the cards for the sixteenth round of FishOMania qualification. With Bonsai, Willows, and Bennys in the match, many anglers wanted to draw on the prolific Bennys, and so it proved with all the top weights coming from a windswept corner where the F1s had gathered in force. […]
Eight young match anglers invited to FishOMania NXTGEN
Eight of the UK’s best young anglers have been invited to participate in this year’s FishOMania NXTGEN match, which will take place alongside FishOMania at Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster on Saturday, August 29, live on Sky Sports and DAZN. FishOMania NXTGEN has expanded for 2020 and will now feature eight anglers and a £2,500 winner’s prize […]
Colin is Scott on with 200lb Fish O Mania weight from Weston Pools
Weston Pools hosted the fourteenth round of FishOMania qualification in conditions fitting of the picturesque lakes, glorious sunshine and just a slight ripple on the water. This put a lot of the fish across the lakes up in the water and many caught on natural baits shallow. It was Speci and Match Ace, Colin Scott […]
Siz weights over 200lb in Lindholme Lakes Fish O Mania heat
Lindholme Lakes hosted the thirteenth round of FishOMania 2020 and with 100 anglers spread across the complex, there was plenty of space for anglers to catch a few fish. On the online draw, anglers were favouring Bennys lake and many tipped Lee Thornton and Nick Speed on Bennys 22 and 23 respectively. However, runaway winner […]
Lee Farmer wins Makin’s FishOMania Qualifier
FishOMania wound its way down south for the fifteenth round at the prestigious Makins Fishery. With some recent big weights in opens and overcast ‘fishy’ weather there were some decent weights expected from the right pegs, which were thought to be on lake 3 or 4. Indeed, it was Lake 3 that threw up the […]
