Splash ‘Em Carp Up In The Water Pellet RigsThrough the late summer and autumn months carp spend lots of time cruising in the upper layers. Due to increased water temperatures they also feed they also feed a lot harder tooThis creates a sense of competition among the fish and they will rise to the surface […]

  In August’s APF you’ll find…Inside this month’s issue of Advanced Pole Fishing you’ll find…Inside The MindCommercial ace Alex Bones heads to Staffordshire to impart his knowledge ontackling Heronbrook Fishery under match conditions.Slab HappyDave Pollitt takes us to the heart of industrialised Yorkshire to show usthe potential of the Huddersfield Broad CanalPolly On PatrolMark Pollard takes […]

 Listed below are the latest eight winners of our Ultima Power Plus Competition.Every fortnight on Total-Fishing.com, two site users win two bulk spools of 6lb and 8lb Power Plus, plus two 300m spools of the 3lb and 4lb Power Plus. The bulk spook of 6lb power Plus holds a whopping 2386m of line. Each prize […]

Howard Kelly from Cheshire booked his place in the final of Fish ‘O’ Mania, braving stormy conditions at the Oaks Fishery last weekend.Competing in horrendous conditions including heavy rain, hailstones as well as a thunder storm, the 130 anglers braved the elements with Howard coming out on top. Thankfully the fishery which is situated in […]

AN area of water at a busy Hampshire leisure spot has been reopenedfollowing a mysterious pollution of the site.Up to 50 large mullet and scores of smaller fish died as a result of athick black substance getting into the water at Calshot last week.Environmental officers are still examining the substance that was foundat the start […]

What’s in the July issue of Match Fishing?  What’s in the July issue of the new look Match Fishing? Match NewsAll the latest news from the wonderful world of match fishing.Match Fishing Subscriber ClassicYour last chance to enter the prestigious subscriber-only match at Woodland View in September.   The Match Fishing Cup Seventy-six of the country’s top […]

Rugby based Sue Shaw will be fishing in the England fly-fishing team next year after winning the England Ladies Flyfishing Association National held at Rutland Water. With the adverse weather conditions of late the reservoir is as high as anyone can remember, and the fishing has suffered with the average bag on the day just […]

Sunday June 24thWarwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry66 pegs After two cancellations on the opening weekend of the season the Shakespeare Championship qualifiers finally got underway. Unseasonably heavy rain during the previous 24 hours though resulted in the river rising overnight and competitors were faced with a river carrying 2.5ft of extra water […]

In the last two months, the ACA has continued its winning streak by winning damages in no less than five cases for seven angling clubs and five riparian owners of fishing rights.  The ACA secured over £32,000 for its members in the five cases and in addition recovered more than £10,000 from the polluters as […]

PAC member Nigel Greaves nailed this 40lb Lough Mask pike on a recent trip to Ireland.The brute took a spoon retrieved fast over weed – a technique Nigel, 49, and his 20-year-old son Nick have perfected on recent visits to the Emerald Isle.“We normally just drift the boat and fish over the weed, they seem […]

The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) publishes its Annual Report and Accounts 2006–2007 on 25 June 2007. The report describes Cefas’ major achievements for the year.As an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the document covers Cefas’ performance against six ministerial targets – Delivery of Outputs; […]

Spawning fish in Norfolk’s River Wensum are being given a helping hand through a partnership between local anglers and staff from the Environment Agency’s Fisheries Recreation and Biodiversity and Ecological Appraisal teams. Forming part of the Wensum Fisheries Action Plan and on-going research into the spawning success of the river’s barbel population, anglers have been […]

It was third time lucky for Amer Jawad at the 12th Fish o mania Qualifier at Eye Kettleby on Wednesday, where he booked his place in the final in difficult weather conditions. The weather swung between bright sunshine, strong winds and rain, preceded by heavy showers and thunder storms the night before. This served to […]

The 11th 2007 Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at White Acres last weekend was won by Steve Denmead, a waggler expert from Frome in Somerset who outwitted the rest of the field to book his place at Doncaster.At the draw the rain was pouring down and the traditional seaside resort of Newquay was not quite what […]