White Acres Country Park June 17th
THURSDAY ROVERRESIDENTS MATCH16th JUNE 2006 145 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS 1st CHRIS BACON 108lb 14oz KEN WARD SPORTS Peg 19 Acorn Long pole with bread FREE HOLIDAY/ PRESTON FESTIVAL/ TANKARD 2nd COLIN METCALF 94lb 10ozQUAKER TACKLE Peg 22 TrelawneyPellet & waggler 3rd DAVE CAIN 92lb 11oz SHIMANO QUAKER Peg 24 Trelawney pellet waggler 4th COLIN WOOD […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery June 17th
The Holmedale lake back in top form after spawning, Eric Beminis from nearby Church Warsop won the 4 hour Sunday evening match with and impressive 198lb 8oz fishing pole and bread on the surface on peg 32 he had 33 carp – 10lb 2nd was Maltby’s Steve Underwood on peg 30 he alternated pole and […]
Scottish livebaiting ban?
Pike anglers on both sides of the border were today studying proposals for a blanket ban on livebaiting in Scotland. Announcing its response to the draft Aquaculture and Scottish Fisheries Bill yesterday, the Scottish Executive said: “The Scottish Executive proposed a complete ban on the use of live vertebrates as bait due to the potential impact on […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery June 15th
Holmedale Lake, Wednesday Summer series open Round 4 14/6/06 28 fished 1st Pete Hodgetts Sherwood Forest Fishery Peg 49, 144-3-0 2nd Eric Beminis Andy Allen’s Mansfield Angling Peg 35, 118-8-0 3rd John Darby Sherwood Forest Fishery Peg 17, 112-1-0 4th Neil Walters Sherwood Forest Fishery Peg 38, 66-7-0 5th Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 4, 64-8-0 6th […]
Big fines for fish killers
Companies across England and Wales were fined and charged more than £100,000 by magistrates courts in April and May for pollution incidents which killed more than 5,500 fish. The prosecutions were brought by the Environment Agency. Spread along waterways in Wales, the Manchester region, the Thames catchment and southern counties, the six most serious pollution […]
White Acres Country Park July 2005
Day tickets are issued for fishing on Fridays and every Saturday at £10 per day (youngsters and the ‘grey brigade’ £5), and once sampled, I’ll guarantee you’ll want to go back again and, like me, book a holiday at this superb complex and catch loads! White Acres Cornish pellets and groundbait is very popular with […]
London Youth Games Angling Competition
Lineaeffe/TackleTek sponsored angler, young Ashley Tappenden (15) competed for Team Greenwich last weekend in the first round of the London Youth Games angling competition.The games have been held every year since their inauguration in 1977 to celebrate theQueens Silver Jubilee and every year 20,000 kids from the 32 London borough’s plus The City of London […]
Risby Park Fisheries June 14th
8th June 2006-Humberside Police -Folly lakeThe winner fished 6mm pellet up in the water at 16m down the edge to catch mostly carp to 8lbPosition PegNo.Name Catch1st 42T Thompson144lbs 00oz 2nd 19G Wright 87lbs 02oz 3rd 30 J Griffin 81lbs 00oz 4th 07 Paul Kettlewell 71 lbs 09oz 11th June – […]
Lawn Farm Fishery June 14th
The results for todaysGolden Rod open held on Willow Lake15 fished 1stDennis Holliday Peg 28Weight 32lb 8ozBait Caster & maggotFished Waggler/poleCaught Chub, roach, bream & 1 carp 2ndAlan Chaffey Peg 7Weight 28lb 8ozBait pasteFished Float/ledgerCaught carpAlan comes from Ashwell near Royston 3rdJohn Pratt Peg 34Weight 18lb 4ozBait PelletFished Long pole up in waterCaught skimmers, roach & chubJohn […]
PAC press release
As the new river fishing season gets under way, the Pike Anglers Club is calling for people to fish responsibly for Britain‘s top predator. “Pike are easily damaged by poor handling at any time but at this time of the year there is an added risk when oxygen levels in the water are low,” said PAC […]
White Acres Country Park June 10th
THURSDAY ROVERRESIDENTS MATCH8th JUNE 2006 100 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS 1st LUKE COULTER 124lb 09ozFARNBROUGH MOSELLA Peg 29 Pollawyn Shallow waggler with pellet FREE HOLIDAY/ PRESTON FESTIVAL/ TANKARD 2nd JOHN EDWARDS 90lb 09ozBROOKSIDE Peg 13 PythonPaste at 5 meters over pellet 3rd ANDY BIRKIN 88lb PHIL’S BAIT & TACKLE Peg 17 Acorn paste down margins 4th […]
Browning Cudmore Premier league final
Scorching hot weather and flat calm conditions, meant that fishing was going to be slow, but as the breeze picked up half way through the match, the carp decided to have a chew, and by the “all out” 50lbs was needed for a section win; but it was Jon Davies (Division 3) who took the […]
Steve Ringer through to Fish ‘O’ final
Steve Ringer has booked his place in the Fish ‘O’ Mania Grand Final by catching a huge weight of 229lbs 11ozs as the fish went on a feeding frenzy. The 10th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier took place at Decoy Lakes with boiling temperatures not putting off the fish. The 130 pegs were spread over 9 […]
Division One practice
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society staged an open match on the Erewash Canal in the town (on the stretch at the back of the Royal Oak) on Sunday 4 June. This gave competitors a chance to see what they could expect when Division 1 of the National Angling Championships is staged on the venue in […]
Growth in sea angling is the future for the fishing industry
A plan for the growth of recreational sea angling has been laid out by Richard Ferré, the new chairman of the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA). “Sea angling is a growth area just waiting to be developed while commercial fin fishing has no growth potential,” he says in a message to central and local […]