‘Jocko’ takes Total-FishingClub.com individual champs
From left to right, Fred Davis, John Logan and Steve May. THERE was a steward’s enquiry after John Logan took the second Total-FishingClub.com individual championships, held at his own Lawn Farm Fishery in Cambs! John, aka Jocko on the popular website, allowed members to fish Willow Lake, a 40-peg venue normally reserved for pleasure anglers. And […]
Springwood Fisheries October 2nd
The key to catching silver fish is the same on both lakes, there are no secrets just plain and simple tactics. Basically it is just like fishing a canal or a slow flowing river. In the warmer months you catch fish at all depths so you arrange your shotting shirt button style ie all at equal […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery October 2nd
Holmedale Lake, Wednesday Fun league open 28/09/05 24 fished 1st Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 5, 66-2-0 2nd Dave Madin Mossella Ultimate Anglers peg 19, 52-14-0 3rd Fred Spooner Brown Baileys ac peg 32, 45-8-0 4th John Darby Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 25, 41-0-0 5th Steve Madin Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 35, 40-9-0 6th Neil […]
White Acres Country Park October 1st
Next week we will be hosting the New Maver festival, Monday To Friday and will post the results daily for your records, the week after will be the Preston Innovations festival running from Monday To Friday all we will also post the results and up-dates daily.on the Saturday we will be hosting the one day […]
Win membership to Total-FishingClub.com
THIS month we have a special prize in the shape of two free Gold memberships of the Total-FishingClub.The exclusive online club is now 18 months old and the club site holds an unrivalled selection of over 500 match, sea, game, carp and specialist articles from some of the top anglers in their fields in the […]
Win a pair of Masterline boat rods
THIS month we’ve teamed up with top lure fishing online story harris-sportsmail.com to offer one TF user the chance to win two of the rods pictured left.The Masterline Masterstik 6ft Boat Rod is a superb rod with an action that rivals rods twice the price. They have progressive power from tip to butt. Features include: 30 lb […]
NFA at Labour Party conference
Three government ministers underlined their support for shooting and fishing at the Labour Party conference in Brighton this week. Ministers from Defra, the Home Office, the Department of Culture Media and Sport spoke at the event hosted by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), the Fisheries […]
Licence clampdown
The Environment Agency continues to prosecute illegal anglers Nearly 300 illegal anglers were prosecuted by the Environment Agency for rod fishing licence offences in June 2005. The total number of successful prosecutions for the month totalled 276. Fines totalled £18,470 with costs of £17,683 awarded to the Environment Agency, making the average cost of an […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery September 30th
Sherwood forest fishery formDespite the appalling conditions the lakes are in top form. On the Cavendish the bigger roach are starting to show, fish over the pound mark are being caught on caster and corn from pegs 1-12. Lots of carp -16lb from the Sherwood lake on hair rigged meat from the feature pegs on […]
Business for sale
Business for sale: Tight Line Services, LincolnDue to retirement an excellent and rare opportunity has arisen to purchase a going concern within the tackle trade. Tight Line Services of Lincoln has offered reel repair and service and acted as a spares centre to the public and trade for over 18 years, and has an established […]
Surprise Nene barbel sport
ANGLERS are enjoying some welcome barbel sport on the River Nene around Peterborough.Despite being stocked on a few occasions by the Environment Agency, the hard-fighting species has always struggled to establish itself on the river in the east of the Midland Angler region.However, fish are a starting to come through with anglers reporting whiskers from […]
World match record confusion
CONFUSION reigns over Gary Thorpe’s claim on a new world five-hour match record after the National Federation of Anglers stated it had ‘no opinion’ on the historic achievement.Gary weighed in an incredible 490-8-0 in a five-hour event at Oxfordshire’s Rolf’s Lake, obliterating Dutch master Bert Van Gerven’s widely recognised five-hour best of 419-8-0 of bream, […]
BW: It’s up to anglers to have enough nets
BRITISH Waterways won’t be changing its rules on the number of keepnets needed to fish matches on its prolific bagging waters, following Dave Parvin’s 539lb carp haul from Boddington Reservoir.BW’s John Ellis told Southern Angler that he sees no reason to make compulsory changes to its match regulations and says that Dave’s massive six-hour catch […]
Lawn Farm Fishery September 29th
Golden Rod Open held on Honeysuckle 19 fished 1stChris Young Peg 17Weight 25lb 12ozbait maggot/casterFished pole/insideCaught carp & barbelChris comes from St Neots 2ndCharlie Potter Peg 21Weight 13lbBait sweetcornFished feederCaught carpCharlie comes from Little Paxton 3rdMick Burge Peg 27Weight 10lb 5ozBait casterFished pole/overCaught carp, chub & orfeMick comes from St Neots Next weeks match will be held on Honeysuckle.
Southern Angler
In October’s issue we report on the new Lea Valley Action Plan that plans to get anglers back on the bank and the Carp Society’s plans to make Horseshoe Lake a carp fishing Centre of Excellence.Also in the feature packed issue, priced only £1.99 Sitting On The dock Of The … Bream!Browning’s Dave Vincent visits London’s […]