WITHY Pool and Savay Lake have both produced their first ever 50lb plus carp in the last few days.Richard Grundy, who comes from Potters Bar, took a 50lb 8oz mirror from Middlesex’s famous Savay Lake by fishing a cream flavoured boilie over a six foot deep gravel bar he’d baited with 30 free offerings. He […]

COLIN Matthews was left cursing his luck after his bid to beat the massive match record at Daventry’s Drayton Reservoir was foiled by an electric storm.The Kettering angler weighed in nearly 400lb, and was just two fish off celebrating his 42nd birthday with a new best mark. He would have smashed the prolific Northamptonshire water’s […]

THE National Federation of Anglers has teamed-up with building materials giant, BUILDER CENTER, to re-launch the 22-year-old Team Knockout competition in a new format and with more than £11,000 in prizes, Total-Fishing can reveal.The winning team, in the teams-of-five event, will land a winning prize of £4,000 and the event will kick off this September […]

‘Lugsy’s cafe’… the TF boys could hardly have hoped for a better day, although we’re not sure it helped the fishing….Henry checks his hair’s in place… there are snappers about!Sea Forum Members Shock on West Sussex Village July 12th doesn’t mean very much to some people but for a group of around 40 sea anglers from […]

ENGLAND were trailing the French by 3½ points after the first day but a superb team performance on day two saw the NFA – Drennan Team England superstars race to a spectacular victory with 34 point total leaving the French stranded 12 ½ points behind and in second place with a total of 46 ½ […]

GORDON Hartwell, the record-breaking winner of the Embassy Veteran’s National Angling Championship, knew exactly what the trophy looked like…his regular fishing partner, John Barfoot, had won the title last year!Gordon, a 67-year-old retired miner from South Normanton, Derbys, scored a runaway win with 25.920 kg after a sell-out 340 anglers – a record for the […]

Fish all over North Yorkshire will be stunned this summer during a survey to assess their health. Specially trained Agency officers will use electro-fishing techniques to stun fish so that they can be counted and measured before being returned to the water. A current is passed through the water to temporarily knock the fish out […]

Environment Agency Wales investigations show a big decline in insect life in the River Teifi between Pontrhydfendigaid and Lampeter. This confirms reports by local anglers of a decline in fly hatch. These insects are the food for brown trout and the decline of fly hatch has probably contributed to the decrease of this fish species […]

THE Salmon & Trout Association has appointed the Duke of Northumberland as its new President.The Duke takes over from The Prince of Wales, following His Royal Highnesses succession to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, as the Association’s Patron.The Duke has wide-ranging interests within angling and fisheries, including salmon, sea trout and wild brown […]

OUR June Middy competition attracted well over 1000 entries, all of them eager to get their hands on one of five superb 15ft Middy Mi Carp waggler rods, a commercial fishery float rod designed to handle 5lb mainline and big wagglers.The top selling 15ft model (pictured) boasts an MTDI Spiral Carbon blank, F. Factor SC guides, […]

THE Yorkshire carp record has been beaten by a near 50lb common known as Sally. The fish came from Walsh’s Dam in West Yorkshire and was landed by Peter Johnson, who comes from Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire. The 47-year-old caught the same fish in May 2002 at 48lb 4oz. This time the fish fell for […]

Subject: UK Fisheries Project Consultation Paper.Dear Members of the Tackle Trade/sea anglersEarlier this year, following a meeting with leaders of the Fishing Industry about the state of the Fishing Industry due to the  fish stock crisis, the Prime Minister directed the Cabinet Office’s Strategy Unit , a think tank operating at the highest level of […]

IN the second incident of its kind this year, the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) and the Environment Agency have confirmed the presence of Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) in a batch of fish.Now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued an order preventing the movement of fish […]