An angler who has banked the biggest verified salmon for over 30 years from the Hampshire Avon has described the capture as the ‘defining moment’ of his angling career. Surrey based Stewart Allum hooked the massive 32lb 12oz fish on the fly on the famous river between Fordingbridge and Ibsley. He weighed and measured the […]

Response from organisers, coaches and businesses eager to support the new National Fishing Month initiative has been fantastic so far. To date, over 60 events have been registered online.  They include ladies’ days, under-16 teach ins, dads’ and lads’ days and disabled angler opportunities – all spread across the three fishing disciplines. The trade support […]

Britain’s top bloodworm supplier, Sam Wildsmith, has joined forces with the organisers of the Evesham Festival as the official supplier of bloodworm and joker for the two qualifying weekends and also the three final days.Sam is taking orders for all these matches and will be present to deliver the bait to competitors on the morning […]

Government plans to designate large areas in the North and Irish seas and the English Channel as marine conservation zones (MCZs) where many activities may be restricted or barred, are running out of time. Sea anglers on four regional project teams covering the areas say there is only six weeks in which to study and […]

High overnight temperatures and a warm, overcast breezy day really gave the competitors the best possible conditions to capitalise on their fishing at Woodlands View, near Droitwich on Wednesday in the fifth Fish ‘O’ Mania Qualifier.All lakes fished pretty well and this was best illustrated in the section results where 44lbs was the lowest weight […]

Congratulations to David Darlington, Mark Bate, Paul Barnsley, Mick Brov and Ian Griffiths on winning the Extreme Fishing II with Robson Green box set in www.total-fishing.com latest competition.They all correctly identified that there are three discs in the box set which is now available as a DVD for £24.99. The series finds Robson island hopping […]

Tickets sales for the fourth annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match are going exceptionally well but there are still plenty of pegs left in the draw bag for either day of the two-day event which caters for 200 anglers in total. Anglers can fish on both days if they book now. Roy Marlow, […]

Mark Downes and Mark Addy, Drennan Team England International Managers have announced that after ten years of success they are sending the most experienced team to fish this year’s World Nations Championships in Ciudad Real, Spain 26th/27th June. Both Managers feel that to compete at the highest level, this team is the best in the […]

Easter weekend saw the launch of Mike Williams new Greys sponsored charter boat, Greyfox. Greyfox is an Evolution 38 and is designed for offshore Bass and wreck fishing.Powered by a 500 hp Iveco engine, Greyfox is capable of cruising at 20 knots  with a top speed of 26 knots.  The boat is fitted with all […]

Sunshine and a gentle breeze greeted the 130 competitors for this, the 4th Fish ‘O’Mania qualifier of 2010 at Lakeview Fishery at Holwell, Leicestershire. Under new ownership since October last year, the venue has undergone a number of changes, not least of which was a cleaning and re-stocking programme, still to be completed, which meant […]

To ensure you get plenty of angling action on the lakes at White Acres fishery bosses have replenished the existing fish stock across a number of our pleasure lakes:• 500 x F1s added to Pollawyn (12oz-2lb)• 2000 x F1s added to Trelawney (12oz-1lb)• 2000 x F1s added to Twin Oaks high peg lake (12oz-1lb)• Plus 800lb of new stock […]

Big news on the trout front this week is the capture of a massive 19lb 6oz rainbow trout from Packington Somers Fishery – the best fish of the year from the Meriden venue.The fish was captured by local angler Tom Smith, who safely released it to fight another day after a quick weigh-in. Tom used […]

In a change of policy this year the Angling Trust is making the Individual national open to all members of ‘member clubs’ and that includes total-fishingclub.com . The event takes place on Saturday Sept 11th on the Staffs-Worcester Canal, Stafford. Most sections will be around Penkridge running back towards Stafford including the section where Dave Trafford won […]

It looks like Earlswood Lakes is hitting form with news reaching me of an impressive 168lb winning bag of carp this week. The weight came in the 30-peg Carpetbaggers open on Engine Pool, in which Glen Maxwell drew peg 75 where he fished the pellet waggler, feeding pellets at about 40 yards to land carp […]

Following the recently-held youth trails, the Joint Youth International Team Managers of the U18s & U22s, Steve Sanders and Mark Downes are pleased to announce the teams who will be representing Angling Trust this year.  The two trials were a huge success with the young anglers bagging between 12lb and 35lb in each of the […]