Meet the biggest pike ever landed in England – all 46lb 11oz of it. The massive fish was taken at Wykeham Lakes in Yorkshire by Scarborough angler Wyndon Coole and is just two ounces off the long standing British best of 46lb 13oz taken at iconic Llandegfedd Lakes in South Wales by Ray Lewis in […]
English Pike Record
Rapala and Shimano Hook Up With World Predator Classic
Fishing tackle brand Shimano and Rapala have signed a sponsorship deal with the World Predator Classic. Gerard Bakkenes, Senior Marketing Manager of Shimano Europe Fishing explained: “We know what sort of event Ross Honey, the tournament founder, can deliver and we are delighted to sign up as an Event Partner. Lure fishing is one of […]
Muskie Record Beaten Twice In Two Days
Two potential world record musky have been and released in the St. Lawrence River, only two days apart. Michael Forjohn, of Ambier, Pennsylvania, landed an enormous 130 cm muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) on December 2nd, while trolling a Swim Wizz lure in the St. Lawrence River, near Clayton, New York. Once hooked up, Forjohn needed only six minutes […]
Biggest River Pike Of The Season
Caption: Nathan Edgell shows off the biggest river pike caught in the UK in 2013 so far at 34lb 10oz.Pic: Angler’s MailPike season is upon us in the UK with a couple of really big girls reported. Nathan Edgell snaffled the biggest river pike of 2013 with this 34lb 10oz beauty, the Dorset angler using […]
Huge Pike From Rutland Water
Rutland Water has produced its biggest pike for ages during the Anglian Water venues official pike trials. Polish angler Artu Brzozowski was fishing for zander with a 15cm Shad over a deep water area when the 33lb 4oz fish took. It measured 114cm long. PIKE FISHING WITH ANGLIAN WATER
The Joker laughs last on over-fished waters
With spinning enjoying huge popularity, many known predator swims are increasingly being over-fished. You will often hear: “the swim has been fished to death”, “the swim is burnt out” or “it’s not worth going there any more!”.In some cases, it may well be that the fish are avoiding the swim or at least not visiting […]
Chew Produces Venue Record 43lb Pike
Bristol Water’s Chew Valley Reservoir has produce a venue record 43-pound pike to Tom Mills. The fish, thought to be the biggest captured anywhere in the UK in 2013, fell from the boat to a floatfished deadbait. It beats the Chew Valley record of 42lb 4oz and is the second 40-pounder from the water taken in […]
River Severn Reveals One Of Her Monster Predators
Solihull angler Steve Bown has landed a massive 19lb 5oz zander from the River Severn. The 43-year-old, who is an experienced predator angler who has previously landed zander to over 18lb, was boat fishing on the lower river when the big fish took a float-legered bleak deadbait fished in conjunction with size 6 Owner treble […]
Grant Takes On Shatterford Lakes
Top Midlands open match angler Grant Albutt is taking on the running of one of the best waters in the region in Shatterford Lakes. The six-lake venue, which was established in 1972, is situated in a valley on the Bridgnorth Road only 10 minutes from Kidderminster and Stourbridge and is noted for offering great sport all […]
Great October Sport At Portumna
Mike Murray of Murray’s Angling Services reports that the past couple of weeks have provided fantastic sport in Portumna both on The Shannon and Lough Derg. Huge shoals of roach, hybrids, bream and perch have been congregating between the Salmon Run and the entrance to Lough Derg. Pike are shadowing the shoals and silverfish anglers […]
Stop Using Eels As Pike Bait
With the approach of the traditional ‘pike season’ in the UK, the National Anguilla Club has issued a plea to predator anglers to stop using eels as pike bait. Laws are already in place to protect the species – it is an offence to remove them from freshwater, from estuaries and from any inshore waters […]
Gail Bags 93lb Of Bream From River Arun
This magnificent catch of bream was taken at the weekend by Gail Cottrill, who was fishing the Pulborough Angling Society controlled section of the River Arun in West Sussex. Gail feeder fished maggot for the 93lb 8oz bag, which included fish to 6lb 15oz. http://www.pulboroughas.com/
Angler Fined For Repeatedly Fishing in the Closed Season
A Bristol man has been ordered to pay £1,335 in fines and costs for flouting fishing bylaws.Adam Power was caught on three separate occasions fishing for coarse fish on the River Avon at Keynsham.He was first questioned by fisheries bailiffs on April 20, 2013 after the Environment Agency received reports from members of the public […]
Catfish Record Rocked At Shatterford Lakes
Kidderminster angler Jeff Randle has landed a catfish which may have been bigger than the fishery record at Shatterford Lakes. The big fish easily bottomed out 55lb scales and estimates put it at around 75lb – the venue record is the 70-pounder banked by Sean Mills in 2011 and Jeff’s cat is thought to be […]
Big Hit For Irish Bream Anglers
A group of anglers have just recorded a proper big hit of specimen wild Irish fish on the Lee system. Four anglers banked over seventy fish, with an estimate of around 450lb, amazingly with only a dozen falling short of the Irish specimen barrier. The bream tally included two ‘tens’, three ‘nines’, a dozen ‘eights’ and […]
