The Birmingham Anglers Association stretch of the River Anker at Bolehall has thrown up a massive barbel going 15lb, its second biggest ever. Sutton Coldfield angler Barry Finch lost a huge, unseen fish early on in the session but put that right when the personal best barbel took a liking to his 11mm SonuBait Halihooker […]
Barry Bags Big Anker Barbel
River Severn Coaching With Steve Maher
River Severn ace Steve Maher is setting up a new coaching service on the middle part of the big river with the aim of helping anglers improve their running water skills. Steve is noted for his float fishing prowess and indeed runs a float business at www.floatshop.com. In fact he holds the River Severn float-caught […]
Anglers Win a Voice in New Canal Charity
Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has secured anglers a voice at a national and local level in the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which is the new name for British Waterways since it became a charity on 1 July. The Trust warmly welcomes this new opportunity for one of the largest waterway user groups […]
Fantastic day On The Wye For Tony
Tony Cockerill from Kent had what he described as, “the best two days of my life” when he booked a two-day coaching break on the River Wye with Dave Harrell through Docklow Pools. Tony joined Dave on Docklow’s Rotherwas stretch of the river and on the first day he was shown how to put swimfeeder […]
New Pike Record For Babs Kijewski
Quantum Specialist team angler Babs Kijewski has recorded another ultimate magic moment in her fishing career. The euphoric angler recounts: “On 30 June, I had no fishing planned for the evening. However, I had one of those feelings. Summery temperature, just after a storm, the surface of the quarry lake teeming with jumping small fish. […]
Big Pike Double Take From Lough Corrib
Tomi Kurman from the Corrib Predator Team reported on some great fishing during May for Tomi, fellow guide Jack Gorny, and their clients. On many days they recorded landing several fish over 1m long, with many fish in low to mid-twenties in weight, but these were dwarfed by their best fish. A member of Hybrida […]
Green Goes For Shatterford’s Grass Carp
It’s hard to know where you are with the weather but when the sun shone last week the fish came out to play at Shatterford Lakes. One notable catch fell to the rod of Dave Greenland, who fished a bubble float and floating dog biscuits from peg 8 on Eric’s Lake for eight carp to […]
Green Goes For Shatterford’s Grass Carp
It’s hard to know where you are with the weather but when the sun shone last week the fish came out to play at Shatterford Lakes. One notable catch fell to the rod of Dave Greenland, who fished a bubble float and floating dog biscuits from peg 8 on Eric’s Lake for eight carp to […]
Real Eel Wins EFTTEX Lure Award
Savage has won the coveted ‘Best New Softlure’ category at EFTTEX 2102 with its revolutionary Real Eel. The award was judged by a panel of top angling journalists from around Europe and it represents the second year running that Savage has taken this category at the big European tackle trade exhibition, which took place over […]
Rob Wootton Wins Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery Fish O Mania
Although blistering hot conditions prevailed all day for the 130 anglers in the latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying match held at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery, Shrewley, Warwick on Saturday 26th May 2012, the weights were very impressive with seven weights over the magic ton and the lowest 10 peg section winning weight was 65 lbs […]
Stranded River Severn Bream And Carp Rescued
Environment Agency officers had to act quickly to save hundreds of fish that became stranded in fields bordering the River Severn after flooding. The river at Upton-on-Severn burst its banks, flooding a large area known at Ham Meadows. When the water subsided hundreds of spawning bream and some very large carp estimated at up to […]
Barbel Society School On The Teme
The Barbel Society is hosting a Barbel School on a private stretch of the River Teme on the weekend of July 21st/22nd. Open to members and non members alike and with beginner’s welcome, the event is being hosted by Rob Swindells and will include sessions on fish location, swim selection, tackle, bait, baiting strategies, accurate […]
Blunt Leaves It Late For Season’s Best Barbel
News has emerged of a the capture of a 15lb 4oz barbel from the Birmingham Anglers Association controlled stretch of the Warwickshire Avon on the last day of the season. The fish, possibly the biggest ever barbel from the stretch and the biggest of the season from any BAA water, was caught by member Chris […]
Vicki Shatters Ladies Catfish Record
Vicki Davies has set a new ladies’ venue catfish record at Shatterford Lakes with a 68lb beauty – a fish less than 2lb short of the biggest of the species ever landed in the UK by a female angler. The fish, which came from peg 15 on Masters Lake and took luncheon meat at 5am, […]
Scottish Grayling Record Broken
A seven-year-old angler has broken the Scottish grayling record after catching a huge specimen from the country’s river Clyde. At a weight of 3lb 10oz, the impressive fish smashes the previous best for the species, caught from the river Tweed, by over 8oz. The overjoyed captor, young Sam Thomson from Forth, south Lanarkshire, tempted his […]
