Sixteen teams of five anglers fished this year’s Angling Trust Schools National Championship, sponsored by Daiwa on Wednesday 15th July at Hallcroft Fishery, Retford. The 80 anglers taking part faced tricky fishing conditions as the sun blazed down on calm windless lakes. Nevertheless there were some excellent catches with carp being the main species backed […]

The National Crucian Conservation Project (NCCP) has produced a second video aimed at encouraging angling clubs and fishery owners to create crucian carp friendly waters in order to protect the species and encourage anglers to take up fishing for this delightful species. It can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/XAWOzJ6SF-0  The video – entitled “Creating Record Breaking […]

Pic: Eric Weeks with his 14lb 12oz Trent barbel Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society member Eric Weeks had an eventful couple of days this week. On Tuesday 10th March he had his first fishing trip to the River Trent on the LEVAS Long Eaton stretch since August last year.He was rewarded with a personal best barbel […]

Angling and Fisheries groups from Kintbury to Reading have joined forces with local MP Richard Benyon to tackle the longstanding issue of River Kennet turbidity caused by the entry of dirty canal water impacting on the famous chalk stream from Copse Lock at Hamstead Marshall. The groups fear that unless the Environment Agency and the […]

Get Hooked on Fishing’s James Thornhill has been getting to know the perch population on the canals to the west of London and certainly appears to have cracked it lately. Fishing short sessions he’s landed stripeys to over 3lb, fishing simply with a 8/10gr jig heads and plasticperch patterns. Said James, who runs the GHOF […]

Anglers have hailed Phil Smith’s superb 5lb 4oz river perch as the fish of the season, from any venue. The mighty predator, thought to be the equal biggest of the species caught from a UK river, fell to the Coventry angler’s classic tactic of legered lobworm. Previously the biggest UK river perch mantle was held […]

Strange goings on at Woodland View Fishery where anglers have been seen dangling curious jelly like offerings into the margins. But fret not, because the top Midlands match venue is experiencing some of the new drop shotting craze that’s sweeping the country. Drop shotting is a form of very light lure fishing, and is especially […]

WOW!!! This picture shows why so many predator anglers regard Somerset’s Chew Valley as the No1 destination in the UK… and not just for pike. The quite magnificent perch of 4lb 10oz is the fish of a lifetime for any perch angler and fell to the rod of local angler Mike Anderston, who was lure […]

Birmingham Anglers Association member Pete Jones caught the bream in feeding mode when he fished the club’s stretch of the River Severn at Bird’s Meadow near Tewkesbury last week, fishing feeder and worm for a fine net of fish totalling 96lb. He also had 26lb of bream on the River Avon at Woodend last week, […]

Many a top perch angler will be mighty jealous of this catch – especially as the 5lb 2oz beauty was banked by an angler fishing for carp. Jack Burns targeted a small lake close to his Nottingham base with a hair-rigged prawn, a tactic he has used before to catch carp. However, the 23-year-old was […]

Many a top perch angler will be mighty jealous of this catch – especially as the 5lb 2oz beauty was banked by an angler fishing for carp. Jack Burns targeted a small lake close to his Nottingham base with a hair-rigged prawn, a tactic he has used before to catch carp. However, the 23-year-old was […]

The National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI today launched the 2015 FIPs-ed World Championships for Predator Bank Fishing with Lures to be held in Northern Ireland this May. This world standard sporting event to be held in partnership with Craigavon Borough Council and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, DCAL is now in […]

Midlander Brian Ingram has landed his second 40lb plus pike – this beauty weighing 42lb 8oz from Chew Reservoir. The Atherstone rod was taking part in the first week of the incredible venue’s February pike trials that also produced at least six more pike over 30lb including fish of 39lb and 38lb. The current venue […]

Birmingham Anglers Association member Stephen Brophy from Dudley has been banned from the association for life following and altercation with a bailiff on the River Severn at Arley. The incident happened last September when the bailiff asked for Mr Brophy’s membership card. He was removed from the water by the police. The BAA committee subsequently […]