Match fishing legend Mark Downes has been rewarded in the King’s New Year’s Honours list with an MBE for his services to angling, seeing the current England boss join the likes of past recipients Dick Clegg, Alan Scotthorne and Bob Nudd in receiving the honour. A part of the England men’s set up since 1975 […]
MBE for England match fishing boss Mark Downes in New Year’s Honours!
Packington Somers Fishery December 15th, 2024
PACKINGTON SOMERS FISHERY Telephone: 01676 523833 MATCH RESULTS AND FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 15/12/24 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (LITTLE GEARYS/SIBLINGS) 1.Dave Longford (Ridgemere AC) 36– 14 peg 5 SIBS A Carp on Bomb and Bread 2.Pete Brown (Maypole AC) 33 – 12 3.Trevor Hougham (Packington) 31 – 8 4.Chris Puffett (Packington) […]
Nisa Wednesday Open December 4th, 2024
MATCH RESULT/REPORT EVENT: WEDNESDAY “NISA” OPEN MATCH VENUE: LAKES TWO & FOUR Makins Fishery sponsored by Tackle Guru DATE: 4 DECEMBER 2024 RESULT (Top 8 Placings) Place Peg Angler’s Name Sponsor/Club Weight-lb/oz 1st L4 10 Tony LAMB Elephant & Castle AC 62-13 2nd A13 Andy FINDLAY Preston Innovations/Sonubaits 46-15 3rd A20 Darren HILL Daventry 32-00 […]
Silver for England in European Feeder Cup; Gold for Steve Ringer
The European Feeder Cup is a fledgling international event, but it is one that the Angling Trust Drennan England Feeder team dearly wanted to retain after winning last year’s inaugural event on home soil – but it was not quite to be. Fished on Belgium’s Maasplas Geistingen gravel works – location of the 2022 World […]
Golden days for England Youth teams on Serbia’s DTD Canal
The rich history of the World Championships is strewn with memorable matches, great comebacks and unlikely winners, but it will never has witnessed what unfolded in the FIPSed Youth event on Serbia’s DTD Canal this month! Blighted by thick floating duckweed throughout the practice week, organisers took the unprecedented measure of cancelling the second day […]
Fish O Mania comment on the first re-weigh in it’s 31 year history….
FishOMania is in its 31st year is Sky Sports’ longest-running, continuous sporting event with a following of anglers and non-anglers alike watching the drama unfold live. A formal request for a re-weigh came from one of the anglers in the top three and his bankrunner at the close of the FishOMania 2024 final at Westwood […]
Daiwa Gordon League win 2024 Division One National
It must have been written in the stars for Daiwa Gordon League at this year’s Angling Trust Division One National as they were crowned champions on Lancashire’s Leeds-Liverpool Canal – because they won it the last time it was held on the venue! That was over 20 years ago, and whether you believe in fate […]
Fish O Mania 2024 Result: David Shires takes the honours in tight match from start to finish
David Shires is the man who won Fish O Mania 2024 Westwood Lakes in Boston, Lincolnshire with a final weight of 45.650 kg live on Sky Sports Action in the UK. FISH O MANIA 2024 FULL RESULTS TABLE Shires made a strong start, leading with a substantial 9.025 kg haul within the first 30 minutes, […]
Comeback kings England secure bronze medal in European Championships in Holland as France win the gold medal
The Angling Trust England Men’s match fishing team is beginning to make second day comebacks to win medals a bit of a habit, as after storming back for silver in last year’s World Champs, the side put in an equally impressive day two performance in this year’s European Championships to take the bronze medals! Sitting […]
River Blackwater angler collapses with e.coli
The Angling Trust is issuing urgent advice after angler Mark Erdwin became seriously ill after a session on the River Blackwater, a tributary of the River Thames. Mark was rushed to hospital after becoming violently ill and collapsing and was found to be suffering from the deadly E. coli bacteria. Mark told ITN: “I feel […]
Ireland win 2024 World Feeder Championships in Spain; England fifth
The Angling Trust Drennan England Feeder team have finished in a respectable fifth place in Spain following one of the highest-scoring World Championships ever fished. Ranked ninth with 50 section points after day one, Dean Barlow’s squad of Steve Ringer, Lee Kerry, Mick Vials, Will Freeman, Rob Wootton, and Adam Wakelin put in a World […]
England to host new European team feeder fishing event
A European Feeder Cup event for international teams will take place in England this month. In a special, invitational event run by the England Feeder team and organised by Lee Kerry, seven European nations will do battle against three England teams in a five-day contest at Barston Lakes starting on Monday October 16. Confirmed to […]
Memoriable comeback grabs England silver at world match fishing championships 2023 as Serbia grab gold in Spain
Team England staged a major comeback on Day 2 of the Nations World Championships in Spain to earn themselves a well-deserved silver medal… and took silver and bronze in the individual competition too! Mark Downes’ squad of William Raison, Sean Ashby, James Dent, Steve Hemingray, Cameron Hughes, and Matt Godfrey found the opening day’s match […]
Tony Rice finds the quality Thames roach to take Tidefest 2023
For the second year running quality roach rather than bream provided the winning catches in the annual 40-peg contest fished on the tidal Thames at Kew, Chiswick, and Barnes. The winner was Tony Rice with a float caught mixed bag from Barnes netting him a cool £400. ] The Chiswick zone was won by last […]
Kyle Wainwright wins 2023 RiverFest Final on the Trent
KYLE Wainwright is the 2023 Angling Trust RiverFest champion following an action-packed two days of fishing on the River Trent around Burton Joyce. The Normanton, West Yorks angler – who qualified on the River Don at the end of July – led one of the strongest final line ups ever with 84 anglers including World […]
