Category: Angling News

Evesham Festival Qualifying Match

Pic: Darren Bickerton Saturday August 3rdWychavon Championship QualifierEvesham Town & Ferry Waters69 Fished. Darran Bickerton was top weight on the first of the year’s bloodworm and joker qualifiers, with a 10-13-0 net from peg 18. Darran fished bloodworm at 13 metres over a bed of soil, joker and groundbait, taking fish to ten ounces.  It […]

What A Difference A Year makes

Fisheries Minister with participants at the National Fishing Month feature, pic curtesey of Kevin Milner  This time last year, the CLA Game Fair had been cancelled and the National Fishing Month (NFM) launch event had to be hurriedly rescheduled amidst the downpours with the help of the Angling Trust’s Martin Salter. Twelve months on and […]

Matrix Tameside Crowned Champions

On Saturday 27th July four teams competed for the title of Merseyside Angling Champions 2013. The annual event taking place at Chester Lakes Fishery in Rouge Hill near Chester was open to teams of six anglers aged under 17 years old. Run by Merseyside County Angling Group (Mersey CADG), a group set up by the […]

Alan Henry Wins 2013 Matrix Tidal Trent Festival

Matrix Tidal Trent Festival 2013 (50 fished), Dunham downstream and Laughterton.The river was carrying 2-3ft of flood water plus with some exceptionally big tides over the three days.  Day 1  1st Wayne Bartholumew (Feeder Team England) 15 Dunham 28lb 12oz 4 bream (3 went 19lb5oz) plus skimmers groundbait feeder worm and caster.2nd Steve Clarke (Maver Image) […]

Chicken Bags Record Catfish

Australian native and 2012 top female freshwater angler Benchawan Thiansungoen has landed a potential All-Tackle record chao phraya catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei) while fishing Palm Tree Lagoon, Thailand. Benchawan’s fish ate a piece of chicken, and it took the experienced angler 30 minutes to subdue the 55.25 kg (121 lb 12 oz) fish. Once the fish was landed, […]