How about this for a freshwater bass? The 69lb 9oz 8dr brute looks like being accepted as a new all tackle world record for the landlocked striped bass by the IGFA after being caught on the Black Warrior River near Centreville in Alabama, USA by angler James Bramlett. The fish, 2lb over the existing best […]
Massive Alabama Striped Bass Set For World Record
Sharks and Anglers: Survey
The IGFA is working with scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to collect data on recreational fishermen’s interactions with sharks. Recreational angling for sharks is becoming a popular leisure activity worldwide. Sharks are also landed as bycatch when recreational anglers target other fish species. Given the important role sharks play in marine ecosystems, developing […]
The Barston Masters 2013 Results
The Barston Masters 2013 sponsored by Greys and Bagem Matchbaits kicked of over the weekend. Mick wilkinson floats was the Qualifying sponsor who kindly donated a range of his floats. The day started with Icey cold conditions with a third of the lake being frozen. Some anglers had to break ice but with it only […]
Big Zander For Zebco Man
How about this for a zander? The 90cm long predator came not from the UK but from Northern Germany where Zebco angler Fredrik Harbort tempted it from seven metres down in water temperature of only four degrees using a 20cm long Freddie Shad lure. German anglers tend to measure their fish rather than weigh them, and a […]
Meet Dave and Martin at Thames Valley Angling
Alan Clark, the new owner of Thames Valley Angling has set up a special open day for existing and new customers on Saturday 27th April. Joining Alan in the shop on that day will be well known river expert Dave Harrell and Angling Trust Campaigns Co-ordinator Martin Salter. The pair will be on hand to […]
Giant Fish From Game Fisher’s Diary
HUGE Ferox trout, giant wild arapaima, near world record marlin – they are just a few highlights of some of the great free to view video content available to watch in the latest issue of Game Fisher’s Diary. Don’t miss the only video news item for anglers, covering the latest goings on in the game […]
North East Kayak Angling Championships
The North East Marine Region of the Angling Trust are holding the first North East Kayak Angling Championships on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June 2013. Fishing times on both days are 10 am to 3 pm with weigh in between 3 pm to 4.30 pm. Registration and weigh in is at the Fort House […]
Stoke Works Grueller Draws To A Close
Hats off to the brave match anglers who fished the Browning West Midlands Pairs winter series, which concluded at the weekend with another grueller on the Birmingham-Worcester Canal at Stoke Works. Throughout the series any weight over a pound has been good and that continued on Sunday with Smithies’ Roger Kimberley taking the honours with […]
Starlets Win The Sensas Challenge At Last
Birmingham’s Kamasan Starlets saw off 25 teams including Daiwa Dorking to win the CIPS Rules Annual Sensas Challenge held over two days at Packington Somers and Barston Lakes. The team of Mark Downes, Stephen Fry, Steve Hemingray, Darren Cox and Sean Ashby put in two consistent performances for a team total of 42.5 points, which […]
IGFA Calls For Longlining Ban In Gulf Of Mexico
The International Game Fish Association has long supported closing the Gulf of Mexico to surface longlines. But in an uncommon collaboration, this position is gaining new momentum as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) prepares a new proposed regulation for the region as early as next month. In anticipation of the Obama Administration’s new […]
Carp Channel Issue 16 Now Live!
The latest issue of The Carp Channel – the video magazines for carp anglers – is out and is packed like a PVA stick full of hints, tips, tackle and entertainment to help you get more out of your carp fishing. As ever it’s FREE TO VIEW worldwide online, on mobile and on Samsung Smart […]
Drive By Pike On The Fly
Guide Sidney Kennedy was driving around a stillwater on the Lee system in Ireland’s beautiful County Cork when he saw a shoal of bait fish scatter at the edge of a reedbed. Quick as a flash he parked up, cast out his fly gear with an imitation frog hopper lure on the end, and found himself […]
MPs Briefed on Angling Trust Cormorant Report
The Angling Trust has taken the case for tougher controls on cormorant numbers to Parliament with a special briefing for MPs from the All Party Angling Group on their recently published 10,000 word report highlighting the damage done to fisheries and wild fish stocks in the UK as a result of a fifteen fold increase […]
Opening Day At Jersey Wood Fishery
Chay Jackson’s new Warwickshire fishery, Jersey Wood, is opening its doors for the first time this weekend as a new Academy of Angling. The unveiling of the five-lake venue at the ever-popular Hoar Park Craft Village near Ansley includes half price day tickets, a ‘kids go free’ offer, 10% off academy coursed booked and it’s […]
Moorlands Farm Showing Best Midlands Form
The prolonged cold weather has led to another tough week on the area’s main commercial fisheries with no ton-up match weights and not many winning bags over 50lb either. The most consistent fishery has been Moorlands Farm, which produced the top weight of the week in the shape of a 94-13-0 bag of F1s to […]
