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 […]
Opening Day At Jersey Wood Fishery
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 […]
Packington Trout On The Feed In The Cold
The cold weather isn’t putting the trout off the feed at Packington Somers, and those who braved the elements at the Meriden fishery over the last week have enjoyed an excellent rod average of 4.56 fish per angler. Both boat and bank anglers are doing very well on Cocks Close with the high bank area […]
World Match Fishing Pairs 2013
The big money Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Competition is set to take place 9-13th September 2013. The Irish counties Monaghan, Fermanagh, Cavan and Leitrim produced some good natural water fishing for the inaugural match in September 2012, with winners Phil Jackson and Cathal Hughes walking away with a cheque for a cool […]
Beware Rod Licence Rip-Off Says Angling Trust
Following complaints from anglers angered by the re-emergence of a website offering rod licence renewals which charges an additional £11 for ‘processing services’ the Angling Trust is warning anglers not to pay a penny more than they need and is encouraging everyone to use the completely free service provided by the Environment Agency and the […]
Brit Boats Fourth Biggest Ever Blue Marlin At 1,320lb – VIDEO
Pub landlord Kevin Gardner has boated the fourth biggest marlin ever landed on rod and line – a blue marlin weighing a massive 1,320lb – while fishing off the Ascension Islands.Kevin, who runs the Kings Head pub in Coltishall, Norfolk, set himself the seemingly impossible target of catching a ‘grander’ 25 years ago and achieved […]
Taska Snap Up Belgian Ace
Carp Channel sponsor Taska has added another name to its growing consultants list, this time in the shape of Belgian angler Dennis Hellings, whose personal best carp goes a massive 67.7lb. Dennis (24) specialises in fishing massive waters like Cassien in France and admits he is ‘addicted’ to carp fishing.Name:Dennis HellingsAge: 24Location: BelgiumPB:67.7 lbsFavourite Rig: Short combi rigFavourite […]
Big Hit For German Carper
German carp ace Simon Wichert has had a big hit with a catch of 11 commons averaging nearly 30lb. The Taska backed angler has been targeting the massive River Rhine because like in the UK, many of the stillwaters have been frozen and unfishable. He started on the river, but a window in the weather allowed […]
River make-over is meeting the EU challenge
A £3 million river restoration project on the River Welland, which runs from Sibbertoft to the Wash Estuary has inspired the formation of a unique partnership comprising businesses, local communities, government agencies and third-sector bodies, who have joined forces to improve the River Welland for fresh water, people and wildlife. A unique strength of the […]
River Severn Saving The Day
While the stillwaters freeze, the River Severn at Stourport has been providing some decent sport with the Halesowen Royal British Legion match there on Sunday producing a 17lb 10oz winning weight of dace to John Billingham, who fished stick float and maggot. It was tight for second with Brian Smith weighing in 11-14-0 and Martyn […]
Drennan Team England announce new line up for European Championship
Mark Downes and Mark Addy, Joint Drennan Team England Managers, have announced their England squad to compete in this year’s 19th Coarse Angling European Championship in Novisad, Serbia on the Danube canal from 24th – 30th June.Following last year’s European silver medal win in Spain, Mark Downes and Mark Addy have decided to give some […]
Another Result For Stu Cobb
Stuart Cobb continued his good run with this 32lb 1oz mirror carp caught on his faithful chod set-up. Stu, who features in the current issue of THE CARP CHANNEL showing how he ties up the Withy Pool rig, spread around 50 Denham Baits Element boilies liberally around the swim and at 3am on a freezing cold […]
Taska Adds To Its Growing Team
Two new consultants – Chris Cox and Tommi Jackson – have joined Taska’s ever growing carp team bringing the number of experts flying the Taska flag to 28. Taska’s Jack Bowker commented: “It has always been our philosophy to recruit the ‘guys on the bank’ and bringing these two young talents onto our books shows […]
Big Corrib Ferox Falls To Waterford Angler
Tomi Kurman of the Lough Corrib Predator Team Waterford angler Stephen Butler out looking for big trout last Saturday and was rewarded with this superbly conditioned ferox trout which measured 78cms, but weighed in at a whopping 14lbs 15oz – smashing Stephen’s personal best by over 10lbs! The fish was released after a quick photo.For […]
Cavan Lough Produces 30lb Pike
Ireland’s ‘Fish of the Week’ is this super 31lb pike which came from one of the small loughs around Shercock in County Cavan. Regular pike angler Brian McDonnell legered half a mackerel for the fish, which the Dublin angler returned. http://www.fishinginireland.info/news/
