The latest issue of Sea Watch – the video magazine for shore and boat anglers – sees Dean Macey spending the night of the summer solstice fishing off Norway with angling journalist Dave Barham and fishing tour operator Ian Peacock. They head out after 10pm in broad daylight in the hands of a local skipper […]
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Monster Carp For Former Match Star.
Match angler turned carp man Craig White has banked the sought after ‘Half Lin mirror from Vinnetrow Lake in Chichester at a whopping 54lb 8oz, smashing his personal best by over 13lb. Craig used to fish for top match outfit Daiwa Dorking and represented Drennan Team England Youth, winning a bronze medal in Portugal in […]
Woodland View Winter Matches
Woodland View Fishery is running a Silverfish League with matches kicking off on Saturday January 5th. Entry is £20 with another £21 in pools for each of the six rounds. The venue’s Pairs League started at the weekend and was won individually by Steve Wilson with 68lb, but there are another nine rounds to be […]
Salmon fishing in the Wye
Fishermen on the Wye with an interest in the plight of wild Atlantic salmon will be eager to hear the latest research being carried out to reverse the decline of this iconic species at an evening talk by celebrated fish scientist Bill Beaumont on Thursday 22nd November at the Three Salmons Hotel, Usk.Titled ‘Salmon: Work […]
Jim Hemmings Memorial Angling match
The match was run in support of the Macmillan Cancer Appeal charity in memory of Redditch man Jim Hemmings, who sadly passed away a while ago, and was organised by his son Mark aided by the local angling community, and held on Arrow Valley Lake on Saturday November 3rd 2012. The match was a great […]
The National Vintage Tackle Fair sees launch of new book on Antique Floats
The highlight of the forthcoming National Vintage Tackle Fair in Redditch on Sunday 18th November will be the launch of a new book, ‘Hooked on Floats’, chronicling one man’s obsession with the history of float making from 1860 to 1960. Author Jeff Della Mura has spent more of his life than he would probably […]
Bobbie Fools Rutland’s Biggest Brown Trout Of The Season
Rutland Water has produced its biggest brown trout of the season – this magnificent 9lb 10oz fish which fell to the rod of Dave Murray.Dave and fishing pal Richard Hearth deliberated on where to fish before deciding to target fry feeders in the venue’s North Arm. Both anglers fished Humungus boobies on di 3 lines […]
World Champ Joe Shows Off His Long Pole Skimmer Skills
There are two Kamasan Starlets knocking around with current world championship crowns – Sean Ashby who won the men’s senior event in 2012, and Joe Roberts, who won the Veterans event in Portugal in August. And Joe showed his prowess on silver fish to win the AVVC Open on Arrow Valley Lakes with 29-15-0 of […]
Yuri Conjures Up Biggest Trout Of The Year
Birmingham angler Yuri Bukovych was the toast of Packington Somers this week after landing the biggest trout of the year from the Meriden fishery. The monster 17lb 10oz rainbow trout – pictured – came from the banks at Cocks Close and took a small green nymph on a floating line. Another big fish in the […]
River Anker Barbel Record For Turner
Heavy rains last week brought some big river fish onto the feed, topped by a new barbel record for the River Anker in the shape of 15lb 10oz fish to Tamworth angler John Turner. Fishing a short evening session on the Mercia AC controlled stretched of the tiny river, the 46-year-old fished a pair of […]
Ashby Lands 30lb Carp To Win Match
The two day Sensas Challenge final will be remembered for a huge fish landed by Kamasan Starlets team-man Sean Ashby on light tackle. Fresh from winning individual gold at the 2012 World Championships, Sean found himself struggling away with just small perch and small roach for his efforts with an hour to go. His float then […]
Cox Takes First Meadowlands Silver Fish Open
Meadowlands Fishery is another Midlands commercial that’s just started its winter series of matches and the first one this weekend was won by England international Darren Cox, who opted for a chopped worm, pellet and caster approach on peg 12 on Lambsdown for an impressive 64-4-0 bag of roach, perch and skimmers. Packington Vets regular […]
Two Tons In Barston Winter Open
The first of the winter open matches at Solihull’s Barston Lakes saw really close finishes in both the overall and the silver fish events. Steve Daily was the man in form off fancied peg 20, where he got off to a flying start on the Method feeder at range and continued to take carp and […]
Maver Match This Qualifiers 2013
The Maver Match This competition – which offers the biggest single payout in the sport of £50,000 – now seems to be firmly established in the calendar with the qualifier dates already announced for 2013 and including several events in the Midlands. For next year, each venue with the exception of Maver Larford Lakes and […]
Rubby Dubby boilie tempts 25 kg carp
In September, Quantum Radical team angler Patrick Haas headed off to France. In his luggage were test samples of the new Rubby Dubby boilie. And they were an instant success. Now back home, Patrick gives his report: “I had just come back from another trip to France and was reviewing and reflecting on those experiences. […]
