It fell to the well established Maple Lake to come up with the goods at the eighth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at the Oaks Fishery on Saturday 14th May 2011. Local angler and Oaks regular Shane Atkin, a Carer from Billingham in Cleveland took full advantage from peg 67 to take 28k 500gm, to become […]
Local Angler Shane Atkin Joins Fish ‘O’ Mania 2011 Final Line Up
Gripper Wins With Wolffish
Kings Lynn angler Stephen Collingridge included this brace of pre-historic looking 13lb wolffish in his team’s winning bag in the first Skipper’s Challenge run out of Andorja in the Troms area of northern Norway. The Royal Mail angler, known to mates as ‘Gripper’, fished alongside skipper Ray Martin, who runs the ‘Shady Lady 2’ out […]
Has North-East Got Angling Talent?
North East Region Invites Young Anglers to take part in the Talent Initiative The Angling Development Board (ADB) has launched three new pilot angling development programmes to prepare youngsters for taking part in county and regional competitions and training programmes. The pilot will run in the North East, North West and West Midlands to improve the […]
Mega Match This will be a resounding success
As more and more interest grows in the new match fishing competition, Mega Match This, the stakes continue to get higher and one lucky winner will walk away with a significant amount of money from the biggest prize money final in UK coarse angling. The qualifiers are being held over a number of venues across […]
Andover angler wins at Monk Lakes Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier
David George (Browning Andover MG), a Projects Manager from Andover was the latest winner to qualifier for a place to compete in the Fish ‘O’ Mania final in July at Cudmore Fisheries. David had a good day’s fishing with his catch consisting of carp, barbel and F1s taken on corn pole fished in the margins. […]
Rob Marsh and Lee Merritt unveiled as Ultima Consultants
Carping duo Rob and Lee have been snapped up by line specialists Ultima. The pair will be working alongside existing Ultima consultants such as Steve Renyard, Frank Warwick and Mark Hutchinson on a range of projects that includes a series of films for the Ultima site. Rob and Lee are no strangers to the camera […]
Ten Pound Trout All The Rage In The Midlands
On the trout front anglers are enjoying great fishing at Raventhorpe with a rod average of five and the best fish being a fine 10lb rainbow to Northampton angler Pat Flynn, on a Blob fished on a sinking line. There’s also been a near 10lb fish caught at Pitsford by Dave Davies (pictured).Best methods at […]
Dave Harrell Steps Down From Match Fishing Magazine
Dave Harrell is stepping down from the editorship of Match Fishing magazine after seven years with the Rugby based company. Former England international Dave plans to pursue new interests and get back into his river fishing on the Severn and Wye. As Total-Fishing understands it, Coventry based Jon Arthur, already editor of Pole Fishing magazine, […]
Fishing On River Severn To Be Discussed
Back on the subject of the River Severn, a fisheries conference has been organized by the Severn Rivers Trust to find out if something is wrong with the river. Entitled ‘Is the Severn a shadow of its former self?’ the conference takes place on Saturday November 19th and is aimed at both anglers and clubs […]
Edwards Wins The Maver Classic
The big match at Larford Lakes at the weekend – the Maver Classic – saw Preston Innovations backed Lee Edwards top a super strong field and take home £2,000 at his first attempt. Near gale force winds made pole-fishing impossible in some areas, and Welsh international Lee, now a full time angler, opted for a […]
John Uses His Loaf At Tunnel Barn Farm
Bread proved the winning bait for John Merchant in the big Tunnel Barn Farm Open at the weekend. Venue regular John fished breadflake and punch at half depth for 106-10-0 – the only ton-up bag of the day – in a tight finish that saw two other anglers take over 96lb to the scales. John […]
Lough Derg-A Fisherman’s Paradise
If you fancy the idea of fishing holidays in Ireland, Lough Derg must come high on the menu of potential destinations. Lough Derg is the largest lake on the River Shannon system and is a natural mixed fishery offering superb pike and coarse fishing. There are so many islands and sheltered bays that offer exciting […]
Record Zander From Grafham Water
The British zander record has potentially been beaten with a magnificent 22lb fish at Anglian Water’s Grafham Water on Sunday, Total-Fishing.com can reveal. We understand the fish was boated by Walsall angler Michael Dollan, who was fishing with his wife Jane using a mackerel deadbait in 46ft of water. The Anglian Water reservoirs allow the […]
Traffic record for Total-Fishing.com
Your top angling website Total-Fishing.com set a new traffic record in January with an amazing 9,424,787 hits in one month! No wonder we are known as the No1 online angling community. Congrats to all for making this a great place to be. Next target TEN MILLION hits! Geepster Anyone wishing to advertise on Total-Fishing.com […]
