Drennan Team England have returned to home soil with team Silver after claiming a superb second place and so it turned out all podium positions went to the favourites Belgium, France and England. Belgium hosted the 64th FIPS-ed Coarse Angling World Championships for Nations over 9th – 10th September on the Charleroi-Bruxelles Canal, Ronquieres with […]
Drennan Team England bring home silver from the Match Fishing World Championships in Belgium. Home nation takes the gold….
Tom cashes in on spectacular sturgeon fishing on Fraser River
Tom Sosulski is really making the most of his fishing trip of a lifetime with our sturgeon fishing partners in British Columbia, the Polish angler boating this 2.26m fish in amongst a string of fish in the 1.8-2.1m range from the Fraser River and Fraser River Canyon. The fishing is done in spectacular surroundings with […]
The Great River Rescue is coming – and you’re invited!
Register to clean up your local river in October’s country-wide clean-up of our rivers The public is invited to help rescue the nation’s waterways during the month of October, by taking part in England’s first national clean-up focused on rivers. Plastic litter is a major issue blighting the nation’s waterways and the Great River Rescue, […]
LureFest 2017 Tickets On Sale Online from the Angling Trust
LureFest 2017 launches today 30/08/2017 so click HERE to sign up for your chance to win up to £7000* in prize money. The boat pairs contest will be held across England’s premier reservoir fisheries with three qualifiers and a grand final at the prestigious Grafham Water on the 15th October. The contest will be based […]
Near 16lb tench from public water
How about this for a tench? Weighing in at a whopping 15.87lb, the fish fell to the rod of David Aldana and came from Salor Water, a public venue in Spain. The mighty tinca came during a carp session and fell for 20mm liver boilies fished on a size 6 VMC Mistic hook. David is […]
Anglian Water Trout Fishing August 22nd, 2017: Stunning eight fish bag from Grafham Water
• Steve’s stunning week at Grafham Steve Battle’s 8 fish bag exceeds 34lb and includes the best Brown at 5lb 3oz and the best Rainbow at 5lb 1oz • Superb 5lb 4 1/8oz Rainbow is best of the week at Rutland – Martin Hearth takes the best fish • Pitsford Water in excellent formBest Brown of […]
World Match Fishing Youth Championships, Ireland 2017; England take bronze in Under 15s; Under 20s and Under 25s just miss out
Left to right: The bronze medal winning England Under-15s squad for 2017 of Jason Kirk, Joe Roberts, Josh Newman, Joshua Paling, Mick Gibbs, William McCranor, Ryan Kennison, Billy Kirk Team England under 15’s won the Bronze medal in a memorable debut in the FIPS-ed World Youth Championships in Ireland, while England’s Sensas U20’s and Drennan […]
Drennan Barnsley Blacks Win World Club Championship Gold in France
Drennan Barnsley Blacks have done English match fishing proud by taking gold at the prestigious World Club Match Fishing Champs in France. The event, described as the Champions League of match fishing, brings together the best match fishing teams from all over Europe, with 24 teams taking part this year. Until last year England’s only […]
Tan’s two barb all tackle world record takes a spinnerbait
Christopher Tan – IGFA Representative from Malaysia – recently submitted this 1.90 kg (4 lb 4 oz) two-barred barb (Hampala bimaculata) that he caught on JMurum Dam in Malaysia. If approved, the fish, which as you can see looks like a mahseer and took a spinnerbait, will earn Tan the new All-Tackle world record. WORLDWIDE […]
Lady angler sets new line class alligator gar record…
Ling Yang caught and released this 27.2 kg (60 lb) alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) while fishing the Trinity River in Texas, USA. Yang battled the big gar for over 15 minutes to after it snaffled a carp bait. If approved, the catch will become the new women’s 8 kg (16 lb) line class world record, […]
Kearney and Gilbert secure place in Canal Pairs Final
With the build up to Division One National Championships, the Shropshire Union hosted it’s first of two Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust pairs competition which was a sell-out 100 angler field. The sections were pegged on the popular Knighton and Park Heath stretches and with some very changeable conditions forecast many at the […]
Long whip approach sees Peter Morris take the River Soar RiverFest qualifier with 26lb
Qualifiers: Peter Morris, Paul Bick, Mal Hallows The River Soar hosted the seventh round of RiverFest qualifiers and although some decent weights were posted, it didn’t fish as well as the weeks leading up to the qualifier. This was down to clear cold water going into the system the day before. A zone was split […]
Save Our Wrasse Campaign: Salmon farming under fire
The Angling Trust has launched a national campaign calling for an immediate closure of the live capture wrasse fishery supplying fish to the Scottish salmon farming industry and is urging all anglers and conservationists to get involved. Live wrasse are now being transported from the South West of England to Scottish salmon farms where they […]
New 250lb plus British record blue shark safely released
The British boat caught blue shark record – which had stood for 58 years – has been smashed with an incredible 250lb+ fish taken ten miles off Cornwall. The predator fell to the rod of South Kelsey, Lincolnshire angler John Dines who was fishing with a group of friends under the guidance of Bite Adventures, […]
40lb pike from Scotland’s Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond in Scotland has produced one of its biggest ever pike in the shape of this magnificent 40lb 5oz fish to Glasgow based predator specialist Andrew Carson. The PAC member, who has fished the 24-miles long venue for some 30 years, was tackling the daunting venue in high winds with lures, tempting the big […]
