French angler Thomas Jeandot caught and released this impressive 98 cm payara (Hydrolycus scomberoides) on October 16th while fishing Brazil’s Xingu River with IGFA Representative Ian-Arthur de Sulocki. Jeandot played the payara for 15 minutes after the fish ate the jig head and soft plastic bait combination he was casting. Once landed, the fish was […]
Length record Brazilian payara
New System for Fish O Mania XXIV Tickets – Opens January 2017
Tickets for Fish O Mania XXIV will go on sale from 30th January 2017 using a new on line booking system, making the allocation of places quicker, easier and significantly more efficient. The new system will also ensure that successful applicants can get a maximum of two tickets for the tournament. The AT have invested […]
Huge roach from tiny stream realises lifetime ambition for Mike Davison
Drennan sales representative and big fish angler Mike Davidson landed this fish of a lifetime after making a last minute decision to fish a local chalk stream. “Recently I was lucky enough to achieve a lifetime ambition of mine by catching my first 3lb roach from a river,” said Mike. “It weighed in at 3lb […]
UK Crucian Waters: The Catalogue
The weather or time of year might not be quite suitable for catching crucians in misty, weed fringed ponds but members of the National Crucian Conservation Project have been using the break from fishing for their favourite species to pull together a catalogue of known crucian waters in the UK. The list attempts to grade […]
Wayne Swinscoe wins at Evesham
Wayne Swinscoe topped the latest open on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham with a quality double-figure bag of chub and roach. “It’s been a good few years since I fished a winter match at Evesham, but I decided to visit after hearing they’d started catching some decent weights on both bread punch and bronze maggots,” […]
Cornish estuary netting ban welcomed
The Angling Trust has welcomed the successful procession of a new byelaw effectively banning netting in Cornwall’s rivers and estuaries proposed by the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (CIFCA). The River and Estuarine Fishing Nets byelaw 2017 was agreed by the CIFCA committee on 16th September 2016 and subsequently went out to statutory consultation. […]
Dick Clegg MBE hangs up his Angling Trust rods and reels
The Angling Trust has announced the retirement of three of its long standing volunteers from the Competitions Team – Dick Clegg, Terry Fell and Brian Hull. Team England’s Dick Clegg, the man who led England to their very first world match fishing gold medal, stood down from his role as International Event Manager on December […]
Ban on deep sea trawling in Atlantic Ocean
The European Parliament is throwing its weight behind a ban on bottom trawling at depths greater than 800 metres in the North-East Atlantic in a move that will make the practise illegal. Tougher checks at sea and transparent data collection rules will also come into force and new regulations will also restrict deep-sea fishing to the area […]
Meet the Saber Tablet Holder
Perfect for carp fisheries with wi fi or 3G/4G, this tablet holder from Saber has been designed to clamp firmly to the frame of your bivvy and allow for ‘hand free’ viewing! The adjustable clamp allows the holder to be easily and securely fixed to your chair or bedchair frame. A fully-adjustable goose neck arm and rotating […]
Canal Pairs Championship Dates 2017
Britain’s biggest canal angling competition, the Canal Pairs Championship, is once again being held along the nation’s waterways, with Wales, Scotland and Ireland also included alongside English canal venues. The 2016 event was a great success and proved really popular with anglers from across the country and I’m expecting 2017 event to be just […]
Anglian Water Trout Fishing December 20th, 2016
Rutland Water A wonderful week at Rutland Water with fish caught in many areas with some very exceptional catches. Mansfield anglers Andy Mosely and John Battison had 16 Rainbows to their boat. The pair drifted off the Normanton shoreline near the lodge with Shipmans and nymphs cast to rising fish in very light wind conditions. […]
Oooh la la! World record red snapper
French angler Philippe Drouhin out-battled this incredible 33 lb two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar) – the heaviest ever recorded by the IGFA, while fishing off the island of Mauritius with IGFA Captain Yann Colas. The massive snapper was caught while bottom fishing with chunk of fish, and put up a typically brutal fight before it. If approved, […]
Fish O Mania Qualifier Dates 2017
The Angling Trust and Matchroom Sport have announced the dates for the Fish’O’Mania XXIV qualifiers and final. Viaduct Fishery in Somerset will host the first qualifier on Wednesday 8th April and the final qualifier will once again be hosted by Lindholme Lakes on Wednesday 21st June. 3,820 tickets will be available to anglers as they […]
Tony Miles passes away on the riverbank
Prolific big fish river specialist and author Tony Miles has passed away doing what he loved most, fishing for specimen fish on the Great Ouse. Coventry based Tony was one of the best known and most committed big fish anglers in the country over some five decades. He wrote for the angling press for many years, […]
Guru Academy duo win Pole Fishing Pairs Match
This was the first year that Gurus has has run the Guru Match Academy, so it has been great to see the youngsters who graduated from it doing so well since then! The lads who took part in the two-day event at Makins Fishery, back in the summer, picked up plenty of tips from some […]
