Cutting Edge Products user Warren Harrison visited Hungary’s Euro Aqua and bagged the biggest carp brace of all time, two fish for 181lb!!The monsters of 94lb and 87lb fell to the Manchester angler’s double boilie offerings over a bed of particle baits. The venue hit the headlines when it produced the world carp record at […]
Biggest ever carp brace
Dack Wins Great Ouse Riverfest Qualifier
The Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on the Great Ouse took place at Littleport on Sunday 7th September with three more qualifier winners booking their places through to the grand final on 15th/16th November on the River Wye, Hereford. With only securing his ticket just two days before the qualifier Graham Dack’s luck was in by […]
Blythe Waters Stillwater Champs Heat
The latest Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier was held at Blythe Waters on Wednesday 10th September 2014. 30 competitors of the 35 that were booked in turned up on the day. The weather was dry, bright and sunny, with little wind. After the previous round at Blythe the fishing would […]
Ridgemere Triumph In Supercup Final
Birmingham club Ridgemere AC have been crowned the kings of club fishing after winning the Angling Times Supercup final at Barston Lakes. Scoring only 23 points among their six-man team, they finished ten points clear of second placed Essex Tackle. The club was at an advantage over many sides as they hold regular matches at […]
ACA Masters 2014
The Annual and now very long running Angling Trust Masters (ACA) was held on Saturday August 30 at Mallory Park Fisheries Leicestershire. Fourteen Teams of six anglers lined the banks of The Glebe and the Foundation Lake. Fishery owner Roy Marlow runs this event and he thanked every angler for being fantastic Ambassadors for the […]
Shaun Wright wins River Don Riverfest qualifier
The latest Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier for 2014 took place on the River Don on Saturday 30th August with two zones at Sprotborough & one at the much fancied Denaby length with 55 anglers fishing. The river had risen 8 inches overnight and rose further during the match which hampered the roach fishing so skimmers […]
Chris Cameron wins £60,000 in Maver Match This! Final
Saturday 30th August witnessed the fourth and latest chapter in the Maver Mega Match This success story. A gruelling twenty-four qualifier campaign produced a truly exciting and unpredictable prospest with club anglers pegged amongst some of the country’s finest, each one having earnt their place in angling’s ultimate showdown and the sport’s richest final. As […]
Big payouts in new ‘Stainy’ series
Winter match fishing doesn’t come much better than on the Stainforth and Keaby canal. With well attended matches and double figure nets of silver fish common place, the sought after teams of three series is once again being run by Lee Kerry, Tom Scholey and Matt Godfrey. Lee commented: “Last year was a great success with roach […]
Preston Innovations sponsors Pole Pairs Challenge
A new pairs league exclusively for pole anglers is to run this winter. Taking place at four of the UK’s most prolific silver-fish venues, the event will follow a unique format and carry a guaranteed first prize of £2,000 for the winning pair. The event is the brainchild of the Pole Fishing team, Tom Scholey […]
Tricky conditions for Earlswood Lakes qualifier
Stillwater Championship Qualifier – Results from Earlswood Lakes Match Report Far from ideal conditions greeted the 25 competitors for the Angling Trust + Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier held at Earlswood Lakes on the Engine Pool on Saturday 23rd August 2014. A very cold North Westerly wind blowing across the lake meant that […]
England’s lady anglers just miss a medal in Portugal
Ladies World Angling Championships 2014 The Angling Trust’s England Ladies World Championship coarse fishing team went into this year’s 21st FIPsed Ladies World Angling Championship on the River Sorria, Coruche, Portugal (23rd – 24th August) as reigning champions after a tremendous win in Slovenia last year, but sadly this time just failed to make the […]
Cormorants: Film urges anglers to rise to the challenge
After a long battle to win improved controls on cormorant and goosander numbers the new area based licensing system finally comes into force on 1st September. Angling clubs and fishery owners are being encouraged through a new Hugh Miles film to seize the opportunity to better protect their waters from the ravages of unsustainable predation. The […]
Government action needed over bass stocks
The Angling Trust has written to UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice calling on him to introduce a series of conservation measures to protect UK bass stocks in the face of the latest scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), which has recommended a staggering 80 per cent cut in […]
Police Chief pledges to act on fish theft
The Angling Trust has won support from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to ensure that all Chief Officers in England and Wales will receive training about poaching and fish theft, and pass this on to their operational staff. The National Policing Lead for Wildlife & Rural Crime, Simon Prince (Chief Constable of […]
Barbato wins Guildford Angling Centre Individual Summer League
Guildford Angling Centre Individual Summer League Final Round, Willinghurst Surrey, 24th August, 20 Anglers Ex England International Stevie Gardener showed his true class in this final round of the Guildford Angling Centre Individual Summer League. Steve drew unfancied peg 22 on the top lake and ran out comfortable winner with an impressive 202lb of carp […]
