West Midlands venue Leighton Pools has produced a new venue record 71lb catfish (pictured). The fish was banked by local angler Steve Horton, who fished a deadbait four feet off the bottom. It beats the best mark at the three-lake Codsall Wood water five miles from Wolverhampton by 7lb.
Catfish Record At Leighton Pools
Reigning Fish O Mania Champ Through To The 2014 Final
Woodland Lakes Fishery at Thirsk, North Yorkshire welcomed anglers from across the country for this, the penultimate Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier of 2014. It was this venues first time with the new larger 150 peg format and was still fished across the 5 normal match lakes as used over previous years. It was felt by […]
Harewood House To Host 2015 Game Fair
Harewood House to host CLA Game Fair 2015 We are delighted to announce the CLA Game Fair will return to Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire, from Friday 31st July to Sunday 2nd August 2015. This is the 6th time the CLA Game Fair has been held at Harewood House in its 58 year history, the house with […]
Biggest Screebe Salmon For 130 Years
Ireland’s River Screebe has produced its biggest reported salmon for 130 years in the shape of this 22.1lb fish taken at the Salmon Pool by Patrick Delapp. It was the first salmon of the year from the Galway waterway and was in magnificent condition. Patrick has since banked a couple of grilse from the salmon […]
Mike Heylin Awarded with OBE for Services to Angling
Mike Heylin has been awarded the OBE today in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to angling over many decades and in particular for his role as Chairman of the Angling Trust for the first five years of its existence as the new unified representative and national governing body for all anglers in England. He […]
Riverfest 2014 Sells Out
The Angling Trust is pleased to announce that the second RiverFest competition, which gets underway on the River Calder on Sunday 22nd June, is a complete sellout. The majority of the 1,200 tickets, which went on sale in April, were sold within two weeks and most of the 20 venues being used for the qualifiers […]
Andy Powers to the Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final
Woodlands View Fishery in the West Midlands held the 14th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Wednesday 11th June with the anglers a bit apprehensive about how it would fish especially considering the very large field of almost 170. Although the first half of the match proved very difficult for many, things settled later on producing […]
John Holmes Wins Disabled National 2014
Twenty three anglers travelled far and wide to fish this year’s Angling Trust National Championships for Anglers with Disabilities at the picturesque Preston Innovations Boldings Pools Fishery near Bridgnorth on Sunday 8th June. The lake fished a lot harder than for the Ladies National Championship on the previous day. And so, as often happens under […]
Kayleigh Smith Nets Ladies National Championship 2014
This year’s Angling Trust Ladies National Championship was fished at Preston Innovations Boldings Fishery on Saturday 7th June using three of their pools, Chestnut, Sycamore and Willow with 41 ladies taking part. The first half of the match took place in heavy rain, but for most anglers the fish responded to their baits. Once the […]
Super Predator Devours Three-Metre Great White Shark
A three-metre long shark was devoured by a ‘super predator of the deep’ that then dived down a continental shelf with the Great White in its stomach! That’s the conclusion of Australian scientists who have been able to study a tag that was washed up on a beach. Data from the tag reveals that the shark […]
Angler’s Mail June 10th
In the second special 50th anniversary issue of Angler’s Mail, we see what happens in the return of Dave Coster’s two-part Go Fishing cartoon plus you can start the new season with a free one-day rod licence – and venue vouchers too! Also inside the bumper issue: Amazing grass carp brace caught by Brits abroad […]
First Ever International Angling Academy
The Angling Trust is to launch its first ever International Angling Academy on the Middle Level Drain, Kings Lynn with the intention of giving aspiring World Championship anglers a formative look at the FIPSed international scene. The event takes place on Sunday June 29th. The idea is the brainchild of Dick Clegg, OBE who has […]
95kg Wins Earlswood Lakes Qualifier
Faced with the prospect of violent thunderstorms and frequent heavy showers throughout the day the anglers were pretty apprehensive as they came to the draw for this latest Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier at Earlswood Lakes, Earlswood, Solihull on Saturday 7th June. Despite long periods of rain during the morning […]
Fred J Taylor Award 2014
The Angling Trust are delighted to announce that the Fred J Taylor award for protecting or improving water habitats in England will once again be awarded at this year’s CLA Game Fair and are seeking nominations for work either running currently or starting soon. The Game Fair is being held from the 18th-20th July at […]
Wassell Grove Fishery For Sale
A rare opportunity to purchase a delightful and well-established fishery in Stourbridge is being brought to the market by specialist property adviser Christie + Co. Wassell Grove Fisheries is tucked away in a tranquil beauty spot on the outskirts of Hagley village, approximately five miles from junction 3 of the M5. The fishery covers around […]
