‘Take a friend fishing’www.takeafriendfishing.co.ukPRIZE WINNERS WEEK ENDING 29TH JULY1. Matt Carter- Map Lumphammer 14.5 metre Carp Pole.2. Martin Dawes- Map Matchtek 11 Power Feeder. 3. David Burton- Wychwood Rapier Carp Rod. 4. Lee Ellis- Wychwood Big Pit 70 Fishing Reel.5. Neil Fennell- Daiwa Sweepfire Spinning Reel.Here are the names of those lucky Anglers who took the time to share with […]

A new five-match individual winter league sponsored by Shakespeare with some excellent cash prizes has been booked for the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham, kicking off in November. Subject to a full entry, which can be expected, the Shakespeare Superleague will see the top six at the end of the series walk away with £1200, £1000, […]

The popular HanKat AS Teams Of Three league will be fished on some of the top canals in the Birmingham area.It’s limited to 30 teams and at the time of writing 20 places have already been taken including four Shakespeare teams, four under the WB Clarke banner and two from Maver Tipton. The dates for […]

Evesham Festival organiser Dave Harrell is on the lookout for competitive lady anglers who fancy having a crack at the big August event. Dave has booked Sunday August 19th for the Shakespeare Ladies Championships at Hampton Ferry, Evesham and there are still a few places available. “I really want to raise the profile of the […]

The dates and venues for the PartyPoker.com Fish ‘O’ Mania XV qualifiers have now been announced. Qualifiers 5th April, Viaduct Fishery, Somerset 12th April, Witherington Farm Lakes, Salisbury 16th April, Barford Lakes, Norwich 23rd April, Monk Lakes, Kent 26th April, Eye Kettleby Lakes, Melton Mowbray 3rd May, Tunnel Barn Farm, Warwickshire 10th May, Woodlands Lakes, […]

The NFA Division Two National has been rescheduled after exceptional rainfall this summer. The match was originally scheduled for the River Trent on Saturday 1st September but flood conditions have forced this to change. In many cases dangerous conditions has meant no work has been carried out on pegs and accesses by the controlling clubs. […]

Poole Bay Small Boat Angling Clubwww.pbsbac.co.uk Annual Open boat fishing competitionSunday 2nd December 2007Baiter Park Poole£1000 Cash Prizes£2000 Prize tableWinners will be judged on a best specimen basis(Only 1 fish of any species per angler eligible for weigh in which is at least 50% of the specimen weight)Entry fee £15- Free parking and launch at BaiterOptional […]

Pike anglers are at the forefront of the fight to save Cambridgeshire’s ancient loades.These historic waterways, probably of Roman origin are in a “new” plan bythe National Trust to extend the Wetlands of Wicken Fen. This will involvelowering the Lodes, thus transforming them into internal drainage ditches.PAC liaison officer Dennis Moules said: “We successfully fought […]

Environment Agency officers are urging anglers to take part in two major fishing competitions in the region. Anglers will have the chance to win cash prizes whilst also doing their bit to help survey the Rivers Tyne and Wear for coarse fish. The Environment Agency has teamed up with the Tyne Anglers Alliance, the Tyne […]

On the 19, July, 2007, Mark Dallas pleaded guilty at Stafford Magistrates Court to a charge relating to illegally stocking bream in a Staffordshire pool without consent from the Environment Agency.The charge was brought by the Environment Agency under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975. Mr Dallas, aged 42, of Woodham Road, Battlesbridge, Wickford, […]

Contents Sept 200707 EDITORIALWhat’s the editor ranting on about now?08 NEWS AND LETTERSForthcoming events and the latest from the Irish angling scene.13 FISH OF THE MONTHCork angler Pat ‘Nav’ Heslin catches a nice trout from Lough Mask.14 DINGHY ANGLERThe Clohessys find out that what works for cod on one mark fails completely on another. That’s […]

Members of the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries and Angling Consultative were celebrating good news for the “King of Fish” at their last meeting.The main river in the MWFACA area, the River Mersey, was formerly one of the most polluted river systems in the UK, but in recent years industry has cleaned up its act and […]

Seven five youngsters lined the banks of Phase 1 at BW Makin Fisheries, split up into three age groups on Lakes 2, 4 and 5, with young 12-year-old Sam Hunter, fishing for Barnsley Juniors, setting the field alight with a fantastic 79lb 2oz of mainly carp to take the top prizes and trophy in the third year […]

Saddleworth AA, a member of the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries and Angling Consultative, is celebrating a successful outcome to a longstanding problem following help from the north-west Consultative and NAFAC. The club had been trying for almost five years to stock some hream in a section of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal which it rents from […]