Robert Harman, who runs popular West Sussex match venue Stubpond Fishery, has pledged to shave his head in the hope of raising over £1000 for the charity Child Victims of Crime.And he’s not alone, because he’s persuaded his son Simon and pal Peter Upperton, who has had a beard for 20 years, to join in […]

The Environment Agency has promised its biggest ever clampdown on licence dodging this weekend (May 25/26) after a check in the south of England revealed one in ten were fishing illegally.The EA says licence dodging is costing them over £1million a year, and have also said those found guilty will face hefty penalties. Another swoop […]

 An eight man team averaging 67 years old put one over on the young ‘uns in the weekend’s Starlets Vets Team Challenge.Four teams of eight, two from the Starlets Vets and two from the Middy Central match team, went head to head at Midlands water Blythe Waters, Solihull in what will now be an annual event.Keith […]

CARL Lowe launched a brilliant carp blitz in the last hour as he joined forces with Martin Howcroft to capture the £6,000 first prize in the final of the £21,000 Embassy Challenge, the world’s No.1 pairs event, in Spain at the weekend.Lowe, a 32-year-old fishing tackle shop manager from Farnworth, Bolton, and Howcroft, 40, and […]

Bookies’ favourites Daiwa Dorking showed a touch of class to win the prestigious Drennan Super League final, fished at White Acres and Gwinear in Cornwall over the weekend.Going into day two with only a one point lead over fancied Keenets North West, the Surrey side hit the accelerator and romped home seven points clear and […]

The appearance of Bluebell Lakes’ big common at 55lb 14oz for Pro-Tek Baits boss John Cooper has made him the first angler to land four 50lb plus UK carp. And what makes the achievement even more remarkable is that the Coleshill, Warks angler has had all of them in the last six months!Benson fell during a night […]

Some of the biggest fish in Essex carp syndicate The Arena have died in what’s thought to be a case of Spring Carp Mortality Syndrome. Over 125 fish, averaging over 20lb and up to 37lb, have already died as Environment Agency bosses examine carcuses to confirm the disease.Among those found dead are a mirror called Orange […]

The Benelux King of Clubs match, which attracts competitors from Holland and Belgium to Ireland, was fished on the Shannon at Portumna over four days last week from Monday May 6-9.  This competition was initiated back in 1993 to stimulate the promotion of Irish angling in the Benelux countries right down to the club angler. All Benelux angling […]

Linear Fisheries’ Gaunts Lake has produced a new lake record carp in the shape of a 37lb 12oz mirror caught by Ian Day. He was using Richworth Multiplex boilies on the hook along with broken boilies and pellets in PVA bags at the Oxfordshire day ticket venue.Ian, a degree student at Sparsholt College on work experience at […]

Casting ace Danny Moeskops was on fire at the United Kingdom Surfcasting Federation event in Huntingdon, Cambs, breaking two world records in two casts.First the beefy Belgian launched a 150gr lead a whopping 275.63 metres using 0.31mm line for a new best mark.Then on the next cast he switched to a 125gr lead, and walloped that […]

Lavensheath Reservoir near Colchester, a water with no known big eel form, has thrown up a monstrous fish of 9lb 4oz to shell shocked matchman Bob Hewint.And what makes the Conard, Suffolk angler’s catch more amazing is that he caught it during a match on a small piece of breadflake intended for small tench…. and […]

Stoneacres Lake on the prolific Linch Hill complex in Oxfordshire has hit what may be it best ever bream form, with a string of fish over 13lb.Topping the list is Coventry’s respected specialist Phil Smith, who beat his long standing personal best with a 16-pounder, plus four more between 14lb and 14lb 11oz. Phil had […]

Monday May 20 sees a historic meeting taking place at Westminster, London between the National Angling Alliance, the Angling Trades Association, the Environment Agency and government officials. Among those in attendance will be new National Federation of Anglers head Bob Clark and Labour MP and keen coarse angler Martin Salter. Martin, MP for Reading West, has […]

White Acres Holiday Park near Newquay, Cornwall is well known for establishing the Cornish festival scene and now bosses there intend to revolutionise the way pools money is distributed in matches.The holiday park management acknowledge that patrons who take part in the weekly residents matches vary in terms of abilities and experience, yet traditional pools money structures are geared […]

On a recent video shoot the well respected Kent carp catcher, Lee Jackson, shocked cameraman Len Gurd, when he hooked and landed a very big carp from a secret Cambridge water. Lee was at the water with big carp ace Terry Hearn for a video shoot. Len Gurd the cameraman was in the midst of […]