Mark Stevens an industrial radiographer from Tipton has won the fourth qualifier of PartyPoker.com Fish ‘O’ Mania at Octoplus Boldings in Bridgnorth on Saturday 25th April and is now in with a chance of receiving the jackpot £25,000. On a day that started showery with a cold easterly wind, expectations for the sort of weights […]

IRELAND’S match fishing in Ireland is growing and so is the amount prize money. This year there will be around £340,000 paid out from sponsorship, the return of entry fees and optional pools. And yet the money isn’t the biggest attraction – it is the extraordinary consistency of the fishing and the famous Irish ‘craic’ […]

Half a million UK recreational sea anglers will hear next week if the EU will ration how many fish they can take home for the family supper. A delegation from the Angling Trust will meet Dr. Joe Borg, the EU fisheries commissioner, in Brussels at 10 a.m. on Tuesday April 28, to persuade him it […]

That’s the potentially life-saving message from electricity bosses after an engineer was called to Pittington, County Durham, to remove fishing line from live high voltage power lines. A local resident told the engineer that he had seen someone practising casting close to power lines which cross a grassed area close to Coalford Lane. Head of […]

VENUE:  Phase 2 ,Dynamite Baits MakinsDATE:  23 April 2009RESULT1st Danny ROSS  Wykin AC    50 lb 6 oz2nd Dave KENT  Long Eaton Victoria AS  49 lb 14 oz3rd John ADAMSON Kobra Feeders   29 lb 12 ozNumber of pegs: 18 Report:The top two were the same two anglers as on the previous week’s Thursday Kobra Affordable Open, (held on Dynamite Makins Phase 2) although this week […]

Did a large catfish attack a teenager in a German lake? Did a school of piranha eat flesh down to the bone of a busload of passengers that crashed in an Amazonian river? Over the ages, yarns have been spun that fish have actually preyed on man.  These legends have found their way into literature, […]

Simeone Palli won’t ever know the weight of this magnificent pike because he wanted to return it quickly, but accepted weight for measurement scales place it at well over 50lb. The fish measured 118cm long and had a massive 96cm girth, putting the big girl at exactly 52lb – that would be way over the […]

Team Fox Match led by Derek Willan took the honours in the Angling Trust benefit match, hosted at Barford Lakes on Saturday 18th April. This team event saw 84 anglers compete for generous tackle prizes donated by some of the top tackle companies, who each sponsored a team. The match attracted some of the top […]

Fox International is pleased to announce the creation of a new and completely FREE event for 2009 – The Fox Fishing Experience. Following the huge success of the Fox Carp Experience in 2008, Fox has decided to expand the 2009 event to cover all disciplines: carp, match, predator and even sea fishing! The Fox Fishing […]

Docklow Pools has hit the headlines, producing a magnificent 67lb catfish to visiting angler Steve Cook, who was fishing worm popped two feet off the bottom.The venue’s catfish have really been showing in recent weeks with several 30lb-plus fish being banked, but this one has really delighted the Docklow staff. Docklow stocked all its catfish […]

White Acres Milo Festival 2009  The year is flying by and we have already reached the final big festival of the spring, welcome to the 2009 White Acres Milo Festival. The festival is a sell out with 180 anglers taking to the banks of Pollawyn, Trelawney/Twin Oaks, Trewaters, Porth & Bolingey for the 5-day festival. […]

VENUE:  DERWENT (Phase 3) ,Dynamite Baits MakinsDATE:  16 April 2009RESULT1st Danny ROSS   Wykin AC   53 lb 6 oz2nd Dave KENT   Long Eaton Victoria AS 45 lb 2 oz3rd Charlie THACKRAH  Wykin AC   32 lb 12 oz4th Oliver PRESTON      22 lbNumber of pegs: 18 Report:In spite of the dismal weather (NE wind and heavy rain showers), Derwent (Phase 3) at Dynamite Baits Makins Fishery produced carp all […]

Chris Vandervleit, a vehicle technician from Essex has driven to victory at Barford Lakes on Wednesday (15th April) winning the third round of PartyPoker.com Fish ‘O’ Mania 2009, the biggest prize pot in angling.A complete field of 130 anglers took to the well known Norfolk venue, with various predictions as to which lake would produce […]

Top Three captains 1st Andy May (Ultima) 154lb 8ozs Pleasure lake peg 17 – pellet waggler 2nd Mick Bull (Shimano) 116 – 7 Match Lake peg 13 – pellet mid-water on pole and pellet waggler 3rd Rob Hitchens (Spro) 116 – 2 Pleasure Lake peg 15 – pellet waggler Top 6 Team members Chris Allen […]

This was the first qualifier in a new series that will see the champion win a trip for two to the 2010 World Championships. Anglers are split into sections of five and each section winner pockets a medal and a place in winner takes all final, set to take place at The Glebe in Leicestershire […]