A cracking near-15lb cod secured the 16th European Beach Championships at the weekend, attended by 1300 competitors and the OnlineFishing.tv cameras. OnlineFishing.tv was there to capture the mood of the biggest match of the year in any fishing discipline, for the first of its new ‘Sea Watch UK’ series due for broadcast in April. This […]

The Angling Trust’s northern and southern selection matches for the England team for anglers with disabilities have now been confirmed. The re-scheduled northern qualifier will take place on 5th April 2009 on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal and the southern qualifier will be fished on 18th April 2009 at Gold Valley Fishery. England Team Manager […]

The Angling Trust Marine National Team and Competition Group is pleased to announce the teams and squads for the 2009 International Sea Angling programme. The successful anglers have high standards to live up to with the 2008 Shore Championship squads achieving two gold (Senior Men and Junior) and two silver medals (Boat and Youth) in […]

Daiwa Dorking through at Gold Valley – incredible tight for the places: 1st – Daiwa Dorking 2nd – PI Delcac – 44pts3rd – Milo Bordon Dynamite Baits – 44pts4th – Monk F1 Favourites Dorking came through as expected but it was incredibly close for th places. Three teams tied on 44 points so it went to a […]

Barston Lakes at Solihull has secured a fantastic event in May when all of England’s match teams come to town. England’s Men’s, Ladies, Under-18s, Under-22s, Disabled, Vets and Carp teams will all be in attendance for the fundraiser that will help some of the unsponsored teams compete on a world stage. A member from each […]

Top Lincoln tackle shop Harrisons, a long time friend of Total-Fishing.com, is holding an open day in conjunction with GOT Baits on SaturdayApril 25th with two of the top anglers from the GOT Baits team. Gary Thorpe and Trev Price will be on hand to answer anglers’ questions and demonstrate how to get the best […]

Darlaston’s Mick Slater included a specimen 3lb 10oz crucian carp in his match winning bag from the Shatterford Fishery Open held on Stuart’s Lake On Sunday. In another consistent event, Mick weighed in 26-8-0, with Andy Varden (Wednesbury) second on 24-4-0 and Shatterford’s owner Ivan Norman third with 22-10-0.

Strong winds and clear skies made this 55-pegger another difficult round as the roach and skimmers declined to feed, but Drennan Team England ladies put in a solid 19 point score to win on the day, a point ahead of Daiwa Dorking who drew the same peg they won off last match.  Second team on the day […]

MAKINS THURSDAY ‘KOBRA’ AFFORDABLE OPENVENUE:   LAGOON, Makins Phase 2DATE:  5 March 2009RESULT=1st Ian HUGHES   Coventry   33 lb 2 oz= 1st  Gaz WOOD   Browning Central  33 lb 2 oz3rd Eddie KEENE  Coventry   30 lb 10 oz4th Danny ROSS   Wykin AC   20 lb 10 oz5th John ADAMSON  Kobra Feeders  20 lbNumber of pegs: 20 Report:A sharp overnight frost plus some snow during the day failed to make any impact on […]

The last round of the Cornerstone AC series on the Grand Union Canal at Small Heath was really worth the wait, with the stretch showing its true colours. The top six all weighed in double figures and there were another eight bags over 5lb – fantastic canal fishing. It was all pole, bloodworm and joker […]

The Angling Trust announced today its intention to recruit staff to 6 new posts as part of its plans to merge with the Angling Development Board in April.  The Trust is looking for committed, enthusiastic new team members to help recruit thousands of new anglers to the sport, and to membership of the Angling Trust.  […]

Hardy have launched their brand new Specialist and Specimen Coarse fishing catalogue for 2009. Available at your local dealer or as a download from www.hardyfishing.com the 35 page consumer catalogue from the Alnwick-based fishing tackle manufacturer showcases some of the new and most innovative products Hardy have ever produced. Following Hardy’s return to the Coarse […]

Two more giants of the deep have been washed up along the north east coast of England – fish that simply should not be there. The first awesome three-metre-long oarfish was discovered by a member of the public near some cliffs at Tynemouth Pier this  week. A second was washed up at Hauxley on Monday, […]

The International Rules League fished at Barston Lakes is now in its fourth round, with the Dave Brookes (pictured with his catch) coming out on top this time thanks to a 13-12-0 catch from peg 63.  Dave, who somewhat bizarrely was fishing for the England Ladies team (!?) fished short pole and bloodworm over a […]

Tuesday open Laurels and Willows 19 fished 17th feb 1 Darren Taylor peg 44 caught on pellets for 37lb 7oz (triana north)2 Brian Hawkes peg 51 caught on maggot and casters for 34lb 6oz (triana north)3 George grundy peg 13 caught on pellets and casters for 27lb 7oz (yorkshire tykes) Weds Open Laurels and Willows […]