The re-arranged Sunderland Shore Angling Festival takes place on February 5th and 6th 2011 with £500 going to the winner.  The Sunderland City Council sponsored event, postponed in January due to extreme weather, will take place between South Shields Pier and the North side of Ryhope Dene. The pier and foundations are out of bounds […]

All Mistral’s new baits for 2011 are featured, including the fantastic new i40. Go to www.mistralbaits.co.uk Mistral have just launched a newsletter that gives you the opportunity to receive exclusive promotions, the new baits before anyone else, special discounts, competitions and hints & tips for the new season. All you have to do is subscribe […]

Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP announced yesterday a review of the current licensing regime for cormorant control at an Angling Summit, attended by 30 angling and fisheries organisations. This announcement followed a letter to the Minister from the Angling Trust last November, calling for action to be taken to protect stillwater and river fisheries which […]

Meadowlands, Warren Pool18 pegs 1 Ian Maltby(Cats & Dogs Baits) 100-6-0; 2 Paul garner (Chiltern Baits) 32-12-0; 3 Phil Croxford (WMP Team Maver) 29-2-0; 4 Geoff Ringer (Ringers Baits) 28-6-0. Meadowlands is fishing well again and to prove it Ian Maltby (Cats &Dogs) won this match with 100lb 6oz, catching 13 carp off peg 34. […]

The Mosella Manor Farm Leisure Spring Fishing Festival 2011 takes place on May 9th, 13th. Five matches will be fished from Monday to Friday with the winner decided through a league system. Entry fee is £140 with payout as follows, based on 60 anglers.     * 12 x 5 peg sections £40    * League payout […]

The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that it has appointed Tom Pickering as the Manager of its new Feeder team, which will compete in the inaugural World Championships in Italy later this year. This new FIPSed competition will be held as part of the World Angling Games and be fished on the 1st and […]

Ray Inman bagged seven fish on his latest visit to Packington Somers’ Trout Fishery, including a fine rainbow going 8lb 2oz. All the fish came while boat fishing at Cock’s Close and fell for a Damsel pattern fished on a floating line in a week when the rod average went over three fish per angler. […]

Midland matchman Lee Richards is on a great run of form and produced his third open match win in as many weeks at Packington Somers at the weekend. The 40-year-old Birmingham angler drew peg 52 on Molands Lake where he fished 4mm expander pellets under a 4×16 Chianti float and a size 18 hook to […]

Kamasan Starlets rod Hadrian Whittle topped the latest Hereford Open with a stunning 94lb bag of chub and roach, and what’s more there wasn’t a fish over 2lb in his net. The competitors found the river in perfect trim for the first time in ages and when Hadrian drew fancied peg 64 above the main […]

The owners of the Monument Fishery have moved to more than double its stock of 40lb plus carp this year. RH Fisheries is rearing brace of mirror carp are being grown on for stocking into The Monument lake, with another four bound for The Avenue, a venue some are tipping to produce the next British […]

The saga of top trout water Draycote Water looks set to draw to a close, with the owners having agreed to allow fishing on the big trout reservoir from April. The venue was closed amidst considerable acrimony last year, with Severn Trent citing building work as the reason for shutting down the fishing altogether.However, plans […]