Shatterford Fishery has produced its biggest catfish of 2009, and almost certainly the biggest ever from the day ticket venue. The fish, which bottomed out 65lb scales, was landed on Masters peg 15 by Craig Botfield from West Bromwich, using a small piece of luncheon meat.  Both he and witness Duane Wallbank, Birmingham were convinced […]

The popular Tuesday series of River Severn float only matches on the middle Severn at Arley gets underway again on October 20th and judging by the response to date they look likely to become sellout events for running line purists. Organised by Severn regulars Dave Foxall and Matt Maginnis, the matches will take place on […]

There have been several media reports about the proposed import of record-sized carp from a source in France to a fishery in England over the last few weeks. The government’s Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI), based at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), can confirm that at present it is illegal to import […]

Parkdean’s White Acres Holiday Park is the fabulous setting for the 10th Anniversary of the Parkdean Masters £25,000 one day fishing final. The 2009 Masters will take place on Saturday 10th October and on Sunday 11th October the 10 Masters will fish to compete for the “Master of Masters” Championship title. The winner of this […]

Holland Leads After Day One of Maver Festival It is once again time for the autumn festivals and it once again starts with the annual pilgrimage to White Acres for the Maver festival. It is a sell out event with 180 anglers fishing the 5 days on Pollawyn, Jennys/Python, Trewaters, Porth and Bolingey. This is […]

We have teamed up with OnlineFishing.tv to offer Total-Fishing.com members the chance to win a £500 tackle giveaway from the 2009 catalogue, and money off membership to angling TV channel OnlineFishing.tv . To be in with a chance of winning the prize you need to join OnlineFishing.tv before the end of play on Tuesday October […]

The Kent Angling Show is the only angling show in Kent this year and is well worth a visit.  The show includes displays by Nash (including a surprise ‘Junior’ display), Venture and Rig Marole.  Rob Hughes and Simon Crow will be there if you would like to have a chat and get some advice. You […]

With all 60 pegs in at Tyler’s Common Horseshoe Lake for the first time in it’s history this was expected to be the hardest of all the qualifiers and with it being a bright day with no ripple on the water it didn’t disappoint in difficulty, but all 60 anglers were in the same boat […]

Fox has teamed up with Lewis Murawski, creator of Lewis’s Angling Academy and owner of Anglers World Norwich in a deal worth thousands of pounds.                    Murawski has received substantial backing for his newly created fishing Academy due to the ‘overwhelming response’ it has created in just two months, after an initial marketing strategy targeting Tourist […]

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH NUMBER: 9TROPHY:  RICHARDSON CUPDATE:  20 September 2009VENUE:  ROBINWOOD FISHERYJoint Match with Soldiers & Sailors AC1st Brian LEAFE    59 lb 11 oz 2nd  Carl HENRICK   34 lb 3rd  Paul SKINNER   23 lb 10 oz4th  Paul MARRIOTT   22 lb 10 oz5th  Jake HEMMINGS   22 lb 4 oz REPORTMatch 9 for the Richardson Cup was a joint match with Soldiers and Sailors, fished […]

VENUE:  DERWENT, Dynamite Baits MakinsDATE:  24 September 2009RESULT1st John ADAMSON Kobra Feeders   67 lb 10 oz2nd Bob RIMMINGTON Rivendell    63 lb 14 oz3rd Mark PERKINS Dynamite Matchman Supplies   62 lb 12 oz 4th Dave KENT  Long Eaton Victoria AS  49 lb 10 oz5th Steve KEIGHTLEY Melton Mowbray   47 lbNumber of pegs: 20 Report:The Thursday Kobra Affordable Open was fished on Derwent on Phase 3 of Dynamite Baits Makins, and in […]

Kevin Johnson joins the long list of names etched on the on the silver plate of the “King of Clubs” trophy – match angling legends dating back to 1983. Once again the 4 day festival produced a great list of results despite some of the highest water levels recorded in Cavan and Leitrim. Photo: Kevin […]

The baby salmon are to be introduced into the River Dove at Eaton Dovedale as part of an ongoing project to re-establish a sustainable population of Atlantic salmon in the river.   A further 40,000 baby salmon will be released into the River Churnet. Both releases have been funded by Trent Rivers Trust.  To increase their chances […]

Long time leader Darren Cox was unlucky as he lost on a weight countback in the 2009 UK Champs after leading for most of the series… Here are the full result for the top ten anglers…. Tommy Pickering with the pretty impressive UK Champs trophy…

In response to Tuesday’s report from the Environment Agency (EA) regarding the ecological status of water bodies in England and Wales, WWF and the Angling Trust have launched a joint campaign to restore and conserve a number of rivers in the UK that are under threat from pollution, over-abstraction and habitat damage.   As part of […]