ANGLERS are enjoying some welcome barbel sport on the River Nene around Peterborough.Despite being stocked on a few occasions by the Environment Agency, the hard-fighting species has always struggled to establish itself on the river in the east of the Midland Angler region.However, fish are a starting to come through with anglers reporting whiskers from […]

CONFUSION reigns over Gary Thorpe’s claim on a new world five-hour match record after the National Federation of Anglers stated it had ‘no opinion’ on the historic achievement.Gary weighed in an incredible 490-8-0 in a five-hour event at Oxfordshire’s Rolf’s Lake, obliterating Dutch master Bert Van Gerven’s widely recognised five-hour best of 419-8-0 of bream, […]

BRITISH Waterways won’t be changing its rules on the number of keepnets needed to fish matches on its prolific bagging waters, following Dave Parvin’s 539lb carp haul from Boddington Reservoir.BW’s John Ellis told Southern Angler that he sees no reason to make compulsory changes to its match regulations and says that Dave’s massive six-hour catch […]

 In October’s issue we report on the new Lea Valley Action Plan that plans to get anglers back on the bank and the Carp Society’s plans to make Horseshoe Lake a carp fishing Centre of Excellence.Also in the feature packed issue, priced only £1.99 Sitting On The dock Of The … Bream!Browning’s Dave Vincent visits London’s […]

Britain’s sea anglers today put down buoys marking where their million strong community want government action to “put an end to the historic disregard for their legitimate needs” and ensure continued growth of the nation’s £1 billion sportfishing industry. They want a new body to manage marine resources up to 12 miles from the English and […]

A new group seeking to boost the development of sportfishing around the British coast has been formed by sea anglers to stop the killing of two common species of sharks, tope and smoothound.  This will effectively reserve these fish for sea anglers and follows another plan also aiming to increase sportfishing by managing stocks of […]

In October’s issue we’ve got full reports on the Evesham Festival and the Midland Matchman of the Year final Also in October’s feature packed issue, out now priced just £1.99 Charlie’s date with a £5,000 barbelFull report on how match veteran Charlie Hague claimed the Shakespeare Championship The Avon’s CallingMatt Maginnis tackles the BAA stretch at Twyning with […]

Englishmen Keith Turner and Clive Hicks claimed victory at the 2005 World Carp Classic after contemplating withdrawing on the eve of the event.The night before the event started, Turner, 54, was told his mother had suffered a heart attack, but was persuaded by his brother – and news of her gradual recovery – to stay […]

THE Sunday matches on the excellent Holmedale Lake Nottinghamshire’s Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery are about to get under way, and are expected to produce very consistent results with good backing weights. The lake record now stands at over 150lb, but most matches at this time of year are won with around 60lb with many more […]