The best trout of the week from Packington Somers fell to the rod of a Mr G O’Neill from Birmingham, who fished the Great Pool from a boat with a red Buzzer and floating line and bagged an 8lb 12oz rainbow. On Cocks Close, fishery regular Ben Collyer of Solihull caught and released 18 fish […]
Packington Trout Form
Shakespeare Sponsors Cob House Fishery
Midlands tackle firm Shakespeare has stepped in to sponsor go ahead venue Cob House Fishery in Worcestershire. The venue has made a name for itself not just for the fishing, but also the facilities including a spectacular restaurant, and it also runs many family friendly fishing related events.
Skimmers Showing At Barston
Barston Lakes continues its good form with 77lb required to make the frame in the latest open and a very tight finish. The match was fished on the riverbank pegs with most weights coming to pole and pellet and Phil Watts coming out on top with 79-14-0 of quality skimmers from peg 47, just over […]
Packington Somers Fishery April 2011
FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 10/4/11 MATCH RESULTS WEDNESDAY OPEN (MOLANDS)1. Lee Richards (Sensas) 70 -10 Peg 60 Carp on Waggler & Pellet2. Chris Harrison (Warwick) 64 -153. Mick Bull (Guru/Shimano/ Dynamite Baits) 54 – 14. Phil Hull (Lanes Bait) 52 -13 TALKANGLING WEDNESDAY CLUB (GEARYS)1. Rob Swain 47 – 8 Peg […]
Shatterford Lakes April 2011
Results of Shatterford’s penultimate Spring League Match held on Stuarts Lake on Sunday, 10th April 2011: 1st Phil Whitehouse (West Bromwich) 22lb 0oz2nd Ivan Norman (Shatterford) 19lb 14oz3rd Ian Burgoyne (West Bromwich) 14lb 10oz4th Chris Walters (West Bromwich) 14lb 3oz Next match (final) scheduled for 17th April 2011 on Stuarts Lake. Albrighton Freeliners A/C held a match on […]
Angel Of The North Lakes April 2011
Sunday 10th April 2011 League Lookout Conditions:- Fair, ambient temp 16, humidity 91%, wind SSW 4 mph, barometer 1024.4 mb. Moon phase waxing crescent, water temp 12.4, PH 7.47, DO 8.6, MV 28 1st Geoff Lincoln 63lb 14oz peg 22nd Tony Watson 55lb 8oz peg 383rd Anth Richards 48lb 15oz peg 1section 1 John Foster 44lb 2oz […]
Browning Moorlands Farm
Tuesday 05.04.11 – Super Cost-Cutter17 fished on Bank & Moors1st Dave Johnson (Steven’s Tackle) 68.4.0 Peg 25 Bank2nd John Bagley (Steven’s Tackle) 54.2.0 Peg 12 Moors3rd Mark Blackburn (WMP Maver) 48.4.0 Peg 16 Moors Wednesday 06.04.11 – Over 50’s26 fished on Silver & Middle1st Richard Knowles (MCM) 119.7.0 Peg 46 Silver2nd Iwan Mills (Robin’s Timber) 64.14.0 Peg 28 Silver3rd Mal Watson (DGL) 62.12.0 Peg 7 Middle Thursday 07.04.11 – Cost-Cutter16 fished on Bank1st Iwan Mills (Robin’s […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery April 2011
Tuesday 5th April 2011 Daiwa Hallcroft Afternoon OpenBridge Pool (18 Pegs )1st R Teigh (Handsworth) peg Island 15 68-12-0Weights were slightly lower than usual for this latest match on bridge pool and mixed bags of skimmers and odd carp were the mainstay.Rich Teigh opted for pole and pellet over microfeed at 6m for over 5olb […]
Sherwood Forest Farm April 2011
Sherwood lakeSunday 10/4/11 20 fished 1st Dave Winfield Rivendell AC (Notts) 41-11-0 2nd Dave Round Mansfield Busman AC (Notts,) 40-12-0 3rd Geoff Hiley Sherwood Forest Fishery (Notts,) 34-14-0 3rd Dave Hiley Peg One Angling (Notts,) 34-14-0 3rd Ian Utting Peg One Angling Centre (Notts) 34-14-0 6th Lee Parker Phil’s Bait & Tackle (Notts) 32-3-0 7th Steve Richards Sherwood Forest Fishery (Notts) […]
Bag ‘Em New Micro Fluoro Pop Ups
The borders between carp and match fishing get ever more blurred and there’s no doubt that in the right circumstances boilies are an excellent hook bait on commercials. The main difference is that while the big fish boys are often trying to avoid smaller fish and thus use big hook baits, match anglers often want […]
Consistent At The Bowl
Bishops Bowl Lakes is into the fourth round of its new winter league and sport is proving very consistent, with good, fair match fishing. Andy Pell won this round from Peg 2 on Marches Lake, fishing pole and pellet for 32-14-0 of small carp and tench. Winner on White Bishop Lake was Mark Williams, who […]
Coombe Predators Showing
If you prefer predator fishing on stillwaters, a little birdie tells me Coombe Abbey in Coventry has been running into some decent pike form, with fish to 22lb banked in the last fortnight. Coombe is of course also noted for its zander fishing – indeed the Binley day ticket water one of the best venues […]
Bites At Meadowlands
Meadowlands Fishery produced another good match midweek, with the top five in the Warren Pool Tuesday open all weighing in over 28lb. Lane’s Bait’s Wayne Sharman topped the field, fishing the straight lead on the arm at peg 14 for 46-12-2.On peg 33 Ray Durrant fished the same way for 39-8-0 for second spot, just […]
Richards In Form
Lee Richards is maintaining his great form at Packington Somers fishery, but is spreading his wings as well in his bid to win the Shimano County Championships run through Angling Times. Midlander Lee added to a string of open victories at Packington this winter with another win this week, producing the week’s best weight as […]
Barry Hits A Hat-trick
Barry Duggan enjoyed what can only be described as a Red Letter week at Tunnel Barn Fishery. The Warwick Portobello rod managed to find the time to fish three opens at the Shrewley water – and won the lot – on three different lakes. First up Barry weighed in 55-7-0 of F1s, carp, roach and […]