It was one of those nights that many anglers hope, pray and believe will one day become a reality… But let us start at the beginning: November 2012, the Rhino Black Cat guided tours on the middle reaches of the Po in Italy are in full swing. As is so often the case, the starting […]
100kg Catfish from The River Po Italy
Quality Roach For Packington Somers
Midlands day ticket water Packington Somers Fishery has been stocked with an extra 1,000lb of big roach from the venue’s trout lakes. This is the time of year when it’s safest to move fish and on finding a healthy stock of quality roach plus some tench during repair work at one of the venue’s trout […]
Huge 6lb Perch To Lure Angler
Here’s a perch to tickle the fancy of any predator angler out there – all 6lb 6oz of it. That’s bigger than the British record! The magnificent fish fell to the rod of German angler and guide Andreas Schutt, who caught it while lure fishing in the southern Baltic in two to three metres of […]
Youngster Banks Massive Ebro Albino
Will Sudders has banked what may be the biggest albino catfish ever landed by a teenager on Spain’s River Ebro, at a massive 175lb. At 7ft 10in long, the monster was a full three feet longer than the 13-year-old from Colchester in Essex. It came during a week when fishing was ‘quite slow’ with the water […]
Darryl Moore wins the Angling Trust British Pike Final Championship
This year saw an increase of competitors taking part in the Angling Trust British Pike Final on the 20 Foot River, and Glassmoor Bank on Whittlesey AA’s waters with a total of 225 entrants. Difficult weather conditions greeted the competitors with an overnight frost, and rain settling in for most of the morning of […]
River Anker Barbel Record For Turner
Heavy rains last week brought some big river fish onto the feed, topped by a new barbel record for the River Anker in the shape of 15lb 10oz fish to Tamworth angler John Turner. Fishing a short evening session on the Mercia AC controlled stretched of the tiny river, the 46-year-old fished a pair of […]
Spinks Strikes Gold On The Severn
Big fish river angler Phil Spinks is enjoying a purple patch on the River Severn, having bagged 32 barbel in five short evening sessions. Fishing flavoured luncheon meat on one of the Birmingham Anglers Association controlled stretches, the Korum backed angler has been fishing the inside bank, presenting his baits on size 10 hooks and […]
Cats On The Feed AT Shatterford
A sign that a cold spell is on the way is that the catfish have been having a munch at Shatterford Fishery, topped off by a massive fish of 68lb 7oz to Stacey Brimmel, who fished meat on Masters Pool. Another notable cat included a fish of 37lb to Dudley’s Mark Ralley who had never […]
Barry Bags Big Anker Barbel
The Birmingham Anglers Association stretch of the River Anker at Bolehall has thrown up a massive barbel going 15lb, its second biggest ever. Sutton Coldfield angler Barry Finch lost a huge, unseen fish early on in the session but put that right when the personal best barbel took a liking to his 11mm SonuBait Halihooker […]
River Severn Coaching With Steve Maher
River Severn ace Steve Maher is setting up a new coaching service on the middle part of the big river with the aim of helping anglers improve their running water skills. Steve is noted for his float fishing prowess and indeed runs a float business at www.floatshop.com. In fact he holds the River Severn float-caught […]
Anglers Win a Voice in New Canal Charity
Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has secured anglers a voice at a national and local level in the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which is the new name for British Waterways since it became a charity on 1 July. The Trust warmly welcomes this new opportunity for one of the largest waterway user groups […]
Fantastic day On The Wye For Tony
Tony Cockerill from Kent had what he described as, “the best two days of my life” when he booked a two-day coaching break on the River Wye with Dave Harrell through Docklow Pools. Tony joined Dave on Docklow’s Rotherwas stretch of the river and on the first day he was shown how to put swimfeeder […]
New Pike Record For Babs Kijewski
Quantum Specialist team angler Babs Kijewski has recorded another ultimate magic moment in her fishing career. The euphoric angler recounts: “On 30 June, I had no fishing planned for the evening. However, I had one of those feelings. Summery temperature, just after a storm, the surface of the quarry lake teeming with jumping small fish. […]
Big Pike Double Take From Lough Corrib
Tomi Kurman from the Corrib Predator Team reported on some great fishing during May for Tomi, fellow guide Jack Gorny, and their clients. On many days they recorded landing several fish over 1m long, with many fish in low to mid-twenties in weight, but these were dwarfed by their best fish. A member of Hybrida […]
Real Eel Wins EFTTEX Lure Award
Savage has won the coveted ‘Best New Softlure’ category at EFTTEX 2102 with its revolutionary Real Eel. The award was judged by a panel of top angling journalists from around Europe and it represents the second year running that Savage has taken this category at the big European tackle trade exhibition, which took place over […]
