After three weeks away from the match scene, Alan Scotthorne made an instant winning return with top weight on Day 1 of the 180 competitor Maver Festival at Cornwall’s White Acres complex. Drawn peg 42 on Bolingey Lake, five times World Champion Alan fished pellets on 6m and 13m pole… Read more
E-Sox pike specialist, Steve Rowley got his season off to a great start with this immaculate 31lb 4oz fish during his first day of the season on Chew Valley Lake. Chew is undoubtedly the best pike fishery in the UK. In the first five days of the October pike trials,… Read more
A 25lb catch including barbel of 11lb and 10lb backed by four perch and a small chub saw Leicestershire matchman Tony Marshall win £500 plus a 15ft Acolyte Plus rod in the Drennan Coors Masters final on the River Trent at Burton. Drawn on the Municipal length, Shakespeare Superteam member… Read more
Oxford and District open match fished by 40 anglers on the River Thames on Medley, Channel and Folly. The river is still very low and clear with very little flow, but it still produced good weights in a tight match with some perch showing on Medley. 1st: Gary Pook (Daiwa… Read more
A simple leger rig with a big chunk of meat is all Ray Kent needed to tempt this huge 16lb River Lea barbel. The Barbel Society, Records Officer, bagged the prize fish after waiting three hours without a bite on the legendary day-ticket fishery, Kings Weir. Fishing a centerpin reel… Read more