A belated well done to Jack Damant who fished really well to win the 2016 Fish’O’Mania Junior event at Cudmore Fishery. Sixteen-year-old Jack from Ipswich won with 17.2kg, which included a healthy variety of species including carp, F1s, ide, barbel and skimmers. A great performance earned him £1,000 and the all-important Junior… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Huge Rudd On First Trip
All-round angler, Matthew Fernandez from Southampton managed to slip the net under two personal best rudd during his first trip to a new venue. “With nothing to really go by on the signs of fish, I dropped in a swim on the end of a fresh wind. I located a… Read more
Supplex Fluorocarbon For Chub
The near-invisible properties of 0.13mm (2.6lb) Supplex Fluorocarbon helped Brian Gay fool this wily old chub from a local river. The angling journalist and film maker caught the fish in 18 inches of gin-clear water, using single maggot on a size 19 Kamasan B711 hook under a 1.2g Crystal Waggler. In Brian’s… Read more
Russian Carp On The Method
Sergey Kuzmin from Russia has caught his best-ever carp at 14.75kg (32lb 8oz) with Method Feeder tactics. The fish was caught on a 35g Flat Method Feeder with Dynamite groundbait and a plum-flavoured pop up. He used 0.23mm Feeder & Method Mono to an 8lb Carp Dacron hooklink and a… Read more
Electrical Industries Charity Event
Ian Young reports back from the Electrical Industries Charity Fishing Day, recently held at Gold Valley Lakes in Hampshire. Gold Valley Lakes was again the venue for the 15th EIC London region fishing day with 51 anglers taking part. Each angler received a Drennan gift and looked out over the… Read more
Bream Fishing At Farlows
Armed with a seatbox and quiver tip gear Martin Bowler headed off to Farlows Lakes near Iver in search of the resident bream shoals. With carp the main quarry of anglers visiting Farlows Lakes, Martin was keen to prove that there is much more on offer than just carp. Due… Read more