Wednesday saw a really tight finish to the open match on Swan Pond. The carp fed really well and several anglers put together 100lb plus weights. Don Hudson found just enough fish to hold off Ken Pacey who was on the Golden peg and his 151lb 15oz was 14oz too… Read more
Two 15 year olds have banked the biggest catfish of the year from Messingham Sands Fishery. The huge 44lb catfish caught was taken from the North Day Ticket Lake at the Scunthorpe venue by Ryan Elviss and Harry Poole. The fish was caught during the daytime, fishing close in with a snowman… Read more
Last week saw an incredible increase in water temperature from 14 degrees to 21 degrees in the space of four days at Messingham Sands. There was unsurprisingly, a huge amount of spawning activity across all of the lakes as a result, with all of the silverfish species involved as well… Read more
The Drennan Bank Holiday Pairs Event saw previous winners Shane Blades and Rob Seward retain their title. The talented duo were strong pre-match favourites after drawing peg 26 on the Swan Pond and peg 10 on the Islands Lake. Shane scored 2 points with 79lb 5oz and Rob came away with 8… Read more
The Drennan Silverfish League held at Messingham Sands concluded Saturday with Kevin Johnson topping the league with 96 points, just ahead of Carl Swetnam on 94. The overall winner on the day was Luke Harrison with an impressive 87lb 2oz from Swan Pond. His mixed net of roach, silver bream, skimmers, perch and… Read more
Spring finally arrived on the final day of the Drennan Spring Festival held at Messingham Sands. The competitors saw plenty of sunshine and used the opportunity to dry out most of their gear. The Day 5 winner was Kevin Johnson who was drawn on peg 62 on the Islands Lake…. Read more
