Alan Scotthorne reports back on the latest festival at Lindholme Lakes. I have just finished fishing the latest Lindholme lakes festival run by Neil Grantham and his son Aran on what turned out to be probably the best match I have ever fished for big weights. Weights consisted of carp… Read more
The Drennan Over 50’s three-day Festival hosted at Westwood Lakes saw 108 anglers compete for their name on the trophy. Day One The first day produced some big weights from each of the four lakes used Skylark, Swallow, Osprey and Falcon. On Osprey lake, Mick Stamp put 188lb 8oz of F1s… Read more
This year’s Angling Trust Ladies National was fished at Weston Pools; with Belvedere, Stretton and Weir Pools hosting the competition. The conditions were favourable with it being warm and overcast, this resulted in plenty of fish being caught between the 42 competitors. “I managed to catch 43.555kg of carp on… Read more
42 anglers turned up to fish the fourth round of the Drennan Coors Trent Masters. All species of fish seem to be enjoying the hot weather on the river Trent at Burton, a lot more roach turned up this week to make it the best match of the series so… Read more
A three-day expedition targeting specimen eels paid off in fine style for Dean Aston when he slipped the net under this impressive 6lb 6oz specimen. It was the only bite of the trip for the 48-year-old painter and decorator from Wolverhampton, but one that he would never forget. Speaking to… Read more
A string of specimen crucian carp catches, topped by a 4lb 4oz monster, suggests that there’s no better time than now to get out and target one of the nation’s favourite species. Whilst some of the country’s anglers have been struggling to catch during the current heatwave, those who have… Read more
