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ITALY WIN WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 Ostellato Canal. Italy
The home team Italy totally dominated this
years World
Championsips, scoring a brilliant nine points on day one with three
section wins. See
Results
Jon
Arthur Smashes Fish ‘O’ Mania record
The first name to be added to the eventual
sixteen targeting the £30,000 first prize in the Fish ‘O’ Mania
XVIII final on Saturday 16th July 2011 is Coventry’s Jon Arthur. The
35-year-old, who edits Daventry based Pole Fishing magazine, bagged an
impressive win at Viaduct Fisheries, with 252-11-0 of carp from Spring
5 to break the record for a Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier and beat Mick
Bull’s 247lb 2oz record taken at Willinghurst two years ago.
Bright sunshine greeted the 130 competitors for this first Fish ‘O’
Mania qualifier of 2011 on Saturday at Viaduct Fisheries.
Jon said: “I’m ecstatic to have qualified for this year's Fish 'O'
Mania final after the first qualifier! I've only ever visited Viaduct a
couple of times as it is 150 miles away but I think it is a fantastic
venue, full of quality fish and I had a really good feeling about the
match as I drove down. It was a baking hot day with little wind and
lots of carp cruising in the morning. My peg on Spring 5 offered an
island to cast to and open water in front of me, so I set up two pellet
waggler rods, a feeder rod, a shallow pole rig and a short pole rig.
“With carp cruising around I thought I'd start on the pole shallow at
14 metres hoping to mug a couple of early fish. After half an hour I
had already caught two. I assumed I had about 20lb with these two fish
but in hindsight it was more like 30lb-plus.
“I had one more carp before it went quiet so I had a few casts with a
meat feeder and came back with my smallest carp of the day and a 2lb
skimmer. I then decided to stick to the long pole for the rest of the
match as although I wasn't catching fast, the fish were really big and
worth waiting for.
“In the end, I found fishing 16 metres out with meat around 16 inches
deep was best. Using my sunglasses allowed me to spot dark shapes under
the surface so I kept lifting and dropping the rig towards anything
swimming towards me. I ended up with 18 carp and one skimmer and
guessed I had 130lb to 150lb, so I was a bit shocked when I actually
totalled 252lb – the fish were massive! I've never caught so many
double-figure fish on the pole in five hours before and it has to rate
as one of my best ever matches. Before today, my personal best fish was
16lb 8oz and I think at least three or four smashed that figure – the
biggest went 24lb!”
In second place with a weight of 145lb 7oz was Grant Albutt from
Halesowen, West Midlands drawn on peg 80.
The second qualifier in this series of Fish ‘O’ Mania XVIII is at
Makins Fisheries, Warwickshire on Wednesday 20th April.
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1,065lb
of carp caught in a week from Wyreside Lakes Fishery
Anglers at Wyreside Lakes Fishery in Lancashire have enjoyed a record
week, with 52 carp caught for an overall weight of 1,065lb – more than
five times the venue average for the time of the year. Three thirties,
26 twenties and 23 upper doubles were caught from the fishery’s lakes.
Among the haul was the venue’s biggest resident, Paw Print, which was
banked by Mark Barton at 38lb 8oz from the 18-acre Wyre Lake. The
Lancaster-based electrician has spent six years chasing the impressive
specimen, and it was the last carp he was expecting to catch during
March. “As far as I’m aware, this is the earliest this fish has ever
been caught. It generally only comes out once or twice a year and can
be caught from any swim, so it’s hard to track down.”
Mark lured his new pb from a sandy spot under an island overhang at
130yds, over which he offered a single 20mm Nash Bait Scopex Squid
bottom bait. “I had one bleep and the bobbin pulled up, so I
lifted into it,” said the 32-year-old. “The fight was uneventful and it
wasn’t until the scales registered 38lb 8oz that I realised which fish
I’d caught.”
Fishery owner Bob Birkin believes the cold snap earlier in the year
could have played a part in giving anglers a bumper week. “All the carp
have been up in weight, so they’ve obviously been feeding well during
the winter.
“I think having the lake freeze over in January actually helped, as it
kept the cold winds from hitting the water and the fish continued to
feed under the ice. Hopefully, it’s a sign of even better things to
come,” he said.
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Taff
barbell
15lb 150z
Gavin Durnell a 27 Years old Police Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police
Living in Beckenham, Kent flavoured his 1st ever Barbel fishing the
River Taff in Cardiff. using a Running weighted swimfeeder loaded with
maggots with a 2 foot long 8lb trace (Guru Drag line) and Size 14
Kamasan Animal barbed hook. Three maggots used as hook bait fished just
on the edge of the rapids on the far bank. It took him 15 mins to land.
CRIME ON
ANGLING
Angling is being targeted by
organised gangs who are using the sport to make vast sums of money,
Angling Times can reveal. The body charged with investigating serious
crime within the sport, the Fish Health Inspectorate of the Centre for
Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), has told AT
that the criminal underworld has earmarked angling as a soft
touch - smuggling fish and stealing tackle, as well as using the
sport to launder huge amounts of money. According to the body, this
increase in criminal activity is because the smuggling and dealing of
fish offers high reward for little risk. Former police officer Stuart
Katon is the enforcement and investigation officer for CEFAS, and
despite 30 years of investigating serious crime, admits to being
shocked at the scale of criminality within the sport, including:
Fisheries being offered up to £1.5 million in cash to launder
money. Huge consignments of carp being illegally imported from France.
Travelling anglers smuggling carp into the UK in wet sacks to sell to
UK fishery owners to pay for holidays. Organised networks of thieves
targeting anglers’ tackle. Stuart and his team have also admitted that
they can’t bring these criminals to justice without the help of UK
anglers and urge them to use the recently-instigated link with the
Crimestoppers initiative. “I’ve been shocked by the extent of the
involvement of criminals in angling crime,” Stuart said. “This is a
massive problem which is getting worse, but I’m working to bring these
criminals to justice.” Steve Barnes, owner of Quiet Sports Fishery
Management, the UK’s largest commercial fishery, said: “The illegal
fish trade is the biggest threat to our sport and its future. We have
to get behind CEFAS and its Crimestoppers initiative.” If you know of,
or have seen any angling-related crimes, call Crimestoppers on: 0800
555111 or visit www.crimestoppers-uk.org
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2010
River Wye Team Championships Cock-Up see Report here
Biggest rudd claim rejected
by
British
Record Fish Committee
The British Record Fish Committee has
confirmed that
the
recent claim put forward for the rudd record has been rejected. Caught
by carp angler Chris Moule from a Cambridgeshire pit, the pictures of
the claimed 5lb 2oz specimen were the cause of the problems for the
committee when processing the application. “Our scientific advisor
was unable to identify the fish as a true rudd from the photographs
provided,” BRFC secretary explained David Rowe. “Therefore, I’m afraid
that the claim cannot proceed.” the poor quality of the images
taken of the fish, combined with the unfortunate obscuring of parts of
the fish’s anatomy vital to positive identification always looked to
put the application in doubt.
England Team 2nd Scotthorne 1st
The FIPSed European
Championship
was held on 4th/5th September 2010 on the River Sorraia, Coruche,
Portugal. Drennan Team England consisted of; Mark Downes and Mark Addy
(Joint Managers), Alan Scotthorne, Steve Gardener, Sean Ashby, Will
Raison, Steve Hemmingray, and Darren Cox.
The beginning of the week practising was
intensely
difficult in the uncomfortable 41'c. The shoals of small barbel the
team expected to catch were conspicuous by their absence. After 3 days,
the temperature began to drop to the mid 30s and the catches started to
improve. Despite this, the team’s best practice weight was just over 2
kilo, and they were averaging around 1k per angler per session.
Friday saw Drennan Team England finalise
their
tactics,
long distance waggler, fished 5ft over depth with size 22/24 hooks to
0.08 and 0.10 fluo carbon hook lengths and a backup pole line at 13m
feeding initially with groundbait and jokers but loose feeding with
maggot over the top. The waggle line was fed with small balls of sticky
mag and gravel.
Day one – Drennan Team England took top
honours
with 18
points ahead of favourites Portugal on 20 and Italy on 24. Alan
Scotthorne and Will Raison recorded section wins on the Waggler while
Steve Gardner, Sean Ashby and Steve Hemmingray chipped in with great
scores.
Day two – Alan Scotthorne was on the
upstream end
peg
E17 and Steve Gardener on the downstream peg 4 A4. Both scored section
wins on these two great pegs. Will Raison from unfancied peg 15 in B
section doubled all around him to record a second section win and
Darren Cox replacing Sean Ashby came home 6th with Steve Hemmingray 5th
for a great 14 points.
Mark Downes, Drennan Team England Manager
said
“Unfortunately Portugal spoiled the party by nipping in with 10 points
to take the gold medal with 30 points two ahead of us on 32. Alan
Scotthorne took gold by winning section E both days and amassing over
13k while Will Raison had to settle for Silver with once again a
perfect score but less weight, just over 9k.
All in all a great week, a gold and 2
silver
medals. We
were a shade short of a total clean sweep”.
Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events
Manager
said “In
Portugal last weekend Drennan Team England and their managers proved
that they are by far and away the best squad in the world finishing
second to the host team. Although having to settle for silver in the
team event they stole the show with another gold for Alan Scotthorne
and a further silver for Will Raison in the individuals.
Starlets win 1st Division National see results
http://www.nfaresults.co.uk/2010/div1_teams.php
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'Record' grayling landed, then eaten for tea! By
Trout and Salmon
Fish Catches
03 August 2010 12:11
A potential British record fish has been landed
this
week,
and then eaten by its captor.
Britain’s
first claimed 5lb grayling fell to a pleasure angler fishing
a day-ticket stretch of the river Severn while on holiday.
Midlands angler Dave Williams was concentrating on a popular section of
the waterway near Newtown in Wales when the huge fish, that was weighed
at 5lb exactly, took his maggot hookbait fished with simple feeder
tactics.
“I had no idea where it stood compared to the British record, I was
just chuffed to have caught such a beautiful grayling,” said Dave.
“Unfortunately, it was deep-hooked and although I tried everything to
resuscitate the fish, eventually it went belly-up. So instead of
throwing it back in the river to float away I took it home, chopped it
into steaks and cooked it for dinner. It tasted lovely.” After eating
the huge specimen, Dave was later informed that the fish smashed the
previous grayling record by over 11oz, and that he could have claimed a
record, even though the fish died.
“I’m gutted. If I’d have known I would have just kept the fish in my
freezer and made a claim,” he said. “It would have been really
something to be a British record holder as I’m just an average angler
who enjoys getting out now and again. I’ll just have to get to the
Severn as quickly as I can and try to find these fish again.
“I hooked and lost an even bigger fish before I had the five-pounder,
so I’ll definitely be going back,” he added.
British Record Fish Committee, David Rowe said: “It’s quite possible
that this could have been counted as a British record, even if it had
been kept and frozen, although the freezing aspect would have raised
some concerns.
“It’s fairly simple ¬ all we’re looking for is accuracy. The fish
would have had to be positively identified by our experts, weighed
properly, or at least had the scales that it was originally weighed on
checked, and then we would need to speak to the witnesses who saw him
catch and weigh it, or get the angler to take an affidavit about the
details.“
It’s a shame he didn’t keep the fish a bit longer and put in a claim,”
he added.
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And The Home Teams finish good too.
1 Drennan
Team England 2 Italy 3 Holland 4 Maver Ireland 5 Daiwa Scotland 6 Shimano Team Wales
Cat fish and Bleak where the secret to A
fantastic
team
win for England in this years World Championships. With most teams
hoping for the Carp to feed England held on to the team tatics of
fishing for Bleak and Channel Catfish to help the team members finish
high up in their sections.
See this website for all the information on results. http://www.merida2010wc.com/
Mark
Downes
and Mark Addy, Drennan Team England International Managers have
announced that after ten years of success they are sending the most
experienced team to fish this year’s World Nations Championships in
Ciudad Real, Spain 26th/27th June. Both Managers feel that to compete
at the highest level, this team is the best in the world.
The team are already the proud
owners
of a
vast amount of gold medals and are hoping to add to their personal
collections yet again at the World Championship.
The Drennan Team England squad for 2010 are: Will Raison, Alan
Scotthorne, Steve Gardner, Sean Ashby, Stuart Conroy and Des Shipp.
The six internationals are considered to be one of the most respected
teams in the world and one of the favourites to compete for the title
of World Champions in 2010 hoping to improve on last year’s results in
Almere, Netherlands in September where the Drennan Team England
Internationals finished in 5th place just 3.5 points behind eventual
winners Slovakia. At the same event, Will Raison just missed out on
another individual World Championship win to come runner up with 15.332
points. Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events
Manager, Angling Trust said “Mark Downes and Mark Addy have become the
most successful partnership on the FIPSed world match fishing scene
during the past 9 years. Now entering their tenth year as Drennan Team
England managers, it is almost impossible for anyone to suggest that
their selection is not up to the task. This team of six anglers has had
so much success in the past that it is very difficult for anyone to
take their place in the squad, and I wish them all the best for this
year’s Championship in Spain”.
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£100,000: The
biggest
prize in angling history
The biggest prize in UK match fishing history, a £100,000
winner-takes-all showdown, is to be launched next year by tackle giant
Maver.
Twenty-four finalists will head to Larford Lakes in August 2011 for the
televised grand final of ‘Match This’, the name given to the new
competition. Phil Briscoe is guaranteeing that the event will
go ahead, despite
proposed big-money matches from other firms falling by the wayside in
recent times.
Match This will cost £50 per qualifier to enter, with the winner
of each 120-peg match progressing to the main event on the Match Lake
at the Stourport, Worcestershire complex. The runner-up in each round
will also go through to a smaller stand alone £5,000 event. Phil
spoke of his plans to bring in grandstands,
encompass demos from celebrity anglers and invite some other
manufacturers to display their gear. “Levels of
prize money in fishing haven’t increased
over the years and some competitions have become static in my opinion.
This is not a cash pig for Maver and it’s not cheap or easy to
organise, but we’re putting up the richest prize in the sport’s
history, to bring it up to a par with tennis and golf. It’s going to be
life changing for somebody and will set a new benchmark for match
fishing in the UK,” he said.
Maver’s Phil Briscoe has personally guaranteed a prize fund of at least
£50,000, but is hoping to be able to hand over a cheque for
£100,000 if the event sells out. A website for the competition is
being set up to purchase tickets through when it opens on June 1, 2010.
Tickets will be fully transferable and anglers can apply for as many
qualifiers as they want. <>
The site will even use a countdown feature, so applicants can see how
many tickets are left and Phil is to enter talks with television
broadcasters to cover the event and produce a DVD of the action.
“I’ve looked at the grumbles associated with existing competitions and
tried to address them, for example there’s no special lists or loyalty
clubs. Two opposite banks of the rectangular Match Lake will be used
for the final, but next to each end peg I’ll put one of my local
anglers. They’ll fish a mini four-peg match themselves, to create
blockers and remove any end peg advantage of the finalists. The
competition will be extensively marketed through the press, Maver
distributors and the fisheries involved. Support it fully, and we will
be handing a giant £100,000 cheque to the winner!” said Phil.
<>
Fifteen of the UK’s best fisheries have confirmed qualifiers for Match
This, with some venues hosting two. Anglers are urged to get in quickly
to secure their place as entries will be done on a first come, first
served basis
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Subject: Fish to Win Pairs - Round Three -
Tylers Common Ash & Willow Lakes - Wednesday 14th April 2010 - Mat
After
a
successful practice session on a warm Saturday 10th April where weights
were in 200's and high 100's everyone was really looking forward to
round 3 of the Fish to Win pairs match at Tylers Common in Brentwood
Essex where everyone fancied Willow Lake to pick up the bigger weights,
however with a very cold North Easterly wind blowing made things
difficult and the fish had moved out away from the margins into deeper
water at 14 metres, whereas on Ash Lake the fish were in the mood to
have a good munch. Today was also the Semi Final of the Individual
Knockout element of the comp which saw Alec Roberts (Middy) Pete
Upperton (Middy) and Tony Lock (Garbolino Apollo) progress to the knock
out final.
Ash Lake Section A
Geoff Vallance (Preston Innovations Delcac) on his first visit to the
Essex venue took the honours with 198lb 14ozs on peg 9, second place in
peg 3 was Robbie Taylor (Preston Innovations Delcac) with 146lb 2ozs
fishing in close and down the edge, in 3rd place was Mark Parrett again
on his first visit to the venue weighed in with 141lb from peg 10 and
these were the top three weights overall over the 2 lakes.
Willow Lake Section B
Pete Upperton (Middy) scooped maximum points from peg 24 on Willow with
141lb 8oz and began the match fishing close or up in the water at 14
metres and only have 7 fish in the first couple of hours, so a change
of tactics and fishing on the deck at 14 metres found the fish and
caught on pretty much every put in for the remainder of the match.
In second place local knowledge came into play as Graham Dack (Middy)
from unfavoured peg 17 weighed in with 135lb 4oz who jokingly mentioned
that he fished pretty much every line possible from waggler to pole at
long and short and even down the edge to find the carp and to avoid the
Rudd.
In close 3rd place was Zac Brown (Preston Innovations - Delcac) weighed
in with 135lb from peg 4.
Round 4 of the pairs moves to Fairlight Fisheries near East Grinstead
on Saturday 24th April 2010 with promises to be interesting as a
majority of the field have never seen or been to the venue before.
Fish to Win South East starts on Wednesday 7th July 2010 at Marsh Farm
in Surrey
Fish to Win National starts on Wednesday 14th July 2010 at Partridge
Lakes in Cheshire
Full details and ticket availability can be found on the website
http://www.facebook.com/l/74e88;www.fish-to-win.co.uk
Warmest Regards
John Bell
Tel : 020 8599 2285
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WORLD CARP CLASSIC
England’s Rob Tough and Tom Duncan-Dunlop are on top of the world after
overcoming an international field to win the 2009 World Carp Classic.
With good placement of their four rods, making the most of the stormy
weather conditions and surviving on minimal sleep, Rob and Tom, a
heating engineer from Sutton, Surrey, amassed a haul of 22 carp by the
fifth day - including three fish weighing more than 40lb - to establish
a comfortable lead. Rob, 45, and Tom, 36, produced a stunning all-round
effort to beat off competition from 126 pairs from 21 different
countries to claim the £10,000 first prize from the £70,000
prizetable at the six-day event at Lac de Madine in north-east France.
Surviving on just twelve hours’ sleep throughout the marathon non-stop
competition, the duo bagged an event-record 26 fish weighing a total of
347.5kg to easily beat their closest rivals, headed by Dutch pair Koos
Walters and Bert Teuben (eight fish, 125.65kg) and Robert Ceaus and M
Gulke of Germany (eight fish, 123.45kg). And Rob and Tom completed a
clean sweep of the major prizes as they also helped England’s Team
Mainline Carpworld clinch the best team prize for the third year in a
row.
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56th
World
Coarse Angling Championships in
Lage Vaart Canal, Holland
Individual results overall:-
(Gold)1 Igor Potapov
Russia 2pts
(Silver) 2 William Raison
Drennan Team England 3 (15-332)
(Bronze) 3
Simon
Jensen
Denmark 3 (8-368)
Team Results
1 Slovakia 39
2 France 40
3 Belgium 41
4 Russia 42
5 Drennan Team England 42.5
(See Full Results)
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16.07.09 France
forge
to Victory at Furzton to take Gold
The
2nd
Veterans World Angling Championship took place 11th - 12th July at
Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes Congratulations
must go to France who pushed England all the way to take the gold medal
title of 2009 2nd Veterans World Championship team classification and
winning with 22 points and a total weight of 39.300kg. France proved to
be ideally equipped to tackle such a venue, and fought consistent
throughout the event to win gold. The team was: Patrick Solbes
(Captain), Gilles Lannoy, Jean-Claude Deoussargues, Alain Dancot, and
Michael Perdriau, Serge Bourson (Reserve), and delegate Daniel
Lapierre. Falling into second place by just 3 points, with a total
weight of 39.300kg, were England who were close to winning the title on
their home soil. Hungary finished with 26 points and 36.875kg to take
the Bronze.
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CARP RECORD
The BRFC
Freshwater
Sub group have carefully considered the evidence provided to support a
claim by Mr John Bird for a new British Record for the Mirror Carp for
a fish of 66lbs 10oz caught from Conningbrook Lake, Ashford, Kent on
6th April 2008.
The result is that the Group have agreed to recommend to the full
committee when it meets later this year to ratify the claim and to
forward to him his Certificate.This recommendation has been accepted
and Mr Bird has been sent his Certificate
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LICENCE
DODGERS
Buying a rod licence
is much cheaper than ending up in court, say Environment Agency Wales,
as 52
individuals are set to be prosecuted in the next month. The illegal
anglers
were all caught by the Agency’s Enforcement Officers patrolling rivers
and
fisheries across Wales. Illegal anglers
are damaging the sport for law abiding fishermen in Wales. Last year,
Environment Agency Wales ploughed £300,000 of rod licence funds
back into the
sport. The money from the sale of rod
licences is used to increase the amount of fish in Welsh fisheries,
improving
facilities, creating access for disabled anglers and introducing people
into
the sport. Environment Agency Wales is
also carrying out projects to improve the habitats for fish so that
they can
breed and grow successfully.. This work is delivered by the Agency-led
Sustainable Fisheries Project, which receives funding each year from
the
Welsh Assembly Government. The
Agency is carrying out work to complete fish passes at many weirs
throughout
Wales. The weirs stop fish, including salmon and sea trout, from
reaching their
spawning grounds. The new fish passes,
some complete and others still under construction, will mean fish
populations
recovering in stretches of water higher up the river. Andy
Schofield, Strategy and Policy Manager,
Environment Agency Wales, said: “Our
officers patrol fishing spots across Wales and they will ask to
see your
licence. If you haven’t got one – you will be prosecuted. “The average fine an illegal angler will pay
if they get caught is £150, and they will be left with a criminal
conviction. A
licence for coarse fishing for a whole season is only £25. Is it
worth the risk
? “The money we get from licence sales
is invested back into the sport, creating better places for people to
go
fishing and more fish to catch. Illegal anglers really do spoil it for
everyone
else.” Any angler aged 12 years or more
who fishes any water in England and Wales is required to hold a valid
rod
licence. Licences are available from every Post Office, on-line from
the
Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/fish
or by calling the Agency’s ticket ‘telesales’ on 0870 166
2662.
For more information
contact Curig Jones on 029 2046 6251 or email curig.jones@environment-agency.gov.uk Illegal
anglers are listed for prosecution at
the magistrates’ courts in Aberystwyth (please
note these cases are
in November, Barry (1),
Mold (2), Merthyr Tydfil (5), Abergavenny
(4), Chester (11), Hereford (3), Swansea (3), Cardiff (8) and Wrexham
(12).
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Record Barbel
a British record barbel has become
wonderful
reality for a Norfolk angler fishing a prolific stretch of the river
not far from his home.The proud captor of the 21lb 2oz beauty is Chris
Mack from Church Street, Elsing who baited his hefty tackle consisting
of a size eight hook tied to 10lb breaking strain line with a chunk of
black pudding rescued from his breakfast left-overs.The superb
specimen, locally known as “the beast”, beat the previous record caught
from the Great Ouse near Bedford by just one ounce. (See News Feature)
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COLIN CAPTURE
Colin Cook of Gary Evans
Tackle
shop
Cardiff Spent a few days fishing the River Ebro Spain resulting in over
80 Catfish and a shed full of Big Carp. Best carp weighing 40lb Best
Catfish 145lb
ENGLAND DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPIONS
ENGLAND WIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WILL RAISON WINS INDIVIDUAL GLORY
Italy 2008 Spinadesco Canal 5-7 September 2008
A first day lead of 16 points
gave
England
a comfortable
lead going into the second day. 4th on the second day with a credable
two 1st and two 2nds in a section plus 19th & 29th with total
points of 53. An overall winning points winner of 75 over San Marino
who scored 104 points. Will Raison who won his section on the first day
and Second in section on Day 2 saw him take the Individual
Gold with a
total weight of 23,530 kilo Steve Gardner 3rd overall with a section
3rd on first day and winning his section on the second.
An overall
weight of 15,530 for his Bronze medal
NEW WORLD CHAMPION
Wales came
back
strong on
the 2nd Day with 46 points for second place on the day and 6th overall
with Lee Edwards winning his section.
Wales
finishing
6th overall.
Click for Full Results WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
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The Meadow Lake at Riverside Fishery
is providing good sport with carp with good catches on floating baits
in the evening. Martin Perry caught fish to 13.25lb this way and Phil
Green landed carp to 9lb.
Sean Jones, from Llanbradach, fished Riverside Lake with luncheon meat
as bait to catch carp to 12.5lb and when Abertridwr angler John
Pritchard fished the lake his catch included good carp and bream.
Martin Richards had a good session at Fendrod Lake during which he
banked seven carp, including ghost carp of 18lb and 19lb.
Jason Salter landed six carp to 19lb when he baited with boilies; Steve
Gorvett had five to 17lb; Damien Williams caught a common carp of
18.75lb and when Carl Tonner targeted roach with waggler and maggots he
hooked a specimen 10lb bream
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All rounder Angler Donald
Williams from Porthcawl
Landed this 22lb
Mirror Carp. The season’s best from Meadow
pool Porthcawl. Sea Angler Donald is making a name for himself in his
first
season as a coarse angler. Using a home made sausage bait consisting of
spicy
meat he tempted the Mirror fishing close to the far bank on leger
tatics.
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HOGGS HELP
The Inniscarra
Angling Festival in County Cork Southen Ireland will start on Saturday
August
30.The
tree day event
from 31st to September 2nd. Is the
Vinters Cup. Then from Wednesday 3rd September to Friday 5th September
will be
the Ottewill trophy. All the matches are held on Innniscara Lake which
offers
some of the best bream fishing in Ireland with over 100lb bags expected.Glamorgan Angler
Anthony Hogg will be helping the organisation of the Week long
festival. Anyone
interested in more information can contact Anthony on 02920 732217 or
07760
408212
£18,000
Up for Grabs
Anglers can win up to
£18,000 worth of fishing tackle prizes in the final of this
year’s Wales Carp
Masters. Being held at Celtic Lakes Lampeter. On August the 29th—30th.
There
are 15 places available at each heat, which takes place between May
30th to
17th August. The winning pair and runner up in each heat will go
forward to the
finals. Visit
www.walescarpmaster.co.uk for more
Sting in the Tail
Ken
Shirlock (Cardiff) gave a great performance when he took a lengthy
battle with
a foul hooked carp weighing in at
over
12lb Ken hooked the carp in the tail when fishing an Open match at
Turley Court
on Orchard pool..
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