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Anglers hoping to fish Makins Fishery this coming Wednesday, September 8, are asked to be aware that the venue is staging the Dynamite Baits 'Match Fishing' magazine Subscriber Classic. As some 200 anglers are expected to be fishing the match, only Lizzard, Lagoon and Anchor lakes will be available for pleasure anglers on that day. All pools will be open as usual on Thursday.
The fishery has also announced that it is now taking entries for its Dynamite Baits sponsored Winter League. Open to teams of 12 and teams of three, the events launch on October 3 for teams of 12 and on October 10 for teams of three. Anglers interested in taking part should contact the fishery.
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Offering a lake for pleasure fishing as well as camping and caravaning in a delightfully quiet setting close to Ammanford, just off the M4 in South Wales, Llandyfan Camping and Fishing Park gives anglers the chance to take an angling break where they can get away from it all and yet be within easy striking distance of some glorious beaches and towns. 100lb weights are not uncommon at a sitting and there are camping facilities and hard standings for caravans.
It may be a former clay pit near the centre of Hinckley, but Hinckley Angling Club's Little Pit Fishery is a green retreat for local anglers which provides a nice mix of angling from float fishing for roach, rudd and perch to stalking carp which now run to 20lbs. Hinckley Angling Club's natural approach to developing the fishery means there is plenty of vegetation around the pool with willow woven banks, reed lined spawning areas plus many shrubs and trees including oak, ash and sycamore. As a result, all pegs are in natural looking surroundings.
With three mixed coarse fish pools, a well established specimen pool and a new 'runs' water nearing completion and getting ready for stocking Chorley Springs Fishery near Lichfield in the Midlands is a former club venue which has been taken over by new managers with the intention of providing one of the area's leading carp and coarse fisheries. After months of bank and pool clearance work and restocking, the venue has just opened for business and already 100lb-plus bags are being landed. |
Kingston Pools regular Adam Cox from Coventry scored a new personal best when he landed this beautiful common carp which tipped the scales at 30lbs including the net.
Using a Tuna boilie dipped in chilli, Adam fished towards the island from a peg opposite the sign on Meadow Pool. The catch is the biggest fish to come out of Kingston Pools in 2010, although two larger specimens have been caught at the venue in the past - both 30lb mirrors, one from Reed Pool the other from Carp Pool.
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Gloucestershire's Wildmoor Waters specimen carp fishery has opened new luxury Scandanavian-style cabins on its Main Lake which are available either for week-end or mid-week breaks. Designed to accommodate four people, the centrally heated lodges comprise three rooms and a waterside decking area and incorporate a bedroom, bathroom with shower and toilet and a furnished main living area with fully equipped kitchen, sofa bed that converts to a full size double bed and digital television and DVD player. The new lodges are ideal for one or two couples or small family groups. Follow the link for further details and photographs. |
Public attitudes towards angling have improved over the past five years with the majority of people saying they believe angling is an acceptable pastime. There has also been a reduction in the number of people who think angling is unacceptable, according to the Environment Agency's latest 'Public Attitudes to Angling' survey. The survey also showed that there has been a decrease in the number of people who think angling is cruel. Of 2,304 people interviewed, 52 per cent said they disagreed that angling was cruel - an increase from 47 per cent five years earlier - whilst the number of people who regarded angling as cruel fell from 24 per cent in 2005 to 20 per cent this year. Click here for more results from the survey. |
An on-fire Mark Smith smashed the Leigh Sinton Fishery match record when he won the Sunday Open on Lake 2000 on July 4 with an impressive 164lbs 14oz - more than double the weight of his nearest rival Malcolm Soul who came in with 74lbs 8oz. Third was Matt Hodges with 44lbs 6oz. Mark, who runs the Lakeside Tackle and Bait Shop at Leigh Sinton Fishery, fished paste 18 inches deep close in to the margins for his record breaking catch. |
Having drawn peg 25, Chris fished 10mm Angel pellets on a waggler to the corner. Second was Paul Jackson with 68lb 7oz from peg 24 followed by third-placed Alan Mc Guire with 62lb 13oz from peg 1. Angel of the North's new 12-match Summer Sunday League starts on June 20 on Lookout Lake. Anglers interested in taking part should contact Ann Adlington on 0191 410 0449 or 07867 557974 (mobile). |
Despite cloudy and wet condition for the June 6 Sunday Open at Chester-le-Street's Angel of the North Lakes in County Durham, Chris Owers smashed the record for Lookout Lake with an impressive all-carp catch which weighed in at 149lb 13oz - more than double the weight of his nearest rival.
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