Maver and Bag 'em superstar, Jamie Hughes, reaches Maver Match This Final for the fourth year running! One of the hottest days of the year greeted anglers for this year's Mega Match This qualifier at Boldings Pools, Bridgnorth. With temperatures approaching 25°C, anglers were aware before the match that the resident carp had started to spawn, but no-one could be sure how this would impact on the fishing. Thankfully, there were still plenty of carp willing to feed with the top four anglers all achieving 100lb plus catches.
Winner on the day, and making his way to another Mega Match This Final, was Maver's Jamie Hughes.
Garbolino are delighted to announce they have agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with Ireland’s National Feeder Team. The deal, which is valued at more than €14,000 over the three years, should help the team which will be known as Garbolino Team Ireland Feeder, develop further to compete at the highest level. Who knows, they might even get their first team medal on home soil this year! SERT UK General Manager Darren Cox commented:“We are delighted to have teamed up with the Irish National Feeder team! We have recently launched our brands into Ireland and we would like to focus our attention gaining some market share in the coarse/match sector with the Garbolino brand. What better way than to have Ireland’s National Feeder team using our products! I know most of these great guys personally and I know they will also work hard to promote Garbolino in Ireland for us.
Important rule clarification for Round One of the2014 Drennan Knockout Cup. For all competitors fishing this event, please note that meat in all forms will be banned both as feed and hook bait. Garbolino Lindholme Lakes owner, Neil Grantham, has taken the decision to ban the use of the bait for open matches, but is still happy for it to be used in larger one-off matches where permission is previously granted by him. However,Match Fishing editor, Alex Bones, who runs the event has taken the decision to ban its use on the Drennan Knockout Cup round (round one).
Well respected and top angler Mark Pollard has just visited Match Fishing HQ with his new range of pole floats – available in tackle shops now!
There are five patterns in the initial launch and they are aimed at silver-fish fishing and F1s. The MP range starts with the MP1 and finishes with the MP5.
Mark had this to say on the range: “The MP1 is a classic roach float and a shape that I have used for over 20 years. It is suitable for canals and drains and is great for squatt/punch work.
Most financially rewarding match ever!
Ticket sales so far for this year's Mega Match This event are at an all time high with the opening five qualifiers having already produced two sell-outs and one near sell-out with the second Larford Lakes qualifier taking place this weekend also looking like a possible sell-out! Taking this into account, Maver MD and event founder, Philip Briscoe has recently announced the introduction of section payouts for the 2014 Grand Final in addition to the standard top three overall payout. There are also plans to increase the winner's prize if ticket sales allow. This year's final will, therefore, see four six-peg sections with each one paying out £1,000 to the winner in addition to the winner's prize (minimum £50,000), second place (£5,000) and third place (£3,000) payouts. "As an added incentive for finalists, I will be paying £1,000 every six pegs.
Deadly new flavour combination from Marukyu! Marukyu is well known for its scientific approach to baits and the latest launch is set to take the market by storm!
'Skrill' is the buzzword from the Marukyu stable. It is a new pellet formulation that combines the awesome fish-catching properties of krill with strong-smelling squid.
Skrill pellets are almost black in colour thanks to this combination of flavours, and they have been taking venues apart during development.
Luckily for you, we will be the first to get our hands on the Skrill pellets and we'll have an exclusive Facebook competition for you tomorrow to stand a chance to win some of these awesome pellets.
The Barston record has fallen once again and yet again it is Suzi Smith who has done it! Recording a colossal 194lb, which beat her previous record by almost 30lb, the catch was taken on paste fished in the margins of Peg 30.
Venue owner Nigel Harrhy had this to say on the catch: “Suzi is extremely difficult to beat at Barston and it's no surprise that she keeps breaking the venue record! How she fishes is a bit of a mystery to all who fish here, but it doesn’t matter if it is winter or summer, she does the damage!
“It is also pleasing to see the lake producing great weights such as this. We had a tough time several years ago when the lake was really starting to reach its peak. Sadly we caught the dreaded KHV and that really hampered our progress.
Action-packed May issue in the shops!
The latest issue of your favourite fishing magazine hits the shop shelves today and it’s another blinder!
As always we have endeavoured to get the latest trends and tactics for you to enjoy, along with the tackle reviews that you all love to read!
But what’s in it?
. Andy Findlay reveals yet another deadly feeder technique and shows you exactly how to make his custom-made pellet feeders.
. Fresh from his Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying success, Pemb Wrighting shows you how to target skimmers and carp with a softly, softly approach.
New partner sought for flagship match fishing event.
One of the UK’s most prestigious match fishing events, the UK Angling Championship is seeking a new flagship sponsor, to ensure that the event is televised once again.
For the past five years, the event has been sponsored by top tackle company Preston Innovations, but it has told the organisers that it won’t be supporting the competition this year.
The event's media director, Rob Hughes said: “We would like to extend a big thank you to Preston Innovations, for its support over the last few years.
“There’s just no concrete evidence of what damage these baits are capable of, long-term,” says White Acres fishery boss Clint Elliott. White Acres, in Cornwall, is the most popular match fishing festival venue in the UK and well known for its relatively stringent list of rules. However, Clint has taken the decision to ban all fluorescent liquids and baits as feed because there’s no long-term, conclusive proof of the damage or harm these baits are capable of inflicting when introduced in larger quantities.
“Each lake here at White Acres is a complex ecosystem, just as every other waterway is,” states Clint.
Exciting Changes For Match Fishing Team Championship. The number of teams who can qualify for this year’s Match Fishing Team Championship has been increased from two, to six. Taking
place on August Bank Holiday Monday, this popular event sees 14 of the
best teams in the country clash on Evesham’s Warwickshire Avon, in what
is regarded as one of match fishing’s most prestigious team matches. In
years gone by, entry has been by invitation only, though, in recent years
one team per year has been able to qualify in a one-off team match in
July.
Nottingham-based Garbolino star lands 64lb 4oz sturgeon – thought to be the biggest ever UK freshwater fish caught on a pole!
Forced on to Lindholme Lakes owner Neil Grantham’s private, previously unfished, garden lake due to the Garbolino Club Angler Of The Year taking up the rest of the complex, the Garbolino and Bait-Tech backed angler Jason Le Bosquet got the shock of his life while shooting a feature for Match Fishing Magazine.
Geared up to demonstrate his prowess at fishing short, Jason was targeting carp and F1s on a short pole when both Jason and Match Fishing’s own Joe Carass spotted a huge tail come out of the water right over the bait!
Jason said “Neil had told me that there were four sturgeon in the lake up to 64lb but to be honest we were happily shooting a feature catching carp when the beast’s tail broke the surface. Before I knew what was really going on, the fish was hooked and the epic battle ensued. ”
“Early in the fight the fish was incredibly agile and leapt out of the water several times and it became clear I was hooked into a massive fish.
Exciting new website for Preston Innovations.
Tackle giant Preston Innovations has a new and improved website up and running. The new-look site includes articles and videos featuring its impressive roster of sponsored anglers including Des Shipp, Tommy Pickering and Andy Findlay!
The full product catalogue is also online so you can find your next purchase!
All in all it's a super slick website, but would you expect anything else?
Visit www. prestoninnovations.
David Preston, the man behind Preston Innovations, is selling the business after 30 years of success. The Telford-based outfit is up for sale for a cool £25 million after being founded in 1984 by David Preston, the man who started what can only be described as one of the most popular tackle brands of all time.
Now well-established in the UK and Europe many of its products are on the ‘must-have’ list for today’s angler. Coupled with the fact that it employs in excess of 70 members of staff, along with England internationals such as Des Shipp, Tom Pickering and Lee Kerry as consultants, to name just a few, it isn’t expected to stay on the market for long.
Kamasan Starlets edge out Daiwa Dorking in Angling Trust Winter League Semi Final! Mid-week frosts led to a clearer canal than seen during the recent excellent practices and, coupled with bright sunshine, led to a slow start for the 89 competitors on the Angling Trust Southern Winter League semi final held on Saturday, March 29th, 2014 on the Kennet and Avon canal, Marlborough.
Subsequently, the famed skimmers normally found on these prolific sections failed to materialise in any numbers and the roach were reluctant to feed until the latter stages of the match. So it became a perch match and thankfully they obliged in numbers.
Daiwa Gordon Leagues' Dave Micklewright virtually had the match won in the first 30 minutes when he landed seven large perch to 3lb on worm and maggot fished over chopped worm from his peg on the tree at Potters.
