Scotthorne on mud, and Joe Carass goes potty in the February issue of Pole Fishing!
Pole Fishing's February issue has hit the shelves today, and is teeming with ideas to make 2013 a net busting year! We have Alan Scotthorne's must read guide to leams, and soils, Nick Speed on how to 'round up carp' into your peg, and Joe Carass revealing a clever invention that will catch you more F1s! On top of this, we join Rob Wootton as he banks a big net of river roach, and pit two top Southern rods against each other in a dual on a fish fillled canal. Southern legend Dickie Carr reveals his bream fishing secrets, and Matt Godfrey explains 18 key pieces of advice on being more accurate. We also have over £700 worth of top tackle and bait for you to win! What are you waiting for? Pick up your copy today, or click here to subscribe!. .
Seal swims 50 mile along flooded river before entering lake. A seal is thought to have swum more than 50 miles along a flooded river to an RSPB nature reserve, where it was filmed "hopping" into a lake. The marine mammal was filmed in a lake at the RSPB owned Fen Drayton Lakes Reserve, in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. Thought by experts to be a common seal, the footage shows the seal battling to cross a barrier to get into the lake.
Rob Wootton returns to the venue that can only be described as roach soup!
After a really successful feature for Pole Fishing a couple of weeks ago I decided to book into the pairs league on the river Welland that runs through the town centre of Spalding. This place becomes rammed with roach all through the winter and it’s been somewhere that I’ve ignored in the past but after loads of good reports I just had to give it a go and several others from my neck of the woods agreed. Last sunday five or six anglers from Leicester including my travelling partner Sam Merry were mingling at the draw, asking about the form of the venue and catching up with mates that only get senn once or twice a year.
All the talk was of how coloured the venue was, me and Sam had a quick look before the draw and although the sun was still firmly below the horizon we could tell that there was plenty of extra water on the venue.
Big weight in first round of pairs league. The first round of the Maver Bait Tech Pairs Competiton took place this weekend. Conditions didn’t look too good on the Town Welland, the river was chocolate brown and stood virtually still with all the main river flow going down the Coronation Channel. Surprisingly the roach decided to have a real feed.
Lee Kerry wins Thorne Individual LeaguePreston backed ace, Lee Kerry has won the Thorne Individual league after a very tight finish on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal. The result comes after the most challenging series in a number of years at the Yorkshire venue, with winning weights on some rounds being as low as 8lb. Going in to the final round, Matt Godfrey was leading to the series, by just a couple of ounces, but with a result to be dropped after the final match, there were a lot of people in contention. Lee Kerry made the best of a reasonable draw to finish with 8lb 8oz, and when the dropped result was taken into consideration, he ended up finishing almost 3lb in front of second placed James Dent.
Angling Trust Announce Northern and Southern matches. The venues have been announced for this years Angling Trust Winter League Semi Finals. The matches will see qualifying teams from up and down the country battle it out for a place in the Winter League Final, taking place in July. The Southern semi finals will take place at Gold Valley Lakes in Surrey on the 2nd March, and on Milton Keynes Grand Union Canal on the 3rd of March.
Ton up haul for Garbolino aceSimon Fry has won the Barston Christmas match, setting a new winter record for the venue. He drew the fancied peg 17 at the Coventry lake, a peg with good recent form, and fished the Method feeder at 70 yards. The venues F1 stocks took a liking to his Bag Em XP groundbait, and with a single dead red maggot on the hook, the Stratford rod put 50 'big F1s' and three small carp on the scales for an incredible 116lb 10oz - a record for any winter match at Barston. He commented: “I had an amazing days fishing, especially when you consider just how cold the water was! Barston has been very kind to me over the last few years, and it was great to end 2012 on a high!”In second place was Southam rod Maurice Williams from peg 20.
Scotthorne, Ashby, Shipp, Carass and Godfrey in Christmas special! The bumper 100 page Christmas special of Angling News Week is packed with news, views and tips guaranteed to put more fish in your net in 2013! On top of the usual host of features, we have an extra special selection of extra content - including the best images of the year, and 14 video highlights of 2012. We have also asked ten of the country's best anglers to reveal their biggest lessons for 2012! It has been a busy week in the news, with big fish being banked, exciting new sponsorships announced - and no shortage of controversy either! On top of this we have no fewer than twelve features, guaranteed to give you a Christmas read to remember! Happy Christmas!Click here to get your copy now!. . .
Anglers who don’t attend presentation will see their winnings donated to charity. White Acres Fishery Manager, Clint Elliott has introduced a new rule, that will see anglers who don’t attend the presentation without good reason have their winnings donated to charity. The rule comes after a string of poor presentation attendances, culminating in this years Parkdean Masters Final – where just ONE competitor –Phil Ringer - watched Harry Billing picked up the bumper cheque for the second time in his career. Clint has also had enough of the big-name anglers fishing the various festivals failing to attend the nightly presentations where daily lake prizes and section winnings are handed out.
The long and the short of it!
It’s been a good week for Joe’s Match Fishing Drawbags team and here he tells all!
Well it’s been another week and yet another winter league round at Tunnel Barn Farm. You may recall last week that we had suffered at the draw bag. Well this week we were hoping to get our campaign right back on track, which meant Jon Arthur taking up the reigns as the drawbag!
One thing I didn’t expect though was his keenness! In fact I arrived at 7. 55AM (20 minutes before the official draw time) and Jon had already drawn and was walking around the lakes! Luckily, it was decent news this week and I don’t mind admitting that my peg was the worst of the four in House 14, but it is a peg I've always fancied drawing so I wasn’t despondent at all! Steve Ringer was on Extension 34, which has been a decent area of late; Paul Bick was on Club 11 – again a good draw.
