The 58-year-old was on a Wessex river with pals, including Angler’s Mail magazine columnist John Bailey, when he connected with the huge fly-caught specimen. Simon, a sales manager from Wadhurst, Kent,…
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Giant catfish landed on ultra-light tackle
Experienced big fish angler Darrell hooked the giant catfish at a complex on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border. He brought it to the bank using just a Black Savage 2-12 g rod.…
Chapmans Angling swallowed up in Angling Direct’s latest expansion
Angling Direct, a public limited company, paid £1.4 million to Glasgow Angling Centre boss Paul Devlin for his two Chapmans Angling stores. The big deal includes stock. Angling Direct will…
Fishing rod licences revealed for 2019 and 2020
The two-rod coarse fishing rod licences are graced by an image of two bream (pictured above). The three-rod specimen licence, now in its second year as an option in England…
Massive chub from the River Thames
Michael tempted the massive chub from the fast-flowing River Thames on its middle reaches, at Cookham in Berkshire. Watford, Hertfordshire-based Michael said: “I was fishing with my father and a…
River Thames barbel scaling 19 lb 15 oz for man who returned to fishing after long break
The huge Thames barbel came when Ryan tackled the middle reaches of the mighty river. The High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire-based ‘returner’ told Angler’s Mail about his inspiring triumph. “I only started…
Dace fishing session results in three absolute giants over 1 lb!
The associate professor’s dace fishing session saw him add ten other specimens including fish of 15 oz, 14 oz and 12 oz. They were caught on the upper Bristol Avon…
Illegal fishing results in justice after ‘poachers’ were caught in the act
Illegal fishing has been going on around many parts of the British coastline, but rarely do any cases get to court. This time an angler’s evidence was crucial. Tran Doan,…
Huge pike landed after tactical bait switch
The huge pike meant the Oxford-based angler obliterated his old best of 30 lb 4 oz. And it came just a few days after he boated a 28-pounder, also at…
Match fishing tackle used to land huge sturgeon!
Landed on match fishing tackle, Jake Hall reckons the 56 lb specimen would normally win him most of the winter contest he fishes on its own. Jake recorded his first-ever sturgeon…