Dean Macey speeds to big barbel and chub
TV star Dean Macey caught huge chub and barbel... in no small part due to being caught by a speed camera.Dean Macey was caught doing 57 miles per hour in a 50 zone in Dorset and was forced to return to...
View ArticleRecord rudd miss with this impressive-looking specimen
MYSTERY surrounds a huge silver fish taken from a day ticket lake that came within an ounce of the UK rudd record of 4 lb 10 oz.Big Wayne Miller (pictured above) was convinced his 4 lb 9 oz giant was a...
View ArticleNeville Fickling, pike star, challenges electric lure ban
A CHALLENGE to the Environment Agency that the new electronic lure eMinnow is illegal has gone out from former pike record holder Neville Fickling. The Cannadian-made battery operated lure mimics the...
View ArticleHard work pays off with 15 lb barbel
MATT VELAMAIL and a friend found a deep hole on a stretch of river and targeted it for success with this 15 lb barbel (below).The 26-year-old from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, searched for likely...
View ArticleAngler’s Mail print magazine includes huge ide shock, death of biggest carp,...
ANGLER'S MAIL magazine this week brings you exclusives... and at just £1.99 for the print issue, you cannot afford to miss it!Our brilliant magazine brings you full print stories on a shock huge ide...
View ArticleGiant chub lured from specially-created swim
JAMES BUTLER connected with this lure-caught 7 lb 9 oz giant after he put in some graft clearing a swim.The 31-year-old from Edgware, North London struck into the impressive chub on the River Thames....
View ArticleTruth ‘masked’ by Environment Agency in water pollution write-off!
SOUTH WEST WATER is the only one of nine utility firms to be criticised by the Environment Agency. In an Environment Agency report on 2016 in England, just the one bloated privatised firm got a...
View ArticleSweetcorn feed leads two anglers to get crazy fines
OVER-ZEALOUS law enforcement officers have fined two teenagers for using sweetcorn. A free fishing trip to a local river turned out to be very expensive for two teenagers after they were given an £80...
View ArticleChub is biggest of season – and could grow much bigger!
PAUL ALLEN smashed his personal best chub with this 8 lb 2 oz giant – and he thinks it can get much bigger.The aircraft engineer legered boilie on his local Hampshire Avon to beat his old best by 2...
View ArticleFunding secured for two key jobs to control cormorants and other predators
ANGLING got a boost against cormorants when funding for two key specialists was guaranteed for a further two years. The Environment Agency have given approval to use rod licence income to safeguard...
View ArticleRecord shark, the ‘new Chew’, Chris Yates – this and lots more in Angler’s...
ANGLER'S MAIL magazine this week brings you exclusive news stories, latest tips and hotspots... and at just £1.99 for the print issue, you cannot afford to miss it!Exclusive AM columnist Dr Ian Welch...
View ArticleHeaviest UK carp, Big Rig, found dead
BIG RIG, the UK’s largest and most controversial carp, has been found dead at the Shopshire lake where it shot to fame.Big Rig, the huge hand-reared carp at RH Fisheries’ The Avenue syndicate, was...
View ArticleBiggest British ide turns up in major river
BRITAIN'S biggest ever ‘natural’ ide has been caught and it is pushing the official British record, listed under its other name - orfe.Nottinghamshire’s River Trent is full of surprises but a 7 lb 6 oz...
View ArticleLake record catfish slams the scales to 117 lb 11 oz!
BILLY BARTHOLOMEW made a late decision to do a night session and ended up with this venue record 117 lb 11 oz catfish.The huge catfish came from Forty Acres Plantation Lake in Billericay in Essex where...
View ArticleAngling’s true survivor fishes his own memorial match… for tenth time!
A CANCER survivor who defied the odds by winning a memorial match set up ten years ago when he was thought to be dying, has just fished the TENTH anniversary event. And he just been given the...
View ArticleAlien stinging catfish in UK river
A SPECIES of dangerous, stinging walking catfish have been discovered in a Lancashire river and anglers are being warned not to touch them.Eight clarias catfish, also known as walking catfish, were...
View ArticleTwo of UK’s most successful big carp anglers join tackle firm RidgeMonkey
THE RidgeMonkey carp tackle firm has taken on two more top anglers as it continues to expand with its exciting product ranges.RidgeMonkey recently announced that experienced tackle developer Max Cottis...
View ArticleStunning new Angler’s Mail magazine out now!
ANGLER'S MAIL magazine this week brings you exclusives... and at just £1.99 for the print issue, you cannot afford to miss it!Read our NEW SERIES ‘The Art of Angling’ by ace artist and specialist...
View ArticleJan Porter to be honoured by online charity memorial event
HUGELY popular all-round angler Jan Porter, who died last year, is to be remembered with a charity memorial event which is harnessing social media, and you can participate in it.The special event in...
View ArticleBlue shark record officially smashed by huge margin – full story
THE national media have been in a summer feeding frenzy after British rod-caught blue shark record was smashed by an astonishing 42 lb with this 256 lb beast.The huge blue shark was part of a 77 shark...
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