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River restocking kick-starts 2018
THE Environment Agency has just stocked ten of thousands of fish to help river sport for 2018.Biggest stocking was 34,781 chub, dace and roach stocked into the River Leadon in Gloucestershire. And a...
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Feast your eyes on Porky – the huge lake record carp
MATT SWAN has had limited time to fishing this season due to work pressures but has enjoyed a great season on Cambridgeshire’s Monks Pit and topped it off with this lake record 55 lb mirror carp, known...
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Huge PB pike from gravel pit
DAVE NEWMAN beat his PB pike by 15 oz with this 31 lb 13 oz beauty from a small Nottinghamshire gravel pit.The 38-year-old from Sleaford, Lincolnshire, who works in the construction industry, used a...
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Jogger saves angler who got stuck in freezing river
AN ANGLER nearly died after the bank of a deserted river gave way – but a jogger luckily heard his screams for help.Mike Drewett (pictured above) was fishing the River Tone at Ham in Somerset when the...
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Son lands monster 39 lb-plus pike on dad’s birthday session!
ONE of the biggest pike of the season has been captured by an angler giving his dad a birthday treat.The ‘39 lb-plus’ specimen fell to 39-year-old Ben Booth using a Savage Gear small eel lure at...
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Canoes on their way to your favourite fishing spot?
CONCERN about the encroachment of canoes onto fishing venues has been heightened by British Canoeing trying to recruit an ‘access officer’.AXAEWR canoeists river water sport kayaks training helmet...
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Roach giant gets captor onto cover of Angler’s Mail magazine
ROACH don't get much better looking that this! Kevin Palmer notched this 2 lb 11 oz redfin to set a new PB - and get himself on the front page of the must-read Angler’s Mail print magazine.The...
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Britain’s fittest veteran angler gets ready for 60-mile fishathon
THIS could be Britain's fittest veteran angler - and he's about to show what he's made of on a fitness/fishing mission for charities.At an age when most people are putting their feet up, Fishing 4...
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Gary Newman notches eight freshwater species over 100 lb
GARY NEWMAN, the globetrotting big fish ace and former Angler's Mail reporter, had a fantastic trip to Thailand, when he notched his eighth different freshwater species over 100 lb.During an eight-day...
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River marina harbours big pike and perch
ANDY JOHNSON and pal Lee Bennett had a brilliant day on a marina as the main river pushed past as Andy nabbed this 28 lb pike in a great haul.The Bedworth, Warwickshire-based pair were afloat on the...
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Bumper dace haul despite terrible fishing conditions
SPESSY ace Vince Cater teamed up with pal Matthew Tann and had a brilliant dace session on his local Hampshire Avon. The pair nabbed 18 dace over 10 oz including this brace of 14 oz and 12 oz to Vince....
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Record-breaking tiger trout!
MARK CORPS had an interesting session when he tempted four stillwater Atlantic salmon plus tiger trout of 17 lb and 14 lb. Fishing at Leicestershire’s Palm Springs Fishery, Mark used his own fly...
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Huge grayling for carp ace Mark Pitchers
CARP ace Mark Pitchers followed up a 2 lb 9 oz grayling with this stunning brace of 2 lb 13 oz (top) and 2 lb 5 oz.The 39-year-old carp ace, from Stokesley, North Yorkshire, nabbed the new grayling PB...
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Anglers rally after Liam’s tragic death on canal
THE first fishing trip of 2018 proved tragically fatal for a young angler who fell into his local canal and drowned.Canal angler Liam Fairbrother (pictured above) was aged just 20, and from Tamworth,...
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Angler saved from drowning: “I thought it was game over”
RETIRED Kennie Murray had a lucky escape when he fell into a flooded sidestream during a fishing session.It is the second case in weeks after angler Mike Drewett was saved by a jogger after falling...
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Monster chub for angling legend Andy Little
FORMER Angler’s Mail carp columnist and then Angling Adventurer Andy Little is having some brilliant chub on his local Hampshire Avon including this 6 lb 15 oz 8 dr beast.Andy Little, who has just been...
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Thames barbel record rises to 19 lb 8 oz
COMPANY director Dave Broady obliterated the River Thames barbel record with this 19 lb 8 oz beast.Fishing a deep secret stretch, Dave added 7 oz the old River Thames best set by Gary Teer last...
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Otter didn’t deter giant zander
DAVE LITTLE was bit sceptical of catching anything after finding a big otter in his swim on his previous visit - but he bagged this stunning 16 lb 8 oz zander.He was in double luck as the specimen fell...
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Riverfest 2018 – qualifiers, final, reaction and all you need to know
HOT on the heels of the Angling Trust’s announcement of the Riverfest Final switching to the River Severn at Shrewsbury, dates and venues for the big money event’s 2018 qualifying rounds have been...
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Fishomania 2018 – all you need to know about match fishing’s mega event
FISHOMANIA 2018 will be fished at Hayfield Lakes… and Angler's Mail can tell you all you need to know here about qualifiers and the final itself.Andy Geldart on his way to winning Fish'O'Mania in...
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