Spring bank promotion encourages anglers to take a friend fishing for free. The
Take A Friend Fishing (TAFF) campaign, organised and run by the Angling
Trades Association, is back again this spring bank holiday weekend.
TAFF is designed to encourage regular anglers to take their family
members and friends fishing to let them try the sport for themselves. Free
one-day rod licences (each worth £3.
33-2-0 is new Cherry Lakes best. David Mott has taken the new Cherry Lakes record carp with a 33lb 2oz carp, just five days after Wayne Chambers set a new lake best with a 32lb fish. One of Cherry's regular guests, David enjoyed a fantastic session fishing from Grebe Lodge at the complex. Benefitting from being the only angler on the lake last weekend, David caught by baiting heavily with Cherry Lake Essential Spice boilies and pellet.
Five day session yields 51lb UK monsterDiem backed carp fishing ace, James Pierce caught his new personal best carp, after a five day stint at Berkshire's Wellington Country Park. For the full story on just how James caught the famous Ulcer Fish, at its biggest ever weight, Check out his blog here. . .
James Pierce reflects on the capture of the famous Wellington Ulcer. After joining Wellington Country Park last June, I discovered that you were able to book a five night session once a year at the venue. With this in mind and knowing all about the spring at Wellington, I aimed to book my session for sometime around the end of April or beginning of May, depending on what was available. Back at the beginning of the year, I received a call to say that Monday May 6th would be the start date of my trip, so I was pretty happy with that indeed.
Lone Angler promote brand to thousands through Premiership sponsorshipLone
Angler is pleased to announce what they believe to be a first in
fishing by way of advertising the brand through a live game of
Premiership football. By using the high impact LED pitch side
advertising display system, Lone Angler was highlighted during the Stoke
v Tottenham live game on Sunday 12th May which was broadcast to between
750,000 – 1,000,000 Sky Sports viewers. This match was also seen by a
further audience, of approximately 4,000,000 viewers, on the BBC’s
subsequent Match of the Day highlights that evening. The match has also been syndicated across the planet to millions more viewers in a host of different countries.
Giant moggy caught from famous big carp water. A catfish weighing in excess of 110lb has been landed from Bluebell Lakes in Northamptonshire. The giant fish was captured by Coalville rod, Adi White - and landed after a hectic 75 minute battle. Adi,
39, explained: "I hooked the fish around midday, and didn't slip the
net under it until 1.
Famous scales manufacturer weighs in with new media!Weighing scales and tackle firm Reuben Heaton is embracing the internet and social media to raise awareness of its products. The
firm is ensuring that interested parties can get up-to-date news
information about the company, its products, the latest press releases
and event information as it happens from its RSS feed via this link: www. reubenheaton. co.
Lake record smashed as 32lb carp is banked. Walsall man Wayne Chambers had a holiday to remember last week, after returning home having set a new personal best – and broken the record at Gloucestershire’s Cherry Lakes. The 47 year old enjoyed a week at the luxury resort, and the monster fish was bagged after a hectic 20 minute battle. Wayne explained: “I knew as soon as I hooked the fish that I was attached to something a bit special.
Dennis Hellings reflect on a hectic week in FranceTaska ace Dennis Hellings enjoyed a session to remember last week, after banking a succession of French carp - with the biggest ranging between 37lb and 47lb!Dennis explained: "Every year I go around three times to France with my good friend Koen De Ruysscher, targetting a large public lake in the north of France. When we arrived, things didn’t look good because there were almost no catches reported, but with the weather changing in the right direction and warmer temperatures moving in, we were still optimistic. The first night I bagged one fish. Luckily it was a nice 37lb 9oz mirror, and not a bad start to the trip! We continued baiting up all the area’s with small boilies -and eventually our perseverance paid dividends.
New website for up and coming bait brand. Oxford Carp Baits have announced a new website, where punters will be able to buy their products directly. The
company, which supplies freezer baits, pop ups, and a great range of
purpose made hook boilies and liquid additives has already accounted for
the capture of some giant fish, including the mighty 52lb ‘Brute’ from Pingewood Lagoon. Company boss, Joe Forrester is excited about
the new launch: “I have always prided myself on getting the basics right
when it comes to my baits, producing great quality products that work,
at a price that is very competitive, and with the promise of excellent
customer service.