Cornish angler, Steve Maliska, claimed the current UK record for thin lipped mullet by just 3-drams with this incredible fish weighing 7lbs 0zs 3dr. In addition he will be claiming a new Cornish record for the species, a European record, and is to claim an IGFA world record too! He was using an ABU Dual Tip rod and ABU Ora reel loaded with the new Berkley Nanofil line in 6kgs breaking strain. His method was ledgering a small worm bait paternoster style on a JRC Co...

We had a great response to our uniquely structured event at Suffolk Water Park on Weds 25th to Sat 28th April. Despite meticulous preparation, the set up day on Tuesday dawned to horrendous rain and strong winds, that sadly challenged us throughout the week. None the less, our team all knuckled down and got the show nicely set up in time to get the rods out on the first night. The night proved fruitless, apart from a few Bream and Tench, but then around 8.30 am Drafty h...

It’s been a little while, so much so people are actually asking why I haven’t blogged for so long. Needless to say it’s not because I have given up angling as it’s in the blood, it’s also not because I haven’t been catching a few. Quite the opposite in fact, setting myself a new UK personal best mirror with a fish in excess of 50lbs in early November. In all honesty I have been busy with work, yes I do actually work and very hard although my friends believe otherwise. Som...

Due to unforeseen circumstances last autumn I missed out on the trade shows being stuck indoors and unable to spend much time on my feet. This really didn’t bode well for my personality as I like to be out and about using every bit of spare time to the max. This year things worked perfectly and I attended and assisted for two days in the last week of Pure Fishing Trade Show. Rather than a road show style program setting up at different locations around the country over 4 ...

With summer rapidly approaching, myself and angling buddy Glenn Drennan planned our last perch adventure for the time being. Don’t misunderstand me, I will continue chasing that elusive three-pound perch throughout the year, or years if needs be. However, we are now into the month of May and with the consequent rise in water temperature, there will be too many other species queuing up to be caught. For the time being at least, hunting my old stripey adversary will soon have...

Although my job is very demanding I am lucky in that ordinarily i get to take a day off during the week and therefore fish at times when the lake is quieter. I do get the occasional weekend off and I have a deal with my girlfriend (who is incredibly tolerant of my obsession with carp) that I spend these weekends with her. Unfortunately work commitments had conspired against me after my first couple of sessions back on the park lake and I had to cancel my days off for 2 weeks ...

Hi all sorry for the absence but as spring really starts to unfold then so does my work load. Fishing at the moment is simply a work based approach which can be a hard pill to swallow when your mates are hauling, probably as most of you are. I should not moan though as it’s a job that I love and to be fair how many people can say that these days. Right so what’s been going on? Well we had the JRC open day over at Suffolk Water Park and despite the horrible weather the day we...

Hi again, just a quick account of how we got on during our last trip to Crystal Waters in late April I was joined by Steve Egerton (UK Marketing Manager), Rob Nunn, and Senior Writer from CARPology/Maximum Carp, Josh Hillman, along with the able support of fishery Bailiffs, Keith Standley (Backdraft), Ginger Mick Henley, and Nick Harvey. This was going to be a proper film and photo shoot this time, it being a great opportunity to generate some new content for our websites ...

Shakespeare Introduction to Angling event – Packington Fisheries We have just completed our first Introduction to Angling event at Packington fisheries. The event was a great success and we had 28 adults and juniors attend on Saturday. This great fishery situated on the Packington estate between Coventry and Birmingham, provided the perfect venue for these complete beginners to learn the basics of both Coarse and fly fishing. With the help of o...

World-record yellowfin tuna disqualified - because a deckhand touched his fishing rod as he fought the mighty fish. Robert Pedigo hooked the 427.9-pound fish on Thursday April 12th and fought it for 30minutes before bringing it aboard the "Journeyman." But everyone on board agreed that Danny Osuna, a local captain working that day as a deckhand, blew the record by touching Pedigo's rod during the battle between man and fish off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The...