Love it or Hate it? at the moment more people seem to hate the place than love it. Saturdays match will be a grueller for most. Everybody is complaining about the pegging, NFA rules say at least 16yds between pegs, yet in places it is as little as 7 paces, no wonder the fishing is so bad.Having got that gripe...

The Harbour Festival is this weekend and the docks is full of boats, so this weeks match got moved to bristol bridge area. The police launch dominated with the bream feeding well as the conditions were perfect.Top rod was Merv Sivell, second week on the trot, with 9 bream and 3 skimmers for 31lb 1oz, thats the best weight for...

This round goes from 16 down to 8, so things are starting to get serious, with some anglers putting a lot of effort in and others taking the view, this venue doesnt suit them and just turned up on the day.I decided to go up on the tuesday before the match, have 2 days practice with my good mates Dean...

The water for this weeks match was very dirty, with lots of floating debris, caused by letting boats in for the harbour festival, the usual pegs at Baltic Wharf was filled with long boats so the match was fished at the Mud Dock. The water in this part of the dock is very deep with no shelf in close to...

Thurdsays match the water level was 2.5ft down below normal level, not sure why? maybe they are working on the lock gates at Hotwells. Tonights winner was newly retired Dave Clutterbuck with 8lb 0oz of roach and dace on caster and hemp from peg 10, second was Pete Sivell with 6lb 2oz again of roach and dace on caster and...

With the next round of the Drennan Cup to be fished on the venue, July 21st, this was going to be the last chance to see the venue under match conditions. Normally I would have fished any practice matches, but this time I decided to go and watch the match, my Dorking team mates Simon 'Ginger' Wilsmore, Paul Holland and...

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Saturday July 23rd, I have a ticket for sale, for the match at Larford. I bought the ticket but since then realised that it clashes with our Div 1 practice preparation on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal nr Doncaster.The normal price of the ticket is £50, but if anyone wants it I will take £40, if you are interested ring...

Episode 2 of Absolute Match Fishing is being shown on monday evening 7pm Sky Sports 4, hosted by Tommy Pickering with guests Andy Findlay, Des Shipp, Lee Edwards, Steve Saunders and Lee Kerry.The series is a comprehensive guide to becoming a better match angler, with filming at venues such as Barston, Woodlands View, Stainforth and Keadby Canal and the River...

comments (0) The Match lake again fished really well for the Wednesday evening match.James Thomas came in first with a 84lb 2oz bag. The results were as follows:-1. James Thomas 84lb 2oz.2. Andrew Crocker 72lb 4oz.3. Jake Sarokin 54lb 8oz4. Mike Williams 53lbSundays match has again produced large catches. Going over the 100lb mark. Which considering the warm spell we've...