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Cudmore Fishery to allow specimen carp tactics on match lake

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Angling Times, 09 June 2009 11:45

Bosses at one of the nation’s most popular commercial complexes have this week announced radical plans to create a brand-new style of event where bite alarms and buzzers will replace poles and seatboxes. Cudmore Fishery’s Cyril Brewster has decided to transform three of his traditional match lakes into one large ‘specimen competition water’ after locals expressed their disappointment at the ...

 

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Cudmore Fishery to allow specimen carp tactics on match lake

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Angling Times,
09 June 2009 11:45

Bosses at one of the nation’s most popular commercial complexes have this week announced radical plans to create a brand-new style of event where bite alarms and buzzers will replace poles and seatboxes. Cudmore Fishery’s Cyril Brewster has decided to transform three of his traditional match lakes into one large ‘specimen competition water’ after locals expressed their disappointment at the ...

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Tunnel Barn Farm record shattered

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Angling Times, 31 August 2012 10:06

Tunnel Barn Farm regular Paul Newell put his favoured bread approach to good use during the latest event at the Warwickshire complex to smash the New Pool record with 244lb 1oz. While most of his rivals used pellet, maggot or corn, the Smithy’s Tackle man used breadflake over a sloppy feed to attract F1s, carp and bream at regular intervals ...

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Packington Somers record smashed

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Angling Times, 03 January 2012 10:59

The latest event at Packington Somers turned out to be a memorable affair when Gary Lakin landed the biggest carp ever taken in a match at the complex. After drawing peg 44 on Molands at the Warwickshire site, the Fishing Lodge-backed ace decided to use popped up bread on the straight lead and was able to tempt a number of ...

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Angler lands 111lb of silvers in match

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Angling Times, 08 July 2011 11:17

Messingham Sands proved why it has gained itself a reputation as one of the best mixed venues in the country when Andy Whitehouse managed to land a staggering 111lb 11oz of silverfish during the latest event. With the carp in a finicky mood due to spawning, the Scunthorpe ace decided to fish a light rig up in the water with ...

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Keepnet error costs match angler chance of £30,000 prize money

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Angling Times, 20 May 2011 09:30

A match angler has missed out on a chance to win £30,000 in the prestigious Fish O’Mania final after accidentally putting too many fish in his keepnet during a qualifier match. Although the official result from the competition held last week at Monk Lakes, Kent, shows that Browning Andover matchman Dave George won with 144lb 4oz of fish, it also ...

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10-year-old smashes MBK Leisure match fishing record

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Angling Times, 13 May 2011 15:00

The match record for the venue was smashed out of sight in this match by 10-year-old Karter Whittock, a young angler with a fabulous reputation on the lakes with plenty of match wins under his belt in junior competitions. This victory will probably be one that lives longest in the memory, though as he bagged 125-12-0 in just three hours ...

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Another match fishing water bites the dust

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Angling Times, 14 January 2011 16:30

The New Year will see yet another fishery out of commission for matchfishing thanks to the moaners, as Astwood Fishery, near Bromsgrove, goes the way of Hostick’s Ponds and countless others in closing their doors to open matches. The same old problem has been cited at Astwood, where bosses have finally had enough of anglers telling them how to run ...

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New fishing club to ban poles in all its competitions

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Angling Times, 17 December 2010 15:00

A new northern matchfishing club is to be formed that is planning to ban the use of poles in all its competitions. Formed by three Yorkshire-based match anglers, the club, Bradford Pals, is planning to run its first match next March and will hold monthly competitions for just rod and reel anglers from then on. “We formed the club as ...

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Is this England's new world-class match fishing venue?

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Angling Times, 03 December 2010 11:03

A 1,000m long virgin lake in the heart of the country could be the answer to England’s venue nightmare - and it’s all thanks to a proverbial bolt out of the blue.Peterborough rowing course has been in existence for almost three decades but in all that time has never been fished, despite the determined efforts of local angling clubs and ...

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World Champs silver for England ladies

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Angling Times, 12 November 2010 16:30

The HV Power Electrical England Ladies team claimed silver in this year’s World Champs held for the first time in South Africa, the team consisting of Sam Perkins, Helen Dagnall, Wendy Locker, Emma Pickering, Julie Abbott and Samantha Sim scoring 45 points, just six points behind the winning Spanish side. Fishing the Bloemhof Dam, early expectations were for big weights, ...

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