May 2016 Laguna Baits Caption Competition – one day early!

Well...there'd been no fresh April entries for days on end so we thought we'd get another ball rolling straight away. This month we feature a somewhat bizarre scene! What do you make of it? Give it as many shots as you like and, in a month's time, you could be in receipt of some gen-u-ine Laguna Bait kindly donated by ...Laguna Baits!

Eddie Benham: My First Car

I bought my first car from a mate of mine around 1962 when I was a young man aged 20 years old. It cost me the grand sum of £15 and I had to buy a car battery for it that cost me another 'fiver', so for £20 I was on the road and new horizons now lay ahead to be explored.

Sportfish 2016 Spring / Summer Catalogue

  The 2016 Sportfish Spring/Summer Catalogue Is Out Now! Since our winter catalogue was published the tackle trade has delivered some superb...

Men ordered to pay more than

The Environment Agency is reminding anglers of the importance of having a rod licence after 2 local anglers were ordered to pay more than £1,400 for fishing without valid Environment Agency rod licences.

Every Picture Tells A Story: Maggi's Monster

One wall of Geoff Maynard's office is adorned by a dozen or so framed photographs of specimen fish and their captors: there are carp, pike, catfish, tench, barbel.but the one that never fails to draw me in is the sturgeon lying across the arms of Geoff and his wonderful wife, Maggi, who caught it.

Anglers Mail 26th April 2016

ANGLER'S MAIL magazine - the original and best weekly fishing magazine - is back with a belter of an issue that all keen coarse and carp anglers should read. It's out now!

Worms…I did it my way!

A while ago I started a thread "MY WORMERY" in which there was some interest. At this time of year the worms are at it like rabbits and multiplying rapidly so I thought I would supply this as a mini article, especially as there has been a similar topic on FM recently, so the interest is still there.

Monster Bluefish in an Australian Paradise

What do you do when a bucket list destination - the sort of place you might visit the once - becomes an obsession?