Freddie Sandford

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Fishing near me | Venues with easy access

6 days ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

If you want venues that are easy to get to, look no further!While driving down a country lane for hours on end trying to find an idyllic untouched water is the dream for some, for other anglers this just isn't practical.
Quality perch banked during short lure session

6 days ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Sometimes a short session is all that is needed to bank quality fish, especially when lure fishing. How often do you fish all day with no bites, only to get a few hits within minutes of each other, proving if you are on the bank at the right time, an hour or two will suffice. Eddie Wilson experienced exactly that when he managed to get a quick session in, which saw him land this rotund perch weighing 4lb 8oz.
Red prawn produces personal best perch

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

After landing a fine perch of 3lb 4oz, Matthew Fernandez was eager to return to the same stillwater in search of an even bigger specimen. Given the warm conditions, he knew it’d be his last time targeting the species before spring got into full swing. One of his rods was fished with a link-legered prawn hookbait, while on the other he fisheda prawn beneath a pole float. Both baits had been soaked in Dynamite Baits Predator Plus liquid, and he loosefed maggots over the top.
Unusual bait choice results in massive rudd capture

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Kevin Sanders had a session to remember banking a superb rudd while fishing a short session in-between the school run. “I started my rudd fishing on a local gravel pit after the river season ended, and while my first two trips were slow, a change of location on the third resulted in this PB-equalling 3lb 5oz fish," he told us. “I had managed a few fish to 2lb, plus a bonus carp, but on this trip I wanted to fish in a shallower part of the lake, before the lilies were up too much to do so.
Fishing club defeats government challenge on pollution

1 week ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Members of an angling club in Yorkshire have defeated a Government court appeal following the pollution of their river. In 2023, the High Court judged that the Government and Environment Agency had failed in their legal duties to review, update and install specific measures to restore the Costa Beck near Pickering. A challenge to the verdict was launched by the previous Conservative government, which Labour’s Steve Reed decided to continue.
Fishing club defeats government challenge on pollution

1 week ago | msn.com | Freddie Sandford

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Prebaiting leads to downfall of canal monster

2 weeks ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Canals across the country have some incredible fish to be caught and it is surprising we don't see more anglers on the bank, as very often, when you venture down onto the canal, you'll be the only angler there. Specimen ace James Champkin proved what monsters are lurking in these under-fished waterways when he landed this cracking pike. "Having heard rumours about a big pike in the Grand Union Canal, I embarked on a prebaiting campaign through late January and February," he told us.
Who was this year’s best big-fish angler?

2 weeks ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

Who will be crowned the 2024-25 Drennan Cup Champion? As the curtain comes down on the country’s longest-running and most prestigious big-fish angling competition, voting now begins to decide the 2024/25 title... and what a season it was!Take one look at the incredible array of catches made in the specimen fishing world over the past 12 months and few could deny that we’re living in a ‘golden era’ of big-fish angling.
Enormous pike ends a magnificent season on the Broads

2 weeks ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

DISCLAIMER: This fish was caught before March 15th 2025. The Norfolk Broads have been in exceptional form for big pike over recent seasons, and while many of the very best captures are kept quiet, one angler reported a memorable spell of fishing at the end of the season. George Papp banked this specimen weighing 34lb 8oz, alongside another of 26lb 9oz, in a very productive week’s fishing.
Epic chub rounds off a superb season

2 weeks ago | anglingtimes.co.uk | Freddie Sandford

DISCLAIMER: This fish was caught before March 15th 2025!Alfie Lane enjoyed a superb end to the season on the Hampshire Avon where, after landing an 18lb 12oz barbel, he also had this fine 8lb chub. The stretch is a popular one, and Alfie was having little success in the more pressured swims. But he’d kept his eye on a more out-of-the-way area and spent a few days trickling pellets into a swim with a slack and a big drop-off a few rod lengths out.