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Pike match


date set POPULAR predator event the Angler’s Mail River Welland Pike Championships takes place on Sunday, December 5 on the river in Lincolnshire. The long-


running match is now being organised by the club that controls the match venue, Deeping St James AC, and will be fished either side of Crowland Bridge. Draw is at 9am at


St. Guthlac School, in Postland Road, Crowland (PE6 0JA), with fishing from 10am to 3pm. Rules are deadbaits and lures only. Tickets cost £20


and can be booked by contacting Dave German on 01733 703100 (evenings). The organisers are keen to find out how many anglers are interested in taking part and are asking


anyone hoping to fish to ring to book in. Turn to page 20


for top pike advice from predator star Mark Barrett.


TV blackout


for angling ANGLING on television received a double blow last week after schedule changes. Robson Green’s


Extreme Fishing went head to head with reality show I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and lost some 800,000 viewers compared to the previous week’s show. Meanwhile,


Jeremy Wade’s River Monsters lost its 7.30pm ITV1 slot after the announcement of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding. However, the half-hour-long episode went ahead on Thursday night on ITV1 at 10.35pm.


Treasure HUNT


THE past 12 months have been tough for the tackle trade, as they have most industries. To overcome this many companies have had to pull out all the stops when it comes to offering innovative, quality products with a price tag that doesn’t hurt. One such product is the Shakespeare Mach 2 XT Barbel Rod, and you can win a pair. Find the page on which we tell you about


the Shakespeare Mach 2 XT Barbel Rod and then simply text AMSPOT then a space, your name, page number and address to 86611. Text cost just 50p plus operator costs, and


there is no limit to the number of times that you can text to win. GOOD LUCK!


This competition closes at midnight Monday, November 29.


■ The winner of the Leeda Seatbox is Courtney Williams, from Congleston, Cheshire.


KORUM consultant and angling guide Duncan Charman has kept the


bait going in to keep the rudd active and it seems to be working, as this 2 lb 4 oz fish and other back-ups prove. Duncan said: ‘I’ve been baiting


a swim on a local lake for the past two weeks with Sonubaits hemp and maggots – around a kilo of hemp and a pint of maggots every other day – and my first session produced seven quality rudd, the best this 2 lb 4 oz beauty. ‘Returning the following night l had


one of 1 lb 12 oz, then a further six the next night to 2 lb 2 oz.’ Guiding details www. duncancharman.co.uk


Giant barbel to five year old


THOMAS PETCH reports


junior in the form of a 15 lb 8 oz beast from the River Trent. Tiny Edd Wren caught the fish,


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which is nearly as tall as he is, on a trip to the river at Colwick, in Nottinghamshire, with father, Phillip. It’s almost certainly the biggest


ever barbel landed by a youngster. Proud Phillip explained: ‘Edd


started fishing during the six week school holidays this year, at the Elms Touring Site at Addlethorpe, and caught 12 rudd and various roach. ‘Since catching these all he talks


about is fishing, and has scrounged his Grandpa’s fishing books even though he can’t read properly yet. He likes the pictures. ‘He has his own tackle box


and equipment, and the Tri-Cast rod he caught it on was an early Christmas present. ‘When Edd caught the


barbel I went to fetch his camera, and whilst doing so he had picked the fish


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LAD of just five has caught one of the biggest ever barbel to a


up from the unhooking mat and was holding it when he returned. ‘He said to me: “that’s how you


hold it, the same as Fi Fi”, which is his cat,’ he added. Successful tactic for Edd, who has


just started at Carlton Central School in Nottingham, was Dynamite Baits luncheon meat hair-rigged on a size 8 barbless hook to 10 lb Daiwa Sensor line and a feeder filled with fishmeal groundbait.


EDD WREN is just five years old, yet incredibly he landed this monster 15 lb River Trent barbel. It wolfed down a cube of luncheon meat and proved far too big for the youngster to hold easily.


THE only way you can win this exclusive T-shirt is to report your catch to us – and appear on this chart!


FISH OF THE WEEK Angler’s Mail


Species Angler Weight % of record Chub


Leighton McDonald 8 lb 1 oz Perch Mick Stevens


Carp Matthew Atherton 53 lb Barbel Edd Wren


88.3


4 lb 12 oz 82.1 78.5


Rudd Duncan Charman 2 lb 4 oz


15 lb 8 oz 73.3 48.6


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