'E'll hold that record for a long while! LINE AND SINKER Hook.SHATTERFORD Lakes continues to produce specimen fish and the latest success at the Kidderminster water has really got the scene talking. In the angling world, 10lb-plus eels are like hen's teeth and, in truth, with the species on the decline, many experts had claimed that it would be impossible to beat the British record of 11lb 2oz, which has stood since 1978. However, the capture of a 10lb 2oz giant from Shatterford's Eric's Lake has really got the specialist anglers buzzing and you can expect an influx of eel eel, common name for any fish of the 10 families constituting the order Anguilliformes, and characterized by a long snakelike body covered with minute scales embedded in the skin. anglers at the water over the summer. The fish fell to the rod of George Howie, who was fishing for carp with a halibut halibut: see flatfish. halibut Any of various flatfishes, especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes and colour on the right side. pellet on the method at 2am. To put this catch in perspective, only eight eels over 10lb have been recorded in the last 100 years. * MARK Stevens will have a crack at the biggest prize in match fishing after qualifying for the final of Fish O Mania 2009. The Tipton angler, who works as a radiographer, won the fourth qualifier of the PartyPoker.com sponsored event at Octoplus Boldings Fishery at Bridgnorth, thanks to a 95-14-0 bag taken in adverse conditions featuring a cold easterly wind. Stevens, who was backed by Willis Worms, was fishing only his second Fish O Mania qualifier and drew Hawthorns peg 15 where he fished caster and a little worm for carp and F1s, which came steadily throughout the match. He can now look forward to fishing for the pounds 25,000 winnertakes-all prize at Cudmore Fishery in the summer. "I'd won a match at Boldings only the week before,'' said Stevens. ''Les Thompson, who fished the final last year, is my travelling partner so I know Cudmore quite well, having sat behind him on the day." The Birmingham area also boasted the fifth-placed angler, Halesowen's Tony Walsh Tony Walsh was an Irish soccer player during the 1950s and 1960s in the League of Ireland. Walsh was a forward who spent 1 season (1959/60) at Bohemians where he made 8 appearances, scoring just once. , who fishes for Mosella Black Country, fishing maggot maggot: see blowfly; fly; larva. and a kilo Thousand (10 to the 3rd power). Abbreviated "K." For technical specifications, it refers to the precise value 1,024 since computer specifications are based on binary numbers. For example, 64K means 65,536 bytes when referring to memory or storage (64x1024), but a 64K salary means $64,000. of worm for 62-6-0. * BLACK Country matchman Dave Angell, a character on the Midlands scene for many years, has died aged 60. West Bromwich-based Dave cut his teeth when the river scene was in its prime and the Severn and Avon were his first loves throughout his match life. Click on www.total-fishing.com to join the UK's No1 online angling community. GARETH PURNELL |
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