07.09.2016
Massive blue shark on light gear
This blue shark was measured and calculated at 96 lb . Sam Narbett landed this magnificent fish on the Quantum Cabo 40 reel and a Quantum Blue spin 10-35 g. We use 40 lb braid on the reel and on this occasion used a 70 lb rubbing leader to a short wire bite strop to a size 14/0 mustad circle hook. A large mackerel flapper for bait.
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05.09.2016
FiN-Nor Bite adventures not just a shark boat!
Two couches bream caught this week every species anglers dream. Les Barns had the biggest one 6.2.0 a new Guildford city sea angling club record. It shows how rare these fish are as it’s the first weighed in to the club in its 45 year history! Les also had an even rarer fish 3 weeks ago with me. An imperial scald fish, as far as I know there has only been 4 caught in the UK in recent years and bite adventures has had 3 of them! Les was using a Cabo 40 reel and a blue spin 7-35 gram rod to catch both of his stunning fish. The couches bream was caught on a running ledger to a 8oz...
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15.08.2016
Flattyfun at Fehmarn
While comfortably leaning against the railing of the boat, we are enjoying the warm sun on our skins. We are passing the shoreline with the famous Fehmarnsund bridge behind us. It’s Sunday afternoon in late July and we are on board the Lana II. Klaus Brandenburg or “Schollenbrandi”, our captain, stops the 8-person fishing boat on a sandbank. He lowers the anchor from a height of 6 meters and it drops firmly into the sand. My American colleagues are excited. After a jam-packed working week, they accepted my invitation to catch flatfish in the Baltic Sea. My husband, Florian Hühnken, and a...
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09.08.2016
A colourful freak of nature
Tostedt. Radical and Black Cat test angler Johann Troppacher recently encountered a multi-coloured freak of nature on the Po in northern Italy. He was awoken at 5:45 by his favourite alarm clock to wake up to…his catfish alarm bells! His Black Cat rod with the Fin-Nor Marquesa multiplier reel was bent almost into a semi-circle. Fishing at a distance of around 350 metres, Johann Troppacher leapt into his boat. With his bait presented against a natural bank, he had to prevent the fish from taking shelter in the vegetation. It was a fight that would fray his nerves. Twice he had to free his line...
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18.07.2016
Browning announce new signings
Steve Barraclough has signed an individual sponsorship deal with Browning Fishing, part of the Zebco Europe group of brands. Steve, from Wakefield, West Yorks, will be representing the brand a major fishing events and assisting with future product development. Browning has also signed two new teams in the North and South of the country. Browning Osset are a long established Yorkshire team who have competed at top level for many years. They are the current Angling Trust National Champions having won the 2016 final on the Fen Drains and Decoy Lakes. Browning South East are a well known...
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14.06.2016
Browning "Warhorse" Classic Pole Match 2016
Are you still using a "classic " Browning pole? Or perhaps you have an "old favourite" Browning lurking in the back of your tackle shed? If yes, you are invited to dust it off and use it in a special match, with the chance to win a brand new Browning pole, or one or many other tackle prizes. The match is free to enter and is open to owners of pre 2005 Browning poles (see below). This year's event will be held on Sunday October 16th at the popular Aston Park Fishery near Sheffield. Spectators will be welcome and visitors will get the opportunity to try some of...
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31.03.2016
35 lb pike
UK Quantum Specialist Consultant Gary Knowles recently banked a new personal best pike from an 800 acre reservoir in Staffordshire in the UK. The huge predator was taken on an 8” Battleshad using a Smoke 5-55 g spinning rod and matching 2500 Smoke reel. Gary takes up the story:Although the rest of Europe measure their fish by length, here in the UK we still use weight as our yardstick, and in particular pounds and ounces. To put this in perspective, we see a 30 lb pike as a very special fish and anything over 35 lb as mammoth, a fish of a lifetime, this is a brief report on how I finally...
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