Boddington’s Secrets!
Exploring Boddington Reservoir – one of the most famous carp fishing venues in the country! This reservoir feeds the local canal network and a lack of rain means the water level is extremely low....
Jon Arthur's Blog
Thames Champs
Fished the Thames Champs on Sunday, guesting for Matrix Talisman. Really liked the look of my draw, the first peg at Radcot, but I struggled to put any quality together and my 7lb was...
Channel Members: Riverfest: The Journey!
Hope you enjoy this film I put together, looking back at this year’s river campaign. Includes all the thrills(?) and spills of the two-day RiverFest Final, held on the River Trent at Burton Joyce!...
A Crazy Match On The Trent!
Live match fishing on the banks of the mighty River Trent at Burton Joyce. This is the official practice match before the prestigious Angling Trust Riverfest Final!
My Riverfest Final
Riverfest Final 2025 and boy did it fish grim for most of us! Day One I had hopes of drawing the barbel area or the top end of the Rack, so was a bit...
A New Live Match
My latest exclusive film for Channel Members is a live match at Packington Somers Coarse Fishery. A weekend open match on the famous ‘moody’ Molands Lake. Trying lots of ideas and tactics over the...
Wet Wet Wet
A rather wet and windy weekend plus a lovely hailstorm to sit through on Saturday! The fishing has been pretty rubbish as it’s suddenly gone a bit colder. However I managed a nice bonus...
Whip Fishing Tactics
Catch more fish at speed with whip fishing tactics! A busy session on the River Thames using 4m and 5m whips for a mixed bag of bleak, roach, dace, silver bream and perch. Enjoy!...
Thames Festival Runner Up Again!
River Thames Festival runner up! Over the moon to have a great three days fishing in this event. I couldn’t fish it last year because of date clashes, so this year I put the...
Exciting New Members Film!
Live match action from the second Riverfest Qualifier held on the mighty Tidal Trent at Torksey and Laughterton. Feeder fishing is the chosen tactic. Can Jon fish well enough to qualify for the Riverfest...
Last Day Of The School Holidays!
Most kids were back in their classrooms today after the long summer holidays, but for some reason my daughter’s teachers decided they needed an additional day off(?)… soooo we went fishing! Dog Lane Fishery...
