Match Fishing Magazine March 2024 Back Issue

Joe Carass features on the front cover of the March issue, holding a Barston Lakes ‘special’ carp that he caught by altering his approach from the tried and trusted methods that most anglers use. Most venues have an ‘in’ bait at various times of year, but according to Joe if you’re brave enough to deviate from the norm and use a bait or method that other anglers aren’t, you can increase your success in matches.

Also in this issue we have Callum Dicks who was keen to show us some the tricks he’s learnt over the years when it comes to fishing the humble maggot. Maggots work everywhere in winter and all fish eat them, but there are technical aspects when it comes to how to feed them that can transform a peg from average to a match winner if you make the right decisions. We joined Callum at Ivy House Farm down in Wiltshire and he’s got some top tips and tricks you can easily incorporate into your own fishing. There’s plenty more inside in this issue too from the likes of Andy Power, Matt Godfrey, Nick Speed, Sam Collett, Pemb Wrighting, Glen Picton, Mark Malin, Rob Perkins and more.

There’s plenty of new tackle including a close look at a new baiting up rod from Daiwa, an Up Close on FIVE new pole models from Shimano, Alex Bones takes a good look at the new range of Parabolix Pro rods from MAP and we also sent him down to Todber Manor to put the new Daiwa Tournament S Competition pole through its paces.

Daiwa has been especially good to us this month and agreed to let us give away one of the new 100 Seatboxes (reviewed in the January issue). It’s worth £550 and one lucky reader is going to win it… how fantastic is that?!