Oliver Scotthorne Fishing

05/10/2026

Brilliant 2 days at Worsbrough Reservoir match group for the silverfish 2dayer!

I expected it to be all pole fishing for roach/hybrids with the temperature been so high at the moment still!

First day was on 45 on the Barnsley bank first peg on the swallows wasn't overly happy with the draw but just figured I'd catch a roach a drop on the pole maybe a odd hybrid in-between 🤣
God i was wrong roach topping everywhere couldn't catch one
Luckily I managed 11 skimmers on the feeder and a odd roach on the pole for 18lb what was second in the section mally winning with 21lb and dale winning the other section with 26lb

Drove home knowing I'd made a complete mess of it speedy and nick both nailed 38lb of skimmers on the other bank!
Felt fish where in the deeper water so a high number was a must

Woke up Sunday to a near frost 😭 definitely needed a higher number now
Drew peg 11 😭 bang in the shallows gutted!
But sometimes you never know with fishing

Set up the same the day before a pole line and a feeder but didn't attack it just fished steady away
Had a brilliant start catching 2 bream and 4 skimmers on the tip in the first hour and half until the kiss of death happens where I pricked one 😭
Went 45 mins with out a sign luckily I dropped on the pole fishing worms (for skimmers) and it a Chucky roach most drops, quick change of rigs and a refeed on the feeders saw me catch another 50 roach and nicked another skimmer on the tip in-between.
Ended with 25lb to win the day

Did get cracked off twice with crap so in 2 minds of it was carp that killed me or the one I pricked

Managed to come 3rd overall with speedy winning and nick second!

Definitely left a few in the peg on Saturday but was never catching enough to win

Reminded me of how epic the res is the wall about 2m behind you
Some massive roach bream and hybrids to catch just unreal hard to catch mans water

Also fell off my box trying to stand on it to cast out 🤣

Massive thank you to all involved on running it

28/09/2026

Just about to set off home from the epic Bait-Tech Feedermasters final at Tamar lakes!
The best natural match venue in the country is always mega tight!

After 3 days of practice it was definitely fishing better than the last few years I've been down with the weather still being warm.

Friday practice match saw me draw 17 what's on Cornwall bank
Had a mega day fishing 8m for roach catching one most casts all day for 42lb and a match win 😍
Dad came second 2 of the end peg on the Devon so our plan was simple for the first day fish for roach where we could to keep ourselves init

Day 1 peg 32 on the Cornwall bank what's the end next to the Polly tunnel strange peg as it's where some water runs into the lake making it muddy as hell and very very soft short but I had the right depth short so just got my head down roach fishing had a mint day but frustrating with my feeder getting stuck in the mud but managed 34lb of roach left abit back trying to catch too quick.
Dad had 35lb so we was right in the mix!

Day 2 drew a wired peg 37 in front of the sailing club very rocky so roach fishing was out 😭
Had a good chat with will who won the match day before so had a idea on what to do
Had a nightmare day tbf
Couldn't get a run of fish took me 55mins to catch one then only had 4 on in the last hour and half while Gaz and pemb just caught steady all day either side.
Feel I fished in the wrong depth on the day but had to fish a way to give me the best chance of winning

Gareth Lambert fished 2 mint matches next to me both days to come 2nd overall with a weight that would win 9/10
Well done to will freeman on winning the event and lee for coming 3rd

I ended 17th and dad ended 4th so won a little back will definitely be trying our best to get back in next year

A massive thank you Mick Vials Fishing Darren and Lee Kerry for running the best event of the year!

13/09/2026

2 lovely days on the bank this weekend!

Yesterday was the Angling Trust Competitions feeder national on the Yorkshire canals.
I was at the new junction on the Northfield stretch and was given a good area in 114,
Had a lovely 3 hours catching skimmers on 2 lines until I bumped on my long line and killed it problem is the 12m line needed resting all the time but luckily my 32 skimmers and a few odds went 8kg 600 for second in the section, with Mick Vials Fishing smashing it up with 8kg 900 only one man that day I would be happy for them to beat me ❤️
Team wise we did ok with 4th from the feeder team with one horrific draw

Massive well done to Ringerbaits on showing their class and winning the event

Today I've jumped on the Golden Reel Angling at lindholme drew a rocket in 51 bennies had 48f1s with 2 hours left finished on 51 😭 left me for some unknown reason did manage second on my lake and 3rd in the match with 170lb
Well done on Ryan winning behind me on 48 been a pleasure to watch him the last hour!

The end of the summer qualifiers for me with Feedermasters to look forward to 💪

29/08/2026

Fishub festival the last 2 days at the mighty Maver-Dynamite Hayfield Lakes
It's fishing its head off at the moment and with it being my favourite venue I was looking forward to getting stuck in!

Day 1 was properly gutted when I picked out 14 on little Adams 😭 not an area of the lake I like tbf after a little paddy I set myself a target of 150lb to try and leave myself a chance of sneaking in the main frame.
Had a steady day catching everything up and down at 15m with casters did have a go down the edge but made a mess of feeding it bringing in a million roach. Ended with 158 what was 3rd on little Adams but was about 30th going into day 2!
If I got my edges a bit better and a little quicker on working out depths 200lb may have been possible.

Day 2 there were 4 or 5 pegs in my mind that I felt was capable of catching 400lb and I drew one of them 42 island
A shallow attack was all I had in my mind had a mint day but it was a very frustrating one!
Fish coming way too shallow foul hooking them at 6inch deep 🤯🤯🤯 ended with 398lb

2 mint days

Massive well done to Ryan on winning and Andy Bennett coming second and also breaking the record fist day and for running the series!

13/08/2026

UK champs today at the super Rookery Waters
Drew 23 on jay was abit gutted tbf was on 19 Saturday didn't think it would be the area to win!

Had a lovely day on pellets catching 170lb of massive carp

Alex Dockerty managed to win is section and come 3rd too Keeping himself right in the mix

Had a giggle all morning with him after he exploded a can pop allover the van

Well done on Dave winning it!

10/08/2026

4 epic days out the bank last week for me 😍

Thursday was the Fishub pairs festival at Maver-Dynamite Hayfield Lakes some proper epic fishing!
Day 1 I was on island 52 had a very rusty day tbf catching 218lb mainly shallow on pellets took me way too long to work out depths and tried to fish 2 long for first part of match cost me another 50lb witnessed one hell of performance of Kris slamming 396lb off 44!
Dad came back with the goods too catching 220lb off 70 Adams both felt we didn't get it quite right on the day but we were in the framing places so day 2 was all about keeping in them!

Day 2 papa drew me 70 on Adam's really fancied it nice simple day shallow and edge!
Set of like a rocket with 220lb in the bag with 2hours left but the wind turned and fish just left me made a mistake with my edge line fishing it took far out ended with 296lb was gutted tbf!
Dad nailed 200lb on island lake leaving us 4th overhaul so a good 2 days

Rob Swan Angling made a mess of it Adams nailed 405lb mega performance form him!
Him and cal took it out 2
Proper epic fishing looking forward to festival at the end of month!

Jumped on 2 qualifiers too this weekend
Was in a harder part of jay at rookery managed to nick a section win with 100lb and drew a bad on at glebe in 10 on lake 1 still had 120lb

Fishing's amazing at the moment with the weather and things

Well done to mainline match winning the Bait-Tech Feedermasters final over the weekend gutted we didn't make it through this year st Alban's is a mega venue for it massive fish!

Got to say a massive well done the England teams over the weekend! Looks like they have been some super close battles! With the under 15s and 20s winning silver! Im sure all 3 teams will be back stronger next year to win gold!

01/08/2026

What a performance from the boys over in Croatia!

Unbelievable ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

World Club Feeder Champions!!!

31/07/2026

Second round of the UK angling champ's yesterday at messingham
Drew peg 22 on Hollywood strip spoke to a few of the locals and gave me a sad look never a good start I needed a win after my terrible start at larford! One of them days where it just felt like there was no carp in my area had 3 hours fishing for everything that swims and 2 hours trying to nick a carp but only managed 3 had a lovely day catching tench bream and f1s on casters but never felt it was going to get good enough to get to 100lb
Massive well done to little Dave on winning the section with 114lb my 80lb was 4th
Travel partner Alex Dockerty came second overall with dale winning and speedy was 3rd 14oz separated the top 3
Credit to Messingham Sands Fishery - Match Fishing Group mega fishery!

Massive well done to my Drennan Barnsley Blacks team smashing it up day 1 of world feeder champs 💪💪💪

26/07/2026

Epic weekend on the bank

Ran papas section on the national watched him put a sterling performance in for 4th in full section nailing some skimmers on the tip 💪💪
Then we celebrated like mad when we found out the team had won😍

Well done to ossett mega set of lads Chris Greensides Angling was awesome in my dad's section

Today had a look at a messinghan with the UKs there Thursday caught 108lb with every peg in it slowed it down a little so meany fish in them lakes well done to Matty Pillay on the win 💪💪

Good luck to Drennan Barnsley Blacks out on the world club feeder champs this week am sure they will smash it up ❤️

02/07/2026

Smashing in the qualifiers at the moment mainly Mavers but did manage a last minute ticket for fish o yesterday 😍

My last 2 Mavers have been a little hard but still had some bites so no complaints
Peg 24 at the glebe for 80lb no good
And 29 beastie at decoy gave it a big moan when a dipped that one 🤣 tipped back with a hour to go around 40lb.

After a good talking to my self and getting my self into flyer mindset yesterday while having a little walk around the lake with Les
Into the bag of dreams

32 laurels horrendous 🤣
Lindholme fished its wraps of my 200lb won nothing
Les Marshall won the match of Benny's 51 with a massive 330 💪💪

Dad framedso won us a little back ❤️

Loving fishing commercials at moment.



Old photo when I was a draw bag 🤣