PIKING TIME APPROACHING ONCE AGAIN.

 Just one more month to go and we will once again be into the new Pike season. Our members I am sure will be sorting out their gear ready for an early start. In the meantime the region is ticking along nicely with its Summer matches. This year's "Golden Maggot" match that was cancelled earlier in the year took place on one of our local waters. On what proved to be a tough day all round Paul Pogo Patterson finally nosed ahead to beat Jon Tweddle to the trophy.

Round three of the region's Summer league took place last weekend and once again Paul rose to the occasion again beating Jon into second place with Chris Graham finishing third. Top spot in the league is still being held by Chris who has a substantial lead over Paul who has now taken second place. Mike Bell is presently placed third with one round to go. The final leg will be fished at the back end of September.

   

                       PROUDLY RAISING FUNDS FOR

               CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

                 AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE 

                              £37,264.00

We are continuing to get marvellous support for our BIG SENPAC/PAC Pike and Predator event which is being held at West Moor Club, 16, Moorside, Great Lime Road, West Moor, Newcastle NE12 7NL on Saturday 24th October 2026. Some amazing raffle prizes to be won on the day or why not bid in our auction to win a once in a lifetime one or two day trip with one of the country's top predator anglers.

If you fancy a go then just follow the instructions given below, and remember if you win all the proceeds of your bid will be donated to CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

                

JULY - SUMMER MATCHES.

 

Bruce Turnbull has been continuing his quest for a new PB Tench on a local water. His search goes on but in the meantime he is catching some stunning fish like the one pictured above.

The region's Summer league continues and round two of this year's series was won once again by Chris Graham with a winning weight of 4lb 12 ozs. Steve Sandiford took second spot and Paul Patterson third. So the table after round two shows Chris well ahead of  second place Mike Bell with Steve Sandiford moving into third place. Round three of the four match series will take place at the end of August. Prior to this the annual Golden Maggot match will be fished on one of our local waters.

RAISING FUNDS FOR OUR CHARITY CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE NOW STANDS AT £37,139.00.

We are presently ramping up the advertising for the SENPAC/PAC Pike and Predator Charity Angling Event which is being held at West Moor Social Club, 16, Moorside, Great Lime Road, West Moor, Newcastle Upon Tyne. NE12 7NL on Saturday 24th October 2026. The event will open at 1pm and run till 10.30pm. From 7.30pm onwards the big CHARITY FUND RAISING NIGHT will be held which will include raffles etc and live entertainment. Guest speakers for the afternoon include Brian Ingram, Llangdegfedd '88', Charlie Coppollo with a lure demo, Dick Culpin, Scottish Piking Plonker Escapades, Eric Edwards, Fundamental Principles Of Lure Fishing, Jon Neafcy, Big Fish From Around The World, Neville Fickling, Farewell And Thanks For All The Fishes, and finally the British Pike record holder Lloyd Watson, The 'One' We All Want. This big event we hope will raise substantial amounts for our chosen charity CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.  All the guest speakers are giving their time for free and not claiming any expenses and we cannot thank them enough for their support. We also have to give a big thank you to all the tackle companies and individuals who have given us some absolutely awesome donations that will be raffled and auctioned to further boost the amount raised. Full details of all the raffle prizes and those up for auction will be advertised shortly. REMEMBER THAT EVERY PENNY RAISED ON THE DAY WILL GO TO CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH. We are getting ever closer to our next target of raising £50,000.00 and with everyone's support we will reach it in the non too distant future

JUNE - A QUIET MONTH FOR THE REGION.

 A rather quiet month for most of the members. Warm and humid weather had slowed the fishing down but Chris Graham found the fish on song when he won round one of the Summer league matches on a local water. He started with a nice total weight of 20lbs 12 ozs. Mike Bell took second spot with Peter Armstrong in third place

A 7lb 8 oz Bream Helped Chris Win Round One.

           SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH

It may have been a slow month with regard to the fishing but the fundraising for our charity just carried on and we can now announce that we have raised a total of

                                       £36,748.00

SENPAC are pleased to announce that in conjunction with the Pike Anglers Club Of Great Britain that they will be holding a Predator Charity Angling Event on Saturday 24th October 2026 with ALL THE PROCEEDS ON THE DAY being donated to Children's Cancer North.

The event is going to be held at West Moor social club, 10 Moorside, Great Lime Road, West Moor, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE12 7NL. Doors open at 1pm with adults admittance fee of £10.00, OAPs £5.00 and children FREE. The day's events will finish at 10.30pm. The angling event will finish around 6.30pm and will be closely followed by a fundraising night for the charity which will include a raffle, tombola etc and live entertainment.  For those wanting to make a full day of it the ticket also includes admittance to the evening fundraiser. Some great speakers will be attending on the day including Brian Ingram, Charlie Coppolo, Dick Culpin, Eric Edwards, Jon Neafcy, Neville Fickling and the present British Pike record holder Lloyd Watson. The event will also include exhibitors and demonstrations making it a day not to be missed. A prize raffle will be run on the day and food will also be available. Please try to support our event on the day and also spread the word around to your friends and family. TOGETHER WE CAN RAISE SUBSTANTIAL FUNDS FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH who will have representatives from the charity also attending on the day.

MAY - A SPOT OF EUROPEAN CARPING.

 

After a successful trip into Scotland last month catching some decent Pike and Perch Steve Sandiford and Dave Gardner grabbed their passports and headed to Spain in search of some big Carp and Catfish. Pictured above Steve with a lovely 35lb 7 oz Carp and pictured below a montage of some of their other magnificent catches they had during the week.

Bruce Turnbull continues his quest for a PB Tench this season. He may not have been successful yet but he has still been catching some beautiful fish. Catch all the action on Bruce's Anglers Diary on the You Tube channel.

Chris Graham has been on one of our local waters catching some nice Carp on light gear.

Ross Greaves has also been on his travels catching some nice Pike.

RAISING FUNDS FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

A FANTASTIC LAST MONTH WHICH HAS NOW SENT THE TOTAL RAISED TO AN AMAZING

£36,352.00.

AND WITH ALL THE MONEY RAISED BY THE REGION OVER THE YEARS FOR CHARITY A TOTAL OF

£52,352.00.

A SPECIAL MONTH.

 

A very special end to the month of April for one of our members. Andy AKA "Catman" Eland and his incredible capture of the 66lb 4oz Moggie pictured above caught on his first attempt at catching one of these amazing creatures. Andy has been setting his stall out the last few months but one thing he was probably not expecting was to catch one of this size. The only thing he has to achieve now is to catch a bigger one. Watch this space.

Some of the other region's members had success as well during April. Bruce Turnbull continued his quest to catch some large Tench on one of our local waters and Steve Sandiford, Dave Gardner and Wayne Gardner enjoyed good success North of the border catching some nice Pike and two PB perch the best weighing in at 4lb 3 ozs.

Dates are now in place for our annual "Golden Maggot" match and our four match Summer series which always prove popular with the members.

SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE NOW STANDS AT £33,829.00.

With more fundraising events now in place for this year we are expecting a big increase in the amount raised for our chosen charity.