Fish'O'Mania
Frequency : Annual, every July TV Hours : 6 Hours Live or 1 x 2 Hour Highlights Format : The competition involves 16 anglers who have qualified through heats across England, fishing off for the £25,000 first prize. The event gains much of its excitement by abandoning the traditional weigh-in at the conclusion of the match, and instead features weigh-ins every 30 minutes which gives the event a changing leader board that makes the action easy to follow. Prize Fund : £50,000 Nations Represented : UK Venue : Cudmore Fishery, Stoke on Trent, England Inaugural Year : 1994 Previous Winners : Mick Bull, Clive Wright, Neil Machin, Marc Jones, Rob Hitchens, Matt Hall (twice), Nathan Watson, Steve Jackson, Geoff Ringer, Steve Cooke, Steve Ringer, Kevin Rowles, Dave Pimlott, Andy Jennings, Ian Turner. Archive : 1994 – 2009, 32 Hours Website : www.fishomania.net
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