The CarpLife Competitions FishOMania returns to Westwood Lakes, Boston, Lincolnshire on Saturday 18 July, where an expanded field of 30 anglers will battle for the £50,000 top prize.
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This year’s line-up features five former FishOMania champions boasting eight titles between them, including defending champion Bradley Lucas, who returns looking to become the youngest angler ever to successfully defend the FishOMania crown after making history as the event’s youngest-ever winner in 2025.
The field also includes nine FishOMania debutants, international representation from the Netherlands and Germany, the Angling Trust Youth National Champion, the Women’s National Champion and a host of former finalists, making this one of the strongest FishOMania fields to date.
The Field
Bradley Lucas (Defending Champion)
- Age: 21
- Favourite fishing method: Mugging
- Best FishOMania finish: 2025 Champion
Matt Redman
- Qualifier: Tunnel Barn Farm 1
- Age: 43
- Favourite fishing method: Don’t have a favourite (whatever gets the job done)
- First FishO memory: Being a bank runner for John Alexander in 2022
Jake Fowles
- Qualifier: Boldings Pool
- Age: 34
- Favourite fishing method: Short pole and margin fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Jake Dye
- Qualifier: Hallcroft Fishery
- Age: 31
- Favourite fishing method: Pole shadow or feeder fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Chris Barley
- Qualifier: Decoy Lakes
- Age: 63
- Favourite fishing method: Big carp shallow
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Jamie Hughes
- Qualifier: Old Hough 1
- Age: 43
- Favourite fishing method: Waggler
- Best FishOMania finish: Three-time FishOMania Champion
Harry Campbell
- Qualifier: Partridge Lakes
- Age: 20
- Favourite fishing method: Pole fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: 13th
Chris Reilly
- Qualifier: Tunnel Barn Farm 2
- Age: 35
- Favourite fishing method: Castor shallow
- Best FishOMania finish: 7th
James Fuller
- Qualifier: Westwood Lakes 1
- Age: 37
- Favourite fishing method: Casters short with a worm on the hook, or edge fishing for big wobble carp
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Steve Openshaw
- Qualifier: Springvale Fishing Lakes 1
- Age: 65
- Favourite fishing method: Castor shallow
- Best FishOMania finish: 2025 Runner-up
Art Hilmi
- Qualifier: Weston Pools 1
- Age: 46
- Favourite fishing method: Shallow fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: 3rd (2022)
Kristian Jones
- Qualifier: The Oaks
- Age: 27
- Favourite fishing method: Shallow fishing on the pole
- Best FishOMania finish: 2022 Champion
Jordan Holloway
- Qualifier: Old Hough 2
- Age: 27
- Favourite fishing method: Shallow fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: 4th
Dale Shepherd
- Qualifier: Makins Fishery
- Age: 37
- Favourite fishing method: Pole fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: 6th
Sam Brown
- Qualifier: Springvale Fishing Lakes 2
- Age: 34
- Favourite fishing method: Margin fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: Runner-up (2021)
Andy Bennett
- Qualifier: Moorlands Farm 1
- Age: 40
- Favourite fishing method: Mudline fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: Two-time Champion (2019, 2020)
Harry Michael
- Qualifier: Partridge Lakes 2
- Age: 19
- Favourite fishing method: Shallow or big carp fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: 8th
Ted Wheeler
- Qualifier: Lindholme Lakes 1
- Age: 26
- Favourite fishing method: Pellet waggler
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Kieran Marsden
- Qualifier: Weston Pools 2
- Age: 38
- Favourite fishing method: Feeder fishing for skimmers and bream
- Best FishOMania finish: Runner-up (2024)
Ryan Lidgard
- Qualifier: Westwood Lakes 2
- Age: 33
- Favourite fishing method: Loves all types of fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: Three previous finals
Ashley Blunt
- Qualifier: Gold Valley Lakes
- Age: 36
- Favourite fishing method: Pellet waggler
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Andy Power
- Qualifier: Heronbrook Fisheries
- Age: 38
- Favourite fishing method: Waggler
- Best FishOMania finish: Three-time Runner-up
Lewis Ray
- Qualifier: Moorlands Farm 2
- Age: 43
- Favourite fishing method: Short fishing meat
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Mikey Williams
- Qualifier: Tunnel Barn Farm 3
- Age: 40
- Favourite fishing method: Can’t choose, loves them all
- Best FishOMania finish: 12th
Les Marshall
- Qualifier: Lindholme Lakes 2
- Age: 34
- Favourite fishing method: Caster shallow
- Best FishOMania finish: 8th (2016)
Andy May
- Qualifier: Tunnel Barn Farm 4
- Age: 47
- Favourite fishing method: Stick float on rivers
- Best FishOMania finish: 2016 Champion
Philippe Vervloesem
- Qualifier: International Qualifier (Netherlands)
- Age: 42
- Favourite fishing method: Carp fishing with the pole
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Dennis Thoben
- Qualifier: International Qualifier (Germany)
- Nationality: German
- Favourite fishing method: Float fishing or margin fishing
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut
Jenson Ludgate
- Qualifier: Angling Trust Youth National Champion
- Age: 15
- Favourite fishing method: Shallow or mugging
- Best FishOMania finish: Debut (Youngest angler in the field)
Sam Sim
- Qualifier: Women’s National Champion
- Age: 40
- Favourite fishing method: Winter bread punch on canal
- Best FishOMania finish: Four-time Women’s National Champion and four-time FishOMania qualifier
