Managers report courtesy of Martyn Reid. The World Men’s Shore Fishing Championship this year was staged on the beaches of Torremolinos in Spain, and it was the home nation who took home the gold, and posted the top four individuals in a virtually foot perfect victory, as they finished 12 points clear of the field.However, […]
Wales Take Silver, England Bronze In 2013 World Shore Angling Championships
Cautious Celebrations as Weymouth Angling Centre Spared from Demolition
Anglers were celebrating today after the Weymouth Harbour Management Board rejected Council proposals to demolish the Weymouth Angling Club’s harbour-side club house and instead voted for an amendment that should see the Club given a new 10 year lease and a secure future. However, this revised proposal will now go forward to another meeting […]
Save Weymouth Angling Club from Eviction
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council has served Weymouth Angling Club with a notice to bring to an end the lease on its harbourside clubhouse – so that it can be demolished to make way for a car park. 113 year old Weymouth Angling Club is one of the best in the country with over 400 […]
Rough Ride for Angling Trust Personal Members Boat Championship 2013
This year’s Angling Trust Personal Members Boat Championship took place in Weymouth from 12th – 13th October with 24 top anglers taking part including most of the current World and Home Nation teams and two juniors.The weather was force 6-7 North Easterly winds, in many ports the boats would have never ventured to sea, but […]
Scottish volunteer shark tagging project receives funding.
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN – www.ssacn.org) are proud to announce they have received funding support for the next three years from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to support their on-going, volunteer sea angler led, Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP – www.tagsharks.com). The SSTP project involves volunteers, sea […]
Caviar anyone? That just might be a sturgeon you’ve hooked
Sea anglers and commercial fishermen along the U.K. coasts are being asked from today to watch out for one of the most unusual catches they may ever make – a sturgeon. It is one of the most protected fish in the world. The eggs of the beluga species are served as caviar. The sturgeon […]
World Plaice Record Caught Off Norway
Savage Gear Prostaff member Christian Klagenberg caught this monster plaice while working with NORWAY GUIDE FISHING . At 5.7kg the fish is nearly a kilo bigger than the IGFA All Tackle world record for the species. It was properly weighed and verified and a world record claim is being submitted.
Giant Shore Caught Skate Takes Five Hours To Land
Scottish angler Craig Mackay has landed a massive 223lb common skate – way over the current British record – after and epic FIVE-HOUR battle. However the 49-year-old won’t be claiming a new British best, because he returned the mighty fish to fight another day. Halkirk angler Craig hooked the skate, which was probably as old […]
Giant Shore Caught Skate Takes Five Hours To Land
Scottish angler Craig Mackay has landed a massive 223lb common skate – way over the current British record – after and epic FIVE-HOUR battle. However the 49-year-old won’t be claiming and new British best, because he returned the mighty fish to fight another day. Halkirk angler Craig hooked the skate, which was probably as old […]
Mako Shark Caught Off Wales Makes BBC News
A mako shark caught off Pembrokeshire in Wales is believed to be the first of the species caught by an angler fishing around the British coastline for over 40 years. The two-metre-long fish, weighing around 200lb and reported by the BBC, was caught by Andy Griffith who was fishing aboard Andrew Alsop’s charter boat ‘White […]
71lb Halibut Caught Off Whitby
Big news from the north east English coast is the capture of this 71lb halibut off the port of Whitby. Alan Machen was fishing five miles offshore using a 4.5in Sidewinder lure. While not big for a halibut (a 427-pounder was caught in Northern Norway last week) it’s a notable catch in UK waters, where it’s […]
Irish Record Spurdog
Dublin angler Tom Walsh had a Bank Holiday Monday to remember, bagging an Irish record spurdog weighing 24lb 6oz while fishing with Hamish Currie out of Red Bay. The current record of 10.6kg (23lb 12oz) was set in 2011 by Albert Koawenhourn, a Dutch angler fishing out of Red Bay with Hamish Currie. In fact the last […]
Mako Shark World Record Video
Texas angler Jack Johnson has beaten the world record for a Mako shark with a 1,323 pound fish caught off Southern California., USA. The 11-foot long Mako was hooked some 50 miles out of Huntington Beach aboard the charter boat Breakway, and leapt spectacularly some 25 feet clear of the water during a two and […]
Record German Salmon
Germany’s salmon record has been beaten with this 53.57lb giant taken off the Island of Rügen off the Pomeranian coast. The 123cm long fish to a trolled Rhino Mag Spoon fished by Wolfsburg angler Dieter Schmidt, who donated it to the local community. The mayor has decided to have it displayed in a local restaurant […]
Giant 100lb Cod Could Be New World Record
You are looking at what could be the new world record rod caught cod – over 100lb of it. The 47kg (103lb 4oz) fish, which was 1.6m in length, was caught be German angler Michael Eisele who was of course fishing off the Norwegian coast outside Breivik Fjord in the south east of the country. If […]
