15lb Severn Zander at last for Gary Knowles
Gary Knowles has achieved one of his long term angling ambitions by landing this magnificent 15lb 12 oz zander from the Lower Severn. Gary picks up the story: “I took a trip down to the lower Severn with my long suffering boat partner Edward Matthews, it is a long trip but we both felt there […]
England to bid for World Match or Feeder Fishing Championships
The Angling Trust today announces is to bid to hold a full Nations or Feeder Coarse World Championships in 2024 or 2025, as well as supporting a series of initiatives to support and build International coarse match fishing in England. As the National Governing Body for Angling and the FIPS accredited organisation for England, The […]
81 Irish rivers open for Salmon Angling in 2022
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, has approved legislation that will govern the wild salmon and sea trout fisheries in 2022. These will come into effect from Saturday, 1 January 2022. Minister Ryan said: “81 rivers will be available for salmon and sea trout fishing in 2022. This will allow […]
Fishing without a licence costs two Staffordshire men over £1,200
A fishing day trip to Carney Pools in Bishton, Stafford on 9 May this year for 2 men from Staffordshire has resulted in them each receiving a penalty of £619 for fishing without a licence. Their cases were brought to Cannock Magistrates Court by the Environment Agency on Tuesday 7 December where 27-year old Jon […]
John Bailey under fire on Why We Go Fishing
In his latest blog for the Eastern Daily Press, John Bailey muses on having watched Mortimer and Whitehouses Christmas Special with two young men who don’t give two hoots about angling. “My 20-something stepsons who were unusually quiet throughout. I sensed from them that they enjoyed the scenery and they liked the more reflective moments, […]
‘A Fish in Alien Streams’: How English trout ended up in the Indian Himalayas
If you travel to the Kullu Valley of Himachal Pradesh, it’s hard to miss that there is trout on the menu. Everywhere. Yet these trout are not native. They were introduced, during the time of the British Empire in India, to make the British there feel more at home, as they were reportedly not impressed […]
Sea Angling Classic 2022 gathers momentum as entries fill up and new online live show Hooked! set to launch in the new year
The Sea Angling Classic is a unique international fishing competition taking place on 15-19 June 2022 based from Portsmouth and using the diverse Solent fishing grounds. The event is a catch, photograph, and release format, focusing on 5 species: Tope, Smooth hound, Rays, Bass and Black Bream. With the largest and most valuable prize table […]
Andy Everill wins 2021 Cofton Cup Fishing Competition
South Devon’s highly regarded coarse fishing destination, Cofton Holidays, has crowned Andy Everill as winner of its autumn Cofton Cup Fishing competition. A keen fisherman, this is Andy’s third consecutive Cofton Cup title and his fourth overall having previously won Cofton Cup II, V and VI. The multi award-winning holiday park, hosted the seventh competition […]
Pike ace Gustafson on Fishing TV
Legendary English Pike angler, presenter and author, Paul Gustafson is returning to your screens with his 3 classic films about Pike Fishing. Fishing TV, a global video on demand fishing channel, has recently found and digitised the DVD’s of How to Catch Bigger Pike, How to Catch River Pike and Pike Fishing in Ireland which […]
Pictures and results from England’s successful assault on the 2021 Veterans World Match Fishing Championship in Slovenia
With an outstanding performance on day 2 of just 7 penalty points, England leap-frogged the other teams in contention to take Team Gold with 25 points in the 2021 Veterans World Match Fishing Championship on the River Sava, Slovenia. The team had two sections wins (Steve Sanders and Mark Downes) a second (Bob Nudd) and […]
Buttle’s Building Customer Relations with Catch of the Day event
Customers from Buttle’s builders’ merchants braved inclement weather conditions to ensure the 19th annual fishing tournament could go ahead at Alders Farm Fishery in Milton Keynes. Buttle’s, which has branches in Leighton Buzzard, Enfield, Kentish Town, and St Albans, first organised the tournament in 2002 to build on a shared passion for angling among staff […]
Mark Downes on England’s 2021 World Championships assualt on Italy’s tough River Mincio
England manager Mark Downes reports on his teams excellent bronze medal in the 2021 World Championships in Italy. Travel In Italy we are considered ‘Elite Athletes’, giving us an exemption from the 5-day quarantine due to competing in an international event. All proceeded with their pre-travel tests and passenger locator details, giving us a smooth […]
John Lock raises the bar in the 2021 RiverFest final on the Trent
With the River Trent running low and very clear, most of the competitors thought that this year’s RiverFest final on the River Trent at Burton Joyce could be a difficult two days. How wrong they were! After two days of hard-fought match fishing action, it needed more than 34lb to win the fifteenth prize in […]
Catch and release only angling for salmon in the Severn …
The Angling Trust has accepted the need for compulsory catch and release of salmon angling for the Severn Estuary, River Severn and its tributaries. With the introduction of a new byelaw, now approved by ministers, anglers will have to ensure “any salmon that has been taken by rod and line to be returned immediately to […]
Sensas Devizes crowned Division One National Champions on the Grand Union Canal
Division 1 National Championship 2021 Report Angling Trust Division 1 National Championships 2021 Grand Union Canal, Northampton Saturday 14th August 2021 418 fished The Angling Trusts blue riband event was fished this year on the Grand Union Canal around Northampton with 42 teams competing. In the run up to this match the canal hadn’t been […]