The White Acres NFA Ladies Team England Manager, Tom Pickering is hosting a Ladies match at Thorne on the Stainforth & Keadby Canal in Yorkshire on 20th October, 2007.The match will be fished to international rules and Tom will be using the match to introduce more female anglers to the style required for international fishing. […]

On Monday 17 September, anglers fishing the River Wandle in South London noticed that the water was changing colour.  Shortly afterwards they saw dead fish floating to the surface.  They immediately reported the pollution to the Environment Agency whose staff were on the scene in 30 minutes taking water and fish samples.  At least 2,000 […]

Children from two special needs schools in Lincoln have been invited to a “have a go” fishing day at Fen Lake Fisheries, Metheringham, on 28th September. The excited youngsters from Sincil School and Queens Park School will be taught how to fish under the watchful eyes of trained coaches from hosts the British Disabled Angling […]

Believe it or not the smaller pike that’s been grabbed by this massive Northern pike in Canada is 26 inches long itself.The bigger fish has been sent to Total-Fishing.com as a new Canadian record at a massive 55lb – although we’re not sure if it counts as angler hooked the smaller fish and then landed […]

Tackle store Fishing Republic is opening a new angling superstore in Sheffield on December 1st.The 8000sq ft store just minutes from the Meadowhall shopping centre will be the sixth in the chain, adding to the outlets in Manchester, Hull, Barnsley, Sunderland and Scunthorpe.Overseeing the layout will be Kirsty Smith, who promises the only pole alley […]

The competition was sponsored by Healey Roofing Supplies, of Dumfries, EPS of Workington, and Broom Leisure Ltd of Annan. It was held over 7 dates during the summer at Broom Fisheries, Annan and attracted anglers from many parts of the country, including London and Falkirk. After six matches 37 anglers qualified for Sunday’s big prize […]

The UK’s top angling association CEMEX Angling is committing £10,000 per annum for a three-year period to the Fish Welfare Fund which campaigns for a safer aquatic environment. CEMEX Angling fully endorses the need to secure the future of angling through the development of a cleaner, safer, healthier aquatic and marine environment.The Fish Welfare Fund […]

Carp are showing up all over the place on our rivers as illustrated by Birmingham Angler’s Association member Ian Voss’s capture of a 26lb grass carp from the association’s water on the River Severn at Ripple. Ian was hair rigging Spam with barbel in mind after baiting up the night before with pellets and groundbait […]

Natural river features preserved by the Environment Agency saved the lives of thousands of fish along the River Thames. On 20 July 2007, more than two months rain fell in one day along some parts of the River Thames catchment and as a result some areas of the river experienced flows of more than ten […]

Movements of fish in and out of two fisheries, in Worcestershire and Oxfordshire, have been restricted following the confirmation of the serious viral fish disease, Koi Herpesvirus Disease.Defra has issued Designated Area Orders prohibiting the movement of fish to and from: „X Leigh Sinton Farm Fishery, Leigh Sinton, Lower Interfield, Nr. Malvern, Worcestershire; and„X Panshill Wood Fishery, […]