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NAFAC helps Club to restock
Saddleworth AA, a member of the Mersey and Weaver Fisheries and Angling Consultative, is celebrating a successful outcome to a longstanding problem following help from the north-west Consultative and NAFAC. The club had been trying for almost five years to stock some hream in a section of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal which it rents from […]
Take A Friend Fishing 2007
Played With Braid?
Gareth Purnell, TCF editor, gets out his braid as he goes in search of a bag of Ferry Meadows bream and skimmers. My first brush with Ferry Meadows Lake near Peterborough was probably 15 years ago. Back then, working on Angling Times, we had an annual challenge and that’s how I got to know the […]
Anything But Carp: Rudd
With flanks of soft burnished gold and blood red fins, the rudd is surely one of the most strikingly beautiful fish in the UK. But sadly, like the crucian carp, it is far less common than it once was. Stocking policies geared towards carp have seen rudd pushed out of many fisheries; thankfully, however, there […]
John Wilson Heritage
tcf verdict The reel has built-in tension adjustment, a great little feature, which allows you to trot a bait without using your thumb at a speed less than the river’s flow. I would have preferred to use the reel without the line guard fitted, as I like to fast-retrieve the line by batting the drum. […]
Angel of the North Lakes 24th July
Angel of the North Fishing Lakes Match and Catch Report to 22nd July 07Thank goodness, we built in 100-year flood systems in the lakes; we have kept water levels constant throughout this rain, and through the dry spells of spring.Fishing is fantastic on all three lakes, Water temperatures have plummeted again, and then gone up […]
Rudd
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) Weight: On venues where there are large shoals, the fish tend to become stunted and rarely grow to above 4oz to 5oz in weight. On larger British waters, such as gravel pits, the average can be over 1lb with a fish weighing more than 2lb being regarded as a specimen. The odd […]
Match organisers over a barrel on fish deaths
The Pike Anglers Club is calling for pike match organisers to stop using barrels to retain fish after claims pike died in poorly-stewarded competitions in recent weeks after being kept for long periods without oxygenation.The latest scandal centres on events held on loughs in Ireland – where the practice appears to be on the increase.It […]
Weymouth bass competition
Winner of Weymouth’s first ever charter boat bass competition is Darren Moon from Devon. Showing off day ones heaviest fish of 12lb 8oz (pictured below) claiming the cash pot, for heaviest fish, of £260. Boats involved Revolution, Lone Shark, Alice Rose and Wild Frontier. Sponsored by Weymouth Angling Center and Quayside Fuels. Full Results:-1st —– Darren Moon …. Revolution […]
Harrell through at Evesham
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier Sunday July 15thWarwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry70 pegs After some excellent midweek roach catches most competitors expected the fourth Shakespeare Championship qualifier to dominated by the species but heavy overnight rain and a river that was colouring up during the match paid to that. Instead it was chub […]
Boost for anglers and fish stocks, following the lifting of ban on Tench Rhabdovirus
The Environment Agency fish farms at Calverton and Leyland have lifted their self-imposed ban on using only Tench Rhabdovirus-free broodstock, following a two-year investigation into the disease and its distribution in rivers across England and Wales.The investigation was prompted by an outbreak of the disease in 2004 at the two fish farms, and the subsequent […]
Fish suppliers and anglers to benefit from EA decision to remove parasites from ‘banned’ list
The fish supply industry in England and Wales is set to benefit to the tune of £500,000, following the Environment Agency’s decision to remove two parasites from its list of controlled Category 2 pathogens. Category 2 parasites include those that are not native, but which have become established, and which the Environment Agency considers are […]
3000 rare crucian carp stocked in Norfolk
The Environment Agency stocked 3000 rare crucian carp into a fishing lake near Lyng on Tuesday, 10th July. The fish were reared at the Environment Agency’s fish farm at Calverton and have been stocked into the lake to try to establish a population of the species, which will remain as true crucian carp.Crucian carp have […]
Marine Bill moves a step closer
Reading West MP, Martin Salter, who was recently appointed Vice Chair of the Labour Party for the Environment, has welcomed new Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s announcement that the government are considering publishing a draft Marine Bill in the next Parliamentary session.The Prime Minister included the reference to the Marine Bill in the Government’s Draft Legislative […]
Patrol swings into action on Cornish estuaries
The 16ft all-aluminium craft, with its distinctive landing-craft shaped hull, is named ‘Scathros’ – the Cornish word for seine boat – and has already proved its worth during fish survey work on the Fal and Camel estuaries. Its shallow draft also makes it an ideal craft for anti-poaching patrols in shallow waters.The Environment Agency has […]
