Calder and Ribble polluter slapped with fine
A COMPANY has been fined after causing an environmental “catastrophe” which killed thousands of fish over several miles of two rivers.N-Virocycle, which aims to provide an environmentally friendly alternative to fertilis-ation, spread brewery waste on agricultural land at Langho.Blackburn magistrates were told that the waste collected in a pond and drained away into a ditch […]
Mosella Moorlands Farm 3rd April
Tuesday 27.03.07Super Cost-Cutter18 fished on Silver 1st Pete Wellington (Mosella) 38.6.0 Peg 11 2nd Keith Hall (Moorlands) 36.6.0 Peg 2 3rd Carl Astbury (SBS) 29.8.0 Peg 40 Wednesday 28.03.07Over 50’s21 fished on Meadow 1st Pete Wellington (Mosella) 63.10.0 Peg 46 2nd Mal Watson (Daiwa Gordon Lge) 55.1.0 Peg 29 3rd Ralph Baxter (Gloucester) 35.9.0 Peg 24 Thursday 29.03.07Cost-Cutter17 fished […]
White Acres Country Park 3rd April
Van Den Eynde Festival Day FiveWow what an exciting festival it has been and couldn’t have been tighter as we headed into the final day.By now you all know who is our 2007 champion but here is the breakdown of the final day.Unfortunately as everyone’s leaves on a Saturday morning I am unable to get […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery 2nd April
Holmedale Lake Pairs Series Round 2Sunday 1/4/07 28 fished 1st Steve Clark Mansfield peg 32, 60-15-01st Tony Caley Mosborough Tackle peg 41, 47-10-03rd Craig Singleton STAR UPH peg 52, 45-11-04th Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 46, 41-11-05th Craig Brazier Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 24, 40-6-06th Dean Richmond Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 11, 39-15-0Steve did […]
Angel of the North Lakes 2nd April
Saturday 31st March 2007 Open Match Bowes LakeOvercast with sunny spells, ambient temperature of 9 deg with a biting wind of NE15mph (Fish feed least in a East wind) , barometer of 1032.9mb, humidity 66%, moon phase full, water temperature of 7.8 to 7.6, DO of 10.1 ppm, PH 7.78 was the setting of today’s […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery 2nd April
24.03.07Daiwa Hallcroft Open (Saturday)Moat (45 pegs)1 A Cordall, Bryden, 51-13-0; peg island 4 On a day when a cold N/E wind made conditions difficult local angler Andy Cordall on island peg 4 managed a creditable weight of 51-13-0 taking mostly carp to pole and pellet at 12m, a late run of fish ensuring the win. […]
Willis Worms competition winners
The winners of our exclusive Willis Worms competition are listed below. Each correctly answered three of the many flavours available in the the Willis Worms fishmeal free pellet range: Pineapple, Strawberry & Halibut, Crab & Mussel, CVL Green & Chocolate Orange.Many thanks to www.willisworms.com for their generous sponsorship.Overall winner (wins 15 vouchers for 1kg of […]
Plant food pollution ignorance led to fine
Flamingo Flowers continually polluted Childers South Drove at Spalding when they poured a flower nutrient chemical mix into a surface water drain, the town’s magistrates were told today (Tues).An investigation in June last year came up with evidence that it had been going on for at least a year because the company at Fulney Nurseries, […]
Access for all at Hailsham fishing lake
The Environment Agency has helped fund a platform that will enable people with disabilities enjoy the angling facilities on offer at Hailsham Country Park Lake in East Sussex.The Environment Agency paid £15,000 towards the cost of the platform that will help increase angling opportunities for all in this urban area. Look out for angling participation […]
Corve polluter fined
On 19 March 2007 Simon Brown (60) of Poplars Farm, Brockton, Much Wenlock pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to a charge relating to pollution of the River Corve.The charge was brought by the Environment Agency under the Water Resources Act (1991). Simon Brown was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,500.Mr Brown […]
Back to back angling on Discovery Realtime
This April and May, Discovery Real Time Extra is dedicating every single second to the great British passion that is fishing. Tune in for some of the best angling adventures, presented by a host of the country’s most famous fishing faces:HENRY GILBEY DAYSunday 1st AprilHenry Gilbey is one of television¹s most energetic and enthusiastic fishing […]
Mick Brown tops the bill at PAC 30th brithday bash
Mick Brown will be heading the line-up of speakers at Piking 2007.Widely-acknowleged as one of the best all-round pike anglers of his generation, Mick is a fitting speaker for the club’s 30th birthday celebrations.PAC promotions manager and convention organiser Mike Kelly said: “We’re thrilled Mick has agreed to attend and speak at the anniversary convention, […]
North West fish boosts
The River Weaver and Wheelock look set to delight south Cheshire anglers this summer thanks to the generosity of Lymm Angling Club who have donated 6000 fish through the Environment Agency.Earlier this week (27 March) the Environment Agency released 5000 roach, bream and perch into the River Weaver above Beam Bridge, Nantwich, an area whose […]
Fishing off Sussex costs trawler skipper £10,300
A trawler skipper caught fishing illegally less than six miles off Hastings has been ordered by Brighton magistrates to pay a total of £10,300 in fines and costs. The prosecution on March 29 was brought by the Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee and the Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) office at Shoreham, against Karl George, 43, of Brixham, […]
White Acres Country Park 30th March
Van Den Eynde FestivalDay ThreeThe anglers had a bit of a shock this morning waking up to a bitterly cold day in comparison to the previous days of sun. A heavy fog covered the park and the lakes and all we could do was hope that the dullness of weather did not affect the anglers […]