A meeting of the Cabinet of the Irish Government has accepted the report of the Independent Salmon Group established to examine the implications of alignment with the scientific advice for the commercial salmon fishing fector in 2007 and beyond. This means a complete cessation of drift net fishing or any other form of harvesting outside rivers and […]

2006 DREAMSTORE ACTIVE Awards place spotlight on angling accessibility. The 2006 Dreamstore Active Awards, sponsored by Bank of Scotland Corporate held at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire, highlighted a range of groups, projects and individuals that have made a huge contribution to society through angling over the past year.   The awards are not about the fish, equipment or […]

Pike anglers are set to meet with water officials in a bid to save fishing on a historic reservoir. Essex and Suffolk Water (ESW) wants to increase the size of Abberton Reservoir, near Colchester, so safeguard supplies to drought-hit Essex. But pikers face being excluded from the lake for at least five years while work is being […]

An ‘energy from waste’ company has been ordered to pay £3,570 in fines and costs after slurry escaped into the River Tamar from a farm near Launceston, Cornwall. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. The spill was reported to the Agency on June 8, 2006 by Andigestion Ltd who said there had been a […]

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE…. TAMWORTH window cleaner Damien Jones smashed the River Anker chub record when he slipped his landing net under this 6lb 12oz brute.Fishing a club-controlled stretch of the river in swollen conditions near his home town with a home made boilie down the edge, Damian missed a bite first cast.He went straight back in and […]

  In December’s APF you’ll find… Theedom’s TheoriesTubertini UK‘s Mark Theedom explains his tactics for catching roach and bream on large Irish lakes using the pole.Consistency CountsIn-form Hallcroft regular Nick Speed takes us to the Nottinghamshire bagging venue where keeping an open mind throughout the year is the way to maintain a bulging keepnet!Give ‘Em Some StickEngland […]

One of the 12 sea fisheries committees in England and Wales has formally broken a 100-year-old tradition of managing inshore waters only for commercial fishing.  It will now try to meet the needs of present-day anglers as well as the commercial fishermen.  The Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee has set up a recreational sea angling […]

DECEMBER ADVANCED CARP FISHING – ON SALE NOW!  LEE JACKSON has tried it all down the years. This month, his knowledge of attractor-bait fishing comes under the spotlight. You can’t fail to learn from the man. The stiff-hinge-rig is the best pop-up presentation that NIGEL SHARP has ever used. Find out why he thinks that it works […]

A Belgian trawler caught fishing illegally inside the UK’s 12-mile limit was ordered to pay more than £12,000.The master and owner of the Sonja Z19 pleaded guilty at Ipswich Magistrates Court after being boarded by HMS Quorn last Friday and taken to Harwich. The court heard that the trawler had been fishing inside the 12-mile […]

Something completely new for all anglers: a group of fishermen and professional musicians from the States have recorded a CD Big Fish Radio which contains 14 brilliant tracks of blues, jazz and country music, all with a contemporary fishing theme.   For the first time in the UK, here is music guaranteed to strike a chord with […]

More than 500 cases of fishing without a valid rod licence were brought in front of the courts between July and September this year by the Environment Agency; with 99% of cases resulting in fines, costs and formal cautions.  “Fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish and eels in England and Wales requires a licence from […]