ANGLERS HAVE welcomed the announcement by Fisheries and Conservation Minister, Ben Bradshaw, on the relaxation of the licence application process for shooting cormorants.  Cormorant numbers hunting inland have increased dramatically over the past three decades, and it is now widely accepted that they can cause significant damage to fish stocks and fisheries. Currently, some 23,000 […]

THE National Federation of Anglers backed coaching days held during the summer holidays at Derbyshire’s Springwood Fisheries were a huge success according to the fishery.Around 40 youngters from Derby, Leics and Nottingham attended and learnt how to fish and respect the environment.Other groups also attended from the Derwent Youth Centre and Barnardo’s Youth Inclusion project.The […]

Recreational sea anglers should have just as much say in managing the fish they try to catch as the trawler fishermen who harvest the same stocks, Ben Bradshaw the fisheries minister said today (Sunday).  Sea anglers “have been saying to me and my predecessors for years that something will have to be done to conserve […]

THE August includes the exclusive story of a 17lb Trent barbal and a bleak angler catching a 17lb carp… Also in the August issue, which is on the shelves now priced only £1.99:It’s a Jacuzzi!Roy Marlow uses his fishfinder to find out what’s going on donw there when your peg is fizzing but you can’t […]

  ANGLING enjoyed unprecedented media coverage in the lead up and during National Fishing Week according to the Angling Trades Association. Over one hundred events were registered and thousands of people tried fishing for the first time throughout the UK, attracting local, regional and national media attention. On the eve of National Fishing Week, Keith Elliott’s, Tight […]

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From left to right, third placed Les Thompson, second placed Neil Machin,Sensas UK’s Mark Downes and 2004 Midlands Matchman of the Year Paul Yates..FRESH from winning a silver medal with England at the Six Nations Championships in France, Paul ‘Yanny’ Yates produced a consistent performance to take the prestigious Sensas Midlands Matchman of the Year […]

Total-Fishing has teamed up with a man with intimate inside knowledge of the Belgian fishing scene to bring you daily updates from the World Champs.Martin Hallford lived in Belgium for three years, regularly fishing in and winning on the Belgian open circuit. Now back in England, he still often travels over the Channel to compete […]

The match organiser’s ‘curse’ strikes again….What a day! This must go down as one of the most successful TF North-East get-togethers ever. But come the day of the match you wouldn’t have thought so. Rumours of mass fish kills at Woodlands were flying round like wildfire, and this, coupled with the fact we had the […]

FOR the second year running the England boat angling squad have taken the Gold medal at the Home International Boat Angling Championships.This year’s hosts were Wales with the fishing from Milford Haven. There were five members fishing from each of the four countries, with two boats carrying eight anglers and one boat carrying four.Because of the […]

ENGLAND’S ladies had to overcome a midweek bout of serious food poisoning in their efforts to secure a medal in the World Ladies Championships on Portugal’s Tamega River, but they still managed to secure a valiant bronze medal.Indeed several of the team were in hospital on drips for a period, and although there was a […]

WE’VE been asked to plug the Twyford Farm MS Trust open, which takes place at Twyford Farm Lake in Evesham, Worcs on the 18th September.Some of the proceeds from this match go to the MS Trust charity, with the draw taking place draw at 9.30am and fishing from 10.30am to 3.30pm.It’s £20 to fish and […]

THERE are still a few places for the new winter league aimed at the club anglers in the Midlands, which takes place at Woodland View Fishery, Droitwich between November and mid March.This is a new innovation in which anyone who the fishery owners view as an open match angler is banned, and indeed I understand […]

SOME of Scotland’s sea trout stocks are in danger of being wiped out, unless the government acts quickly to improve both understanding and management of this elusive form of trout, according to leading scientists.The 1st International Sea Trout Symposium took place in Wales last month – and its conclusions make grim reading.Pointing out that sea […]

AnglingForums have pulled a ‘masterstroke’ (according to the author, who happens to run Angling Forums) and clinched the northern round of the Intersite Challenge at the out of form Poppleton lakes.AnglingForums won 3 out of the 4 leg series  The Intersite Series 2004  1st Angling Forums with 118 points2nd Total Fishing with 108 points3rd Maggotdrowning […]