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Mosella sponsors major fisheries
MIDLANDS based Team Mosella have struck a substantial deal with brothers John and Brian Talbot to sponsor matches at both Moorlands Farm and Hallcroft Fisheries. The events to be sponsored include the Ultimate League, Winter League and Individual League as well as two exciting new events yet to be finalised which will be announced at […]
Total Fishing Shop News
FAR be it for us to encourage consumer debt, but we thought it worth a mention that our online shopping partner, Swifty’s, has just introduced and interest free credit facility for all orders over £150.For those who have yet to visit the shop, it has an excellent stock of coarse, carp, sea and game fishing […]
River Vah World Champs 2003 results
World Championships 2003, River Vah, Piestany, Slovakia Result, top 15 teams:1 Sensas Hungary, 55pts2 Poland, 93.53 Sensas France, 102.54 Belgium, 1095 Drennan Team England, 1196 Slovakia, 128.57 Germany, 1348 Italy, 1389 Croatia, 138.510 Shimano Wales, 15311 San Marino, 162.512 Finland, 16413 Holland, 170.514 Austria, 17215 Portugal, 173.5 Top 10 individuals1 Alan Scotthorne, Drennan England, 3pts, 13.140kg2 Karoly […]
Bigbury Bay – South Devon
FANCY beaching a personal best bass or small-eyed ray? If so, this is the place to try your luck. Bigbury has a huge bay that consists of many beaches and rock marks located just 10 miles to the east of Plymouth. The rock marks in this area are fished on a regular basis by […]
Riverside Drive – Dundee, Scotland
WHETHER you want silver eels or flounders, the ‘City of Discovery’ has some excellent and easily-accessible fishing marks available. Fishing in Dundee is a typical muddy estuary affair but this is normally done from the comfort of the pavement. This whole area fishes well from early May until late October, or until the crab moult […]
Thread of the month
Thread of the Month – Latest winners Carp Discussion BoardWinner by popular vote is Ghost, with his ‘Watercraft’ thread, which attracted great interest and many replies. Coarse Discussion BoardWinner by means of getting the world champs result up before I did (and I was there!) is TprodL for his ‘Gold, Gold, Gold for Scotthorne’ thread, which also […]
Littlehampton – West Sussex
IF a variety of species is your bag, then you really should take a look at this area. Over recent years there have been some spectacular catches made, including stingrays, golden grey mullet and big bass. Situated between Bognor Regis and Worthing on the Sussex coast, Littlehampton has a real fishing pedigree. Known as ‘Hampton’ […]
Sizewell Beach – Sizewell, Suffolk
SIZEWELL is certainly a well-known area with regard to the nuclear power station, which seems to be regularly on the news for various reasons. However, the fishing here can be superb with cod, bass and sole the main targets. Where structures play a part on a beach, fish are usually never to far […]
Police Boat Champs
LAST week Anglesey’s castle town of Beaumaris was invaded. This day however, the invasion was made up of 160 law enforcing police officers from forces all over the United Kingdom.They had descended upon Anglesey for their National Police Athletic Associations Boat Angling Championships. Following a series of leagues and qualifiers held within their own force, […]
River Vah – Piestany, Slovakia
Site editor Gareth Purnell (pictured below left), who fishes for the United States, reports from the World Championship on Slovakia’s River Vah. I THINK many anglers get a gut feeling for a venue from the moment they first see it. I know I do. I recall hating the sight of the River Seine in […]
World Champs results – the inside story
HUNGARY’S stunning World Championship win on Slovakia’s River Vah was thanks to some 30 consecutive weekends of practice, total-fishing can reveal. The squad even bought a fisheries scientist along, and had him take fish and examine their stomachs to find out what they were eating the most. The team quickly concluded that on this big, fast […]
Tory plans to abolish fishing licences slammed by Labour
A WEEK after the Tories announced that they would scrap the £22.50 rod licence there is scarcely any support for their position amongst the national governing bodies for angling and leading angling politicians, says Labour.Prior to the announcement, senior figures in the sport warned the Tories against simply looking for a populist gimmick without examining […]
Government interest in sea angling on the up
THE debate on sea angling in the House of Commons on September 8th showed that more interest in sea angling is emerging in Whitehall, according to Ted Tuckerman, chairman of the National Federation of Sea Anglers.“The debate forced Ben Bradshaw, fisheries minister, to acknowledge the importance of Britain’s 1.2 million sea anglers and admit conservation […]
National freshwater photo archive launched
AN online archive of photographs depicting UK water sites taken by members of the public has been launched to celebrate the UN International Year of Freshwater, and the top prize has gone to a photo of an angler on the River Itchen (above).Called the National Collection of Freshwater sites, this unique visual record has been compiled […]
Risby Park Fisheries September 4th
Folly has fished especially well over the weekend with several 60lb plus bags taken. The method at the moment is to fish up in the water, with red maggot on the hook, constantly feeding 4mm sinking pellets. Don’t feed too many – five at a time is enough -the fish come to the noise. Pole […]
