IT’S not just humans that need a place to shelter from the rigours of winter – fish do too! That’s why the Environment Agency is teaming up with local landowners to improve habitats for fish along the banks of the River Nidd, near York, North Yorkshire.The project is taking place just downstream of Skip Bridge […]

THE day’s of charter skippers taking you fishing with a ‘yo ho ho!’ and a bottle of rum are numbered.Legislation currently going through Parliament under the Railways and Transport Safety Bill will introduce safety levels of drinking on all mariners and water borne vessels. These limits, which are set to become law by the end […]

SINCE Chris Tarrant took over as president of the Anglers’ Conservation Association, a total of 980 new members have joined up and the organisation says it has enjoyed a whirlwind few months.Indeed, since Chris took over at the top, ACA staff have attended 26 events and given evening presentations to 14 clubs.On the legal front, […]

CORNISH angling holiday complex White Acres has teamed up with tackle firm Daiwa to sponsor the innovative new Virgin’s Festival in early June. As previously reported, the June 7-14th event at the prolific Cornish venue is only open to non-sponsored anglers with no record of success in open events or in the Festivals at the holiday […]

 BRITISH Waterways have contacted Total-Fishing with a view to offering a special rate on club bookings to members of the site.There are several Saturday dates available in April and May, and BW will knock £1 per man off the normal peg rate to clubs quoting the reference Total-Fishing200 when they book.That means that rather than […]

Special White Acres offer for Total-Fishing members  TOTAL-FISHING.COM has teamed up with White Acres to offer its members an exclusive discount off the price of holidays and short breaks to the prolific Cornish complex.Signed-up members of the Total-Fishing forums and subscribers to the Total-Fishing newsletter can claim 10 per cent off the normal price of a […]

ONE of the largest initiatives ever launched in the UK to bring more people into angling is about to be unveiled.The Get Into Angling scheme is the brainchild of organisations across all sectors of the sport in Great Britian, including the Angling Trades Association, the National Angling Alliance and the Countryside Alliance.The key ingredient is […]

PLANS for recreational fishing licences in some parts of Australia have met with a mixed reaction and the majority of anglers are already demanding a rethink on the scheme.The idea was put forward by local angling body Recfishwest but many in the south west of the country are unhappy with the proposals.A campaign is being […]

FISHERIES Minister Elliot Morley has announced a £6.4m package to help English fishermen affected by North Sea cod recovery measures. Together with the £50m and £5m packages being offered by Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively for the same purpose, the UK fishing industry will have access to a total of over £60m of aid. There will […]

FISHERMEN in Cornwall are being reminded about a new Environment Agency byelaw to protect bass in the county’s estuaries.The byelaw, approved by DEFRA, increases the minimum landing size for bass caught in Cornish estuaries from 36 centimetres (cm) to 37.5 cm.  The move means that the bass size limit is now the same for catches […]

TACKLE firms Browning, Shakespeare and Trabucco are among the first to confirm they will be attending this year’s Go Fishing show at the NEC near Birmingham.Angling Times publisher EMAP bought the show last September and they say support from editorial teams across its angling titles will boost the feature attractions and has encouraged companies who […]

SOLIHULL’S Blythe Waters is in the headlines again after the venue’s match record was beaten for the second time in less than a month. At the start of January, Sheldon’s Wayne Russon set tongues wagging after banging out an amazing 106-2-0 from peg 12 on Bridge Pool, the first time anyone has ever weighed in […]

BRITISH Waterways have released thousands of new fish into the in-form Birmingham/Fazeley Canal after admitting zander are damaging stocks.The batch of fish reared at Riverfield Fish Farm in Kent included 2,000 bream, 2,000 chub and 750lb of roach. They were released at three spots – Hopwas, Fazeley and Fisherwick near Whittington. A BW spokesman said […]

ANGLING celebrity Matt Hayes has set up a new tackle venture with Free Spirit boss Simeon Bond to supply a range of rods, accessories and bait under the Total Fishing Gear brand.Sadly this site has no connection to the brand at all and Geepster is most upset that he won’t be retiring to Cuba in […]

CONFUSION is rife in the tackle trade after a kitemark for nets was introduced by the Angling Foundation.A number of people understand that the nets are part of some additional new environmental regulation that has been instigated. Tackle & Guns has also heard stories about sales agents allegedly telling retailers that they must buy kitemarked […]