Following three consecutive dry years across much of Britain, river levels and groundwater supplies are now in such a depleted state in the water-stressed South East that wildlife organisations and river groups have published a call for the Government and Water Companies to introduce hosepipe bans and other water restrictions immediately to avert fish kills […]
Chalk Streams in Crisis
£100,000 of fishing licence money to be used to improve fisheries
Another £100,000 of fishing licence income is being made available to angling clubs and fisheries based in England through the next round of funding from the Angling Improvement Fund. The money will be focused on funding measures to protect fish stocks from predation. The Angling Trust, which administers the fund in partnership with the Environment […]
Angling Trust to recruit more than 100 volunteer bailiffs…
The Angling Trust has resumed recruitment of Phase 1 Volunteer Bailiffs to help in tackling illegal fishing and fish poaching. Successful applicants will be trained by policing and enforcement professionals to keep watch on fisheries and report incidents and suspicious activity to a high evidential standard to the Environment Agency and Police. Twenty volunteers will […]
Anglian Water admits to 2013 fish kill on River Cam
Anglian Water has admitted it killed fish on the River Cam after years of denying that it was responsible following failures at its sewage treatment works (STW) at Milton in Cambridge. In July 2013, after a fault at its STW, high levels of ammonia were discharged into the River Cam – a premier coarse fishery […]
Angling Trust urges RSPCA to stop blaming anglers for plastic problems
The Angling Trust has urged the RSPCA not to lay the blame at anglers’ feet following the publication this morning of an article in The Guardian suggesting that the majority of litter related wildlife incidents are caused by discarded fishing tackle. Instead the Angling Trust invites the RSPCA to join with it in highlighting the […]
Angling on BBC Countryfile…..
Angling reached another milestone this summer when over 1,000 people had a go at fishing during what has been billed as “this summer’s best day out”, BBC Countryfile Live 2018. Completely free fishing sessions for newcomers organised by the UK’s largest angling charity Get Hooked on Fishing were one of the show’s main draws. Families […]
Partnership delivers new spawning habitat for River Loddon at Sandford Mill
Partners from Thames Water, Twyford and District Fishing Club, Angling Trust, Environment Agency and Wokingham Council Countryside Service met last week to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a £65,000 programme of enhancements to the River Loddon and the St Patrick’s Stream near Reading. The River Loddon in Berkshire has traditionally suffered from […]
Tackle firm Guru sponsors Warrington’s Partridge Lakes Fishery
Tackle brand Guru has stepped in to sponsor northern England venue Partridge Lakes Fishery. Partridge Lakes, situated in Culcheth, Warrington, is one of the biggest angling complexes in the UK, attracting match, pleasure and carp anglers from countrywide. With a total of 15 lakes on site, Partridge hosts an array of top-end big money qualifiers, […]
Fisheries Enforcement Support Service and UK National Wildlife Crime Unit sign Information Sharing Agreement
Pic: Helen Bulmer of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit and Fisheries Enforcement Support Service Intelligence Manager Gary Thomas, with the newly signed Intelligence Sharing Agreement The Angling Trust has signed an important Information Sharing Agreement with the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, setting out the framework and protocols for the sharing of information and […]
Funding secured for two more years to help to tackle fishery predation
Pic: Innovative techniques such as mannequins have been used to deter fish-eating birds including cormorants Funding for two vital Angling Trust roles to help tackle predation by cormorants and goosanders has been extended for a further two years. The Environment Agency has been given approval to use rod licence income to safeguard the Fisheries […]
Early start produces nearly 300lb of Irish bream for Merseyside duo…
Len Riding and friend John Seeley from Merseyside were over to Ireland and Melview Lodge for their annual fishing trip, the weather at the start of their holiday was not the best for fishing. With the weather very bright and flat calm by mid day they decided on 04:15 starts in the morning to try […]
Superb rod averages at Rutland and Grafham: Anglian Water News
• Easter special at our tackle shops Friday 14th – Monday 17th inclusive at Pitsford, Rutland and Grafham • If customers spend £100 or more in the fishing lodges on tackle and/or clothing they can take a free day boat *on the same day of the purchase*. • If customers spend £50 or more on […]
Guru Grim Reaper Pole Section Retainer
A new slant on the pole sock from Guru, with three retaining options thanks to the tulip clip between the two socks. EVA foam coating and thick sock mesh means the sides and joints of the sections are well protected. The socks are easily large enough to hold your bigger sections like 11, 12 and 13 and […]
Former detective joins Angling Trust Enforcement team
A retired detective with 30 years’ service in the police has joined the Angling Trust’s Fisheries Enforcement Support Service as Intelligence Manager. Gary Thomas retired from West Mercia force last May and will use his experience in intelligence gathering to help prevent illegal fishing and fisheries crime. The Fisheries Enforcement Support Service operates in partnership […]
UK’s Rarest Fish Filmed For First Time
The Environment Agency, working with the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, have captured a vendace on film for the first time while conducting a water quality survey in the Lake District with a remote controlled sub. Vendace (coregonus albula) is the UK’s rarest freshwater fish and a relic of the ice age. Its UK habitat […]
