£1,200 Added to Prize pool for Angling Trust’s RiverFest 2013 grand final.The Angling Trust is delighted to announce an increase of £1,200 towards the Angling Trust RiverFest prize pool for the grand final on 16th and 17th November. An additional place has been added to the list of prizes with 6th place now claiming £700. Ten […]
Prize Pool Increased for Angling Trust RiverFest Final this Weekend
Sainsbury’s Challenged over Slippery Sustainable Eel Claims
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is facing a challenge from angling and conservation groups over claims that eels, whose numbers have plummeted in recent years, sold in its supermarkets in jellied form are harvested from local, sustainable sources. Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of the Angling Trust – the national representative body for anglers – has written to […]
115-pound carp brace
Radical-Carp newcomer Tobias Krämer embarked on a night session on a large German gravel pit in the Ruhr area to test some new boilies for the 2014 season – and bagged a brace of giant carp. Krämer landed the first, a huge common carp of 25.1 kg (55 lb 6′), in the late afternoon using […]
Fish ‘O’ Mania XXI Pegs Increased for 2014
The Angling Trust and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce an increase of pegs for some of the 2014 Fish ‘O’ Mania XXI qualifiers. There will be an increase in pegs for five qualifiers x 150 pegs, and two qualifiers x 180 pegs.How to EnterThe Angling Trust website www.anglingtrust.net will be the only means by […]
Another Sturgeon Caught By Angler On River Thames
Anglers and commercial fishermen throughout the UK have been alerted for the second time in three months to watch out for rare sturgeon in their catches. A 10-pound fish landed from the River Thames at Greenhithe, near Dartford, Kent, was a Siberian sturgeon, the type that provide caviar for posh dinner tables. After being quickly […]
UK Hosts European Conference To Get More Young People Out Fishing
Representatives from 6 European countries gathered in London over the past two days to discuss how to increase the numbers of young people going fishing, at a conference hosted by the Angling Trust on behalf of the European Anglers’ Alliance. Angling has been shown to be highly beneficial for the development of young people and provides […]
The Joker laughs last on over-fished waters
With spinning enjoying huge popularity, many known predator swims are increasingly being over-fished. You will often hear: “the swim has been fished to death”, “the swim is burnt out” or “it’s not worth going there any more!”.In some cases, it may well be that the fish are avoiding the swim or at least not visiting […]
Angling is Just What the Doctor Ordered
The Angling Trust has warmly welcomed coverage in The Guardian newspaper today about a scheme in Newcastle-upon-Tyne which involved GPs prescribing fishing as a tonic for patients suffering from stress and depression.Angling is one of several activities which can be recommended by Doctors as a “social prescription”. Innovation charity Nesta has found that a majority […]
Chew Produces Venue Record 43lb Pike
Bristol Water’s Chew Valley Reservoir has produce a venue record 43-pound pike to Tom Mills. The fish, thought to be the biggest captured anywhere in the UK in 2013, fell from the boat to a floatfished deadbait. It beats the Chew Valley record of 42lb 4oz and is the second 40-pounder from the water taken in […]
Barbel Win Close River Wye Championships 2013 For Rogers
It was a bit touch-and-go as to whether the Wye Championships went ahead this year, with seven feet of floodwater greeting the strong 145-man field who fished the big river. But it turned out nicely for the Midlanders fishing the 51st running of this prestigious match event, with Warwickshire’s Rick Rogers winning the day and […]
River Severn Reveals One Of Her Monster Predators
Solihull angler Steve Bown has landed a massive 19lb 5oz zander from the River Severn. The 43-year-old, who is an experienced predator angler who has previously landed zander to over 18lb, was boat fishing on the lower river when the big fish took a float-legered bleak deadbait fished in conjunction with size 6 Owner treble […]
TV Series Opportunity For Des Taylor
Midlands big fish ace Des Taylor is being offered the chance to present a new TV series which aims to illuminate the life of a countryman. One of the ‘larger TV stations’ is commissioning a pilot programme, and Des says that angling will be a key ingredient. Meanwhile Fishing TV is filming with Des on […]
IGFA Conservation Award Winners 2013
Since 1993, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) has been recognizing stand-out achievements in fishing conservation with the annual IGFA Conservation Awards, bestowed upon honorees at the yearly IGFA International Auction & Banquet.The winners for 2013 will be given their Conservation Awards in three categories at the event on January 31, 2014 at their headquarters […]
FIPSed Criticised Over World Carp Championships
Caption: Ali Hamidi – highly critical of the venue selection for the 2013 World Carp Championships. The official World Carp Championships has come in for some stick for the second year running. In 2012 many of the teams found out too late that the carp in Romania’s Lac Corbu had been pre-conditioned to feed at […]
50lb Salmon Caught On Scotland’s River Tweed
A 50lb salmon has been reported from Scotland’s River Tweed. The cock fish, the biggest salmon caught anywhere in the UK so far in 2013, was caught on the fly on the Boleside Beat by Shamus Jennings, who is part owner of the stretch with his brother Francis. The mighty salmon was measured at 50 […]
