Tom Pickering is delighted to announce the England line up for the Preston Innovations Feeder Team for the 2016 FIPSed 6th Feeder World Championships to be held on the Novisad canal in Serbia from 18th – 19th June. The venue is a cut off from the Danube river. The Feeder Team are; Tom Pickering (manager) […]
England Feeder Team announced for 2016
Successful prosecution for illegal netting along Sussex beach
Pic: Catch recovered from the illegal net on Eastbourne beach Illegal unregistered fishing for financial gain is considered a significant problem by many within inshore fishing communities. Sussex IFCA works to stop those who are damaging honest fishers and the marine environment. The summer of 2015 saw a rise in reported incidents of illegal netting […]
Notts Police to help fight fish poaching
When the Angling Trust went fishing with Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping recently it wasn’t so much about landing a fish as tightening the net on illegal poaching and related criminality. Committed to reducing rural crime of all kinds, Mr Tipping’s trip to a fishing pool in South Muskham, near Newark, was all […]
Near 20lb zander from Grafham Water
Grafham Water has once again showed its massive predator fishing potential this time with a magnificent 19lb 14oz zander to predator season ticket holder Ian Crook. Ian fished a vertically jigged shad in deep water.
Record shaking pike banked in England
A pike just 5oz short of Roy Lewis’ long standing British pike record has been banked and is pictured in this week’s Angler’s Mail. The 46lb 8oz fish was caught by predator angler Darren Clark from Wykeham Lakes near Scarborough, 3oz short of when it was landed in 2014 to make it the biggest ever […]
World record snook claim
Brazilian angler Maicon Soares Da Silva caught and released this huge snook (Centropomus spp.) while fishing off the coast of Ubatuba, Brazil. Da Silva needed nearly 20 minutes to land the 109 cm beast, after it hit the jig and soft plastic shrimp combo he was casting. If approved, Da Silva’s catch will actually beat […]
Fury over gill netting for bass
Organisations representing Britain’s 800,000 sea anglers have reacted furiously to the news that EU Fisheries Ministers, including the UK’s George Eustice, have caved in to pressure from commercial fishing interests and granted exemptions to the highly damaging bass gill net fishery. This sector, described by Eustice as “low impact” is actually responsible for by far […]
Salmon Summit Update
The Environment Agency has issued a summary record of the different sessions at last month’s Salmon Summit in London, held to raise awareness of the depleted salmon stocks in England and attended by the Angling Trust and other concerned fisheries organisations.At the Summit, Mark Lloyd, chief executive of Angling Trust & Fish Legal, reported on […]
Anglers Mail Bumper Xmas Issue 2015
THE jumbo festive issue of Angler’s Mail magazine is out now – a two-week issue with specials galore and a supplement revealing the Best Gear of the Year. NEW – beginning inside this BIG issue…. The Specialists – starting with Andy Little On The Bank – with one of the stars of TV angling 2015 […]
Grafham Water ‘fishing its socks off’
Festive Fishing at Rutland Water on Boxing Day Join us for boat or bank fishing with refreshments at 3pm Call 01780 686441 to book a boat Bank bonanza at Grafham Water 30 December With Grafham Water fishing its socks off join us for a friendly and social competition on the penultimate day of 2015 Anglian […]
Drennan Oxford take the Oxford Winter League
The 6th and final round of the Angling Trust Oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams of 8 on the Oxford canal from Kidlington to Wolvercote. With mild conditions but a blustery wind the canal was once again expected to provide plenty of small fish plus bonus fish for the lucky few, However some […]
15lb 6oz barbel from River Trent at Long Eaton
A member of Long Eaton Victoria Angling Club, Paul Kerry increased his personal best barbel by one ounce with a magnificent specimen weighing 15lb 6oz from the Long Eaton stretch of the River Trent. The fish was caught in an evening session from the club stretch known as the Thrumpton Ferry Field.
21lb eel in Angler’s Mail
ANGLER’S MAIL is clearly best priced value fishing magazine this week at only £1.95, and it’s busting with value! Read exclusively all about the monster 21 lb eel seen on the Angler’s Mail front cover. It was part of a mind-blowing haul. Find out why a popular commercial fishery is to close, and why KHV […]
Dates announced for Fish O Mania 2016 online entry – plus list of Fish O Mania 2016 qualifiers
Matchroom Sport and the Angling Trust are happy to announce that the Fish ‘O’ Mania XXIII 2016 online entry process for ticket applications will open on Tuesday, 5th January, 2016 at 9am. The Angling Trust website – www.anglingtrust.net – will be the only means by which anglers can enter Fish ‘O’ Mania. It is open […]
Crunch time for European bass stocks
This week is crunch time for European bass stocks with the Council of Ministers meeting to discuss controversial proposals from the European Commission for 2016 aimed at reducing pressure on the fishery. Representatives from the Angling Trust and the Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society (BASS) have been hard at work making the case to UK fisheries […]
