Cameron Hughes has won the Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival with an impressive 112b catch of roach and skimmers over two days. This is the first year that this prestigious event has been run at the prolific White Acres holiday complex in Cornwall. The 78-strong field included 20 invited anglers from France, the Drennan Team England […]
Cameron Hughes Wins Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival
Angler’s Mail November 18th – new River Dove barbel record
This week’s Angler’s Mail, which comes with a free tips-packed 16-page Korum Guide to Modern Predator Fishing, also features the UK’s biggest carp at a near-record weight and the World’s biggest fish ever filmed from hooking to capture. Also inside this week: New Dove barbel record set The Mail’s Carl & Alex duo land monster […]
Steve Sadler crowned 2014 Angling Trust RiverFest Champion
After a few days of heavy rain and fluctuating river levels, 60 anglers arrived at Hereford on the River Wye to fish the first day of the RiverFest 2014 final on Saturday 15th November to find the river slightly over 7ft but falling. With conditions set to improve as the match went on, anglers were […]
20,000 new fish for the Erewash Canal
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society are pleased to announce that on Wednesday 12 November 2014 approximately 20,000 “new” fish (weighing around eight hundred pounds) were stocked into the Erewash Canal in Long Eaton by the Canals & Rivers Trust. These consisted mainly of bream in the 3” to 8” size range, but also included around […]
9lb 10oz rainbow trout from Rutland Water
Pic: Roy Taylor of Oakham is a happy camper after tempting this 9lb 10oz rainbow trout from Rutland Water on a dry fly. Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021 Rutland Water […]
Angler Helicopter Deaths ‘Extraordinary’
A helicopter crash in Russia in which two British men were killed was “quite extraordinary”, a coroner has said. Mark Robertson and Rupert Beaumont, both 69 and from Hook, Hampshire, were on a fishing trip south of Murmansk last year when it happened. The men’s inquest heard they had been dropped off by a helicopter […]
Southern Water fined £500,000 for polluting the sea and a Kent watercourse
Southern Water Services Limited (Southern Water) has been ordered to pay £500,000 for polluting the Swalecliffe Brook and coastal waters around Whitstable and Herne Bay in Kent. The company were today fined £500,000 and agreed to pay costs of £19,224 at Canterbury Crown Court after an Environment Agency investigation found that untreated sewage was discharged […]
Saving Our Bass Petition – Don’t Let The EU Off The Hook!
For years, the EU and Fisheries Ministers have succumbed to pressure from commercial fishing lobbyists and set catch limits far in excess of what the scientists said was sustainable. The new Common Fisheries Policy (“CFP”) requires the EU to fish sustainably from 2015, by following the scientific advice about how much fish can be caught. […]
Royal Artillery Carp Championships 2014
The Royal Artillery Carp Championships, or ‘Gunner Champs’ is an annual event that sees carp anglers from across the Royal Regiment of Artillery competing to be crowned top rod. This year’s Gunner Champs was held at Barston Lakes near Solihull. With the drawdown of troops from Afghanistan the turnout was a lot better than previous […]
Anglian Water Trout Fishing November 10th
Our fishing lodges are open 8am to 2pm in November, seven days a week. Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021 Rutland Water Fish week 302 (season 40,018) Returns 178 (9,850) […]
Pole Fishing Pairs: Grant Albutt wins at Barston
Gianoncelli & Bowman win first round of PF Pairs. Frankie Gianoncelli and his partner on the day, Ian Bowman have won the first round of the Preston Innovations backed Pole Fishing pairs league at Barston Lakes and Packington Somers Fishery near Solihull. Taking place at four of the UK’s best commercial fisheries, the Preston Innovations […]
Anglian Water Trout and Pike Fishing November 3rd
Week ending 2 November 2014 It’s that time of year Anglian Water Fur & Feathers are here! Ravensthorpe Fur & Feather a huge success last weekend – won by Richard Slater weighing in at 19lb 12oz Pitsford Water (boat) 9 November Grafham Water (bank) 30 November Rutland Water (bank) 7 December […]
National Angling Summit 2014: Declining bass and salmon stocks the focus
The major national angling bodies and fisheries charities operating in England have united to write to the Environment and Fisheries Minister George Eustice MP to demand urgent action to address recent dramatic declines in stocks of salmon and bass, and to ‘shift up a gear’ in delivering improvements to the water environment generally. The organisations […]
Salmon are shrinking, university research claims
Pic: Fishermen netting Atlantic salmon in the River Ason (N. Spain) c.. 1930’s Pre-historic hunters didn’t need to tell the story about the one that got away —the fish they caught really were whoppers, according to a new study carried out by scientists from Swansea and Spain.Swansea University Professor Carlos Garcia de Leaniz joined his […]
Email to save our British bass
The Angling Trust has this week urged anglers to flood MPs’ offices with thousands of letters and emails pressing parliamentarians to raise the bass conservation issues with the Fisheries Ministers in both Westminster and the Welsh Assembly Government. A template letter to MPs has been prepared alongside a new, political Fishing Lines briefing which includes […]
