Forty two teams (420 competitors) fished the River Trent on various sections of the river from the non-tidal section downstream of Nottingham to the tidal section upstream of Torksey in the Angling Trust Division 1 National Championship on Saturday 9th August 2014. Weather conditions were far from ideal, with bright sunshine and blustery winds generally […]
Barnsley & District AA crowned Angling Trust Division 1 National Champions 2014
Trout Farm Plan ‘Barmy’: Angling Trust
A plan to build a trout farm off the Cornish coast have been described as ‘absolutely barmy’, in the light of the carnage caused by last year’s storms. According to a report in the Western Morning News the pilot scheme – led by Cefas, the BTA sand The Crown Estate, which is hoped […]
Veterans National Angling Championship 2014
Conditions were nigh on perfect for the competitors in the 2014 Angling Trust Veterans National Championship held at the prolific Woodlands View Fishery at Hadley on Wednesday 30th July with 154 competitors competing . Warm, mainly overcast and a light breeze led to a string of 100 lb plus weights as the carp feed freely. […]
Record Traffic Figures For Top Angling Website Total-Fishing.com
Top UK angling website Total-Fishing.com has posted all time record traffic figures of over 62,000 unique users in one month. The month of July 2014 saw 62,586 unique users visit the site (Google Analytics). The website specialises in angling news, fishery form, fishing features and fishing tackle reviews and also has several busy forums. The […]
New website for Poingdestres
Top online retailer Poingdestres Angling Centre is celebrating the launch of its new-look website with a special offer. Register with a new account and you will receive £5 off your next order totalling over £25 simply be entering the code ‘NEWSITE’ when you check out. There’s also free shipping on all orders over £50. Take […]
Two hour battle with 220lb grouper!!
Two Austrialian anglers took over two hours to tame a 100kg (220lb) grouper they hooked off Queensland, landing it over a kilometre from where they first hooked it! The Herald Sun reported that over 100 people watched the drama enfold off Hervey Bay, as Dylan Brooking and Chad Runnalls battled with the giant fish. ‘We fish every […]
Stocks of wild salmon collapse in England and Wales
Following official figures showing the worst estimates of salmon stocks on record, a coalition of concerned angling, fisheries and conservation groups has written to Government Fisheries Minister George Eustice and to his counterpart Edwina Hart in the Welsh Assembly Government, to demand urgent implementation of a five point action plan to halt the sharp decline […]
World Silver For England’s Under 18s In Holland
Drennan England U23s and Sensas England U18s representing their sponsors and the Angling Trust competed on the Nord Willan canal, Holland in the FIPSed World Angling Coarse Championships from 25th – 26th July. It soon became apparent though that the match length was fished as totally different venues, with the U18s stretch holding far more […]
Hadrian Whittle books his RiverFest grand final place
Whittle books his RiverFest grand final place Match Report Sunday 27th July 2014 – River Trent (60 Fished) The tidal Trent has been fishing well this year but with the long spell of dry weather the skimmers and bream that usually make up the framing weights have been somewhat elusive. This opens the match up […]
2014 Merseyside County Championship
The 4th Annual Merseyside County Championship took place on Saturday 26th of July at Newbridge Farm near Kirby, Merseyside. Two teams entered in what would be a straight angler to angler fight to the finish. Last year’s winners Matrix Tameside would fish against Lymm Angling Club. The day itself saw high temperatures and high pressure, […]
Jon Arthur gets the roach going
Sunday 27th July Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 80 Fished. Result: 1 Jon Arthur (Drennan International) 11-9-0 (peg 7) 2 Dave Allsop 8-13-0 (peg 74) 3 Nigel Bull (Shakespeare Superteam) 8-1-0 (peg 11) 4 John Freeborn (Sensas North) 7-6-0 (peg 40) 5 Dave Harris (Barford DAA) 7-2-0 (peg 2) […]
Marine Protected Areas A Big Win For Scottish Anglers
Years of lobbying by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) and data gathering by volunteer sea anglers to argue the case for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) to help preserve stocks of common skate in Scottish waters have been rewarded by the Scottish Government announcing the Loch Sunart Marine Protected Area (MPA). The common […]
Cool Video From The Billfish Foundation
This is definitely worth spending three and half minutes of your time on… Great footage of marlin and sailfish shot at Casa Vieja Lodge, with Tony Ludovico showcasing the great fishing in Guatemala. Created by Dan DiNicola and The Billfish… BILLFISH KENYA
Irish Record Carp Banked
After arriving back from a two-week holiday in Benidorm, Ryan Creighton called around to his ‘carp crazy’ friend Jack Day. They head out to Lough Gall which hosts a stunning and wild 38-acre park lake with depths to over 40ft.” Ryan and Jack hit some of the monsters of the lake – the cream of […]
Membership Boost for Angling Trust at the Game Fair
The Angling Trust signed up over a hundred new members at this year’s CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace during the weekend despite a smaller than usual fishing presence at the annual country sports and lifestyle event. The brand new stand with new displays and a range of activities at the revamped House of Fishing […]
