The Pike Anglers Club is calling for pike match organisers to stop using barrels to retain fish after claims pike died in poorly-stewarded competitions in recent weeks after being kept for long periods without oxygenation.The latest scandal centres on events held on loughs in Ireland – where the practice appears to be on the increase.It […]

Winner of Weymouth’s first ever charter boat bass competition is Darren Moon from Devon.  Showing off day ones heaviest fish of 12lb 8oz (pictured below) claiming the cash pot, for heaviest fish, of £260. Boats involved Revolution, Lone Shark, Alice Rose and Wild Frontier. Sponsored by Weymouth Angling Center and Quayside Fuels. Full Results:-1st —– Darren Moon …. Revolution […]

Shakespeare Championship Qualifier Sunday July 15thWarwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry70 pegs After some excellent midweek roach catches most competitors expected the fourth Shakespeare Championship qualifier to dominated by the species but heavy overnight rain and a river that was colouring up during the match paid to that. Instead it was chub […]

The Environment Agency fish farms at Calverton and Leyland have lifted their self-imposed ban on using only Tench Rhabdovirus-free broodstock, following a two-year investigation into the disease and its distribution in rivers across England and Wales.The investigation was prompted by an outbreak of the disease in 2004 at the two fish farms, and the subsequent […]

The fish supply industry in England and Wales is set to benefit to the tune of £500,000, following the Environment Agency’s decision to remove two parasites from its list of controlled Category 2 pathogens. Category 2 parasites include those that are not native, but which have become established, and which the Environment Agency considers are […]

The Environment Agency stocked 3000 rare crucian carp into a fishing lake near Lyng on Tuesday, 10th July. The fish were reared at the Environment Agency’s fish farm at Calverton and have been stocked into the lake to try to establish a population of the species, which will remain as true crucian carp.Crucian carp have […]

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, who was recently appointed Vice Chair of the Labour Party for the Environment, has welcomed new Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s announcement that the government are considering publishing a draft Marine Bill in the next Parliamentary session.The Prime Minister included the reference to the Marine Bill in the Government’s Draft Legislative […]

The 16ft all-aluminium craft, with its distinctive landing-craft shaped hull, is named ‘Scathros’ –  the Cornish word for seine boat – and has already proved its worth during fish survey work on the Fal and Camel estuaries. Its shallow draft also makes it an ideal craft for anti-poaching patrols in shallow waters.The Environment Agency has […]

New to angling? Then pick up a copy of the Environment Agency’s ‘Where to go fishing’ guide, now available in tackle shopsIf you have just started fishing, or have returned to the sport after a few years’ break, then you will want to know where are the best places in your area to cast a […]

Jean-Francois Helias’ Fishing Adventures Thailand team is known internationally to be the most professional pro guides for freshwater sport fishing in Southeast Asia.That team of pro guides has accomplished numerous angling achievements, including up to today racking up an amazing total of 129 IGFA world records (114 homologated + 15 currently pending an homologation), or […]

Calling all river users! Walkers, anglers, canoeists, nature lovers,joggers. A mass volunteer clean-up of the Five Weirs Walk is beingplanned for the last weekend in July to shift tons of debris left behindby the June floods.The heavy rainfall left much of the popular 7.5km route under water.Many sections still remain blocked by tree trunks, and […]

During the evening of Monday 9 July 2007, Environment Agency officers saved 10,000 young fish from certain death in receding flood waters on Worcester Racecourse. Early that afternoon we had received a report of fish dying and distressed in shallow pools on the racecourse. An Environment Manager went out straight away to assess the situation. The […]

British Record (rod-caught) Fish CommitteePRESS RELEASE                                                                                                                          12th July 2007The Freshwater Sub Committee of the BRFC met on 6th July 2007.  In attendance were Ken Ball (Chairman  and National Federation of Anglers), Nigel Hewlett (Environment Agency, Scientific Advisor ) , Ian Epps (National Federation of Anglers), Mike Heylin (Specialist Anglers Alliance), Andy Nellist (Specialist Anglers Alliance) […]

 Scotland Nets World Fly Fishing ChampionshipsThe International Federation of Sport Fly Fishing (Fips-Mouche), at the 38th Congress of The Confederation International of Sport Fishing (CIPS) in Prague, has announced Scotland has won the rights to host the 2009 World Fly Fishing Championships.Dr. Neil McCarry, International Organiser of the Scottish Anglers National Association (SANA) who presented […]

Officers from the Environment Agency are investigating a foam spillage that is travelling down the River Thames.Environment Agency Lock Keeper Peter Payne reported up to six feet of foam as it went through Lechlade weir last night (Thursday) and further foaming has occurred at Buscot, Radcot and Rushey locks. The foam, which is fire-fighting foam, […]