Received from Martin Salter this week:  Dear Nicola , Re: Consultation on measures to increase the number and size of Bass available to commercial and recreational fisherman. As the Parliamentary Spokesman for Angling I would like to express my support for Option 2 of the proposal to increase the bass minimum landing size from 36 cm to 45 cm. […]

The World Carp Classic is now in its eighth year, it’s the event for the serious carp angler, the carp angler that seeks a challenge. This year sees the event being staged at the world famous Lac D’ Orient in France (pictured below), a venue that is known to hold some very large carp and […]

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 The theme for the new pending world record submissions this month might be called “small folks catching record big fish and big folks catching record small fish.”  Here’s 10 pending records before the IGFA records department: Ten year old junior angler Ariana Alejandra Cruz Mattei, of Bay, Puerto Rico, landed an 86 lb (38 kg) tarpon […]

MARK Hatherway landed the fish of a lifetime on the recent Total-Fishing.com trip to the River Test are Timsbury Manor in the shape of this magnificent 3lb 8oz roach. “When I arrived at the river I decided a roving approach was the order of the day,” Mark told Southern Angler magazine. “ So armed with […]

Contents April 2006 Shore8 NewsYet more commercial catastrophes this month, plus a few up and coming competitions to look out for. 10 Word Up!Here’s your chance to air your views to the editor and team at TSF. 16 World ClassWe’ve pinned down ex World champ and England shore international Steve Allmark for a superb new series. He kicks […]

BIRMINGHAM’S city centre canals were the clearly ‘plaice’ to be yesterday for a number of city’s youngsters who had taken up the Go Fishing Show’s offer to come down and ‘have a go’ at fishing. Over thirty (30) youngsters from a number of Birmingham’s youth groups took up Go Fishing’s offer, under the expert tuition of […]

The Anglers’ Conservation Association (ACA) is today celebrating an historic decision by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) to suspend the sale of cypermethrin sheep dip in the UK, with immediate effect.   Cypermethrin has caused catastrophic damage to the wildlife of river systems throughout the country.  The ACA and the Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) jointly called […]

The second series of Jungle Hooks – Jungle Hooks: India, exclusive to Discovery Real Time, sees adventure fisherman Jeremy Wade once again tackle extreme fishing as he takes on his biggest challenge yet; to catch some of the largest, most bizarre and most dangerous fish he can find. Victorian ex-pats in the service of the British […]

March 2006Due Out: Out NowPrice: £3.10 Inside The MindACF meets ‘Uncle’ Jim Shelley down at CEMEX Angling’s Road Lake, hoping some of his winter success will rub off! Plenty of Jim’s usual nuggets of wisdom are included.    Bait KitchenWhat Tony Mills doesn’t know about bait isn’t worth knowing. He answers more questions from ACF readers in […]

MATCH FISHING – MARCH ISSUE  Pickering’s WayTom’s on the River Don in Yorkshire this month using a long rod and stick float approach in addition to doing some delicate bomb fishing.   Match Q&ATop stars from the world of match fishing answer your questions – and there are some great prizes from Fox Match for every question […]

The NFA and Matchroom Sport would like to clarify the reasons as to why the draw for the 16 Fish’O’Mania qualifiers has been temporarily removed from the www.nfadirect.com website. Once the draw was complete on February 4th and the 130 anglers had been selected for each heat, the next stage in the process was for […]

The National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives, NAFAC, is urging all member and non member clubs to write to their local MP’s asking them to sign Martin Salter’s amendment to an Early Day Motion 957 which seeks to promote free uncontrolled access to all waterways for canoeing. In the amendment Martin Salter is calling for […]

 The 5 Lakes Spring Carp Show is being held @ 5 lakes resort, Maldon, Essex. On the 18th-19th March – check out the website for details: www.5lakescarpshow.info The show has all the new products from the big companies on display from companies like Nash Tackle, JRC Products and Aqua products to name just a few, with over […]

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