KEENETS FESTIVAL 2005 Day Five – The FinalThe final day and finally we have some brighter weather. The weights this week have been amazing; today alone we have had nine 100lb plus weights! I think every one will agree that despite the dreadful weather it has been another amazing festival here at White Acres. Again we […]

ROB Gray, former editor of Shooting Times, has recently taken up his position as Director of Campaigns for the Countryside Alliance. Charles Jardine will continue his association with the Alliance as an angling consultant.  Rob, a keen angler, commented on his appointment: “I am looking forward to carrying on the excellent work that Charles started as […]

THE first annual members’ handbook has been published by the National Federation of Sea Anglers in an effort to ensure all members know about its work to protect and encourage the growth of their sport.  The 134-page pocket-sized guide has been sent to all members replacing the long-running diary.  It includes a comprehensive tide table.  The […]

Dynamite Bait Festival 2005 Day five – The Final  Well what an exciting week, all change on the leader board and all change with the weather, as we headed into the final day the forecast did not look good, heavy rain and strong wind did their best to hamper the fishing conditions but did nothing to […]

THE governing body of match fishing has confirmed that the World Champs will now take place in Finland instead of the Europeans, on July 9th and 10th. The venue will be the same deep shipping canal used when the country last held the event.On that occasion France were the only country to work how to […]

THE White Acres festival record was broken on Tuesday by Andy Lloyd from Somerset, who caught a fantastic weight of 270lb 13oz from peg 19 at Bolingey. Andy (pictured in action Wednesday) fished the waggler tight against the island hair rigging an 8mm pellet feeding 6 to 8 pellets every cast. For the full story read […]

THE Sea Trout Group is delighted to learn that reported year-on-year escapes from Scottish salmon farms have decreased dramatically since compulsory reporting of escapes was introduced.  SEERAD (the Scottish Executive Environment & Rural Affairs Department) has confirmed that the reported escape statistics reveal a decrease from 367,000 in 2002, to 151,000 in 2003. At a […]

Civil servants have been told to start drafting legislation to save bass, Britain’s premier salt water sport fish, from relentless pursuit by commercial fishing boats.   The fisheries minister Ben Bradshaw gave the order the day the general election was announced (April 5), after a meeting with invited recreational sea angling officials to discuss saving spawning […]

May 2005 In May’s issue we report on the rising threat to the region’s specimen chub and barbel from otters and highlight the efforts of Les Webber, who is getting angling accepted for the school curricula.Also in the feature packed issue, priced only £1.99 New SeriesCutting-Edge CarpingAndover, Hampshire’s Tim Wagner joins Southern Angler, and in part one […]

By Clint Elliott Day Four Another fantastic day’s fishing, we thought rain would be the order of the day but the Cornish sun soon shone through. Pollawyn is still on top form once again providing us with the day’s winner. Tim Nash on peg 27 weighed in with 143lb 11oz, Tim had a large haul of carp […]

MATCH FISHING – MAY ISSUE WINNING WAYSDo YOU know enough about carp baits? Follow Steve Ringer’s preparation guide to improve your catches.   THINKING OUT LOUDNo two matches are the same, even on the same venue. To prove it we’re back at Gold Valley with England international Will Raison, this time on an individual match. Follow his […]

A MASSIVE match to celebrate the match fishing career of Ivan Marks is to take place on the Wide Welland in September.Anglers who fish it will be contributing to a permanent memorial for the man known in his heyday as ‘The King of the Welland’, which will be erected on the banks of the Lincolnshire […]

“THOUSANDS of oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could be converted into deep-sea fish farms raising red snapper, mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna and flounder, under a plan backed by the Bush administration,” reports CNN news.“For years, marine biologists and oil companies have experimented using the giant platforms as bases for […]

THE Chairman of FISSTA, the Federation Irish Salmon and Seatrout Anglers, Mr Edward Power, has welcomed the news from the Government of a 40% reduction in the use of the deadly driftnets by next year. However, this is across the EU and does not appear to apply to Ireland. In announcing these new measures the Minister for Communications, Marine […]

ANOTHER first and new festival at White Acres; Tuesday 5th April saw the start of the 3 day Coors Lager Veterans Festival, open to those 55 and over. 27 competitors aged between 55 and 71 took to the banks of Jennys and Trelawney to fish for the White Acres Veterans title. Coors Lager generously donated […]