THE Total-Fishing team would like to take this opportunity to wish all users and their families a wonderful Xmas break and have a prosperous and fish filled New Year.So much has happened since we rescued the site in 2002 that it seems like an age ago. The site continues to go from strength to strength, […]

   Officials at the UK’s Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) have received tip-offs that a substantial number of large carp, currently being offered for sale in the UK, could be smuggled into the country over the next two weeks. They may also have been illegally imported already. A number of sources have led the inspectors to believe that […]

THE Welsh Assembly Government has announced a further £2.4 million funding for the Sustainable Fisheries Programme led by Environment Agency Wales.Dr Helen Phillips, Director, Environment Agency Wales, welcoming the announcement by Carwyn Jones said: “We have made huge improvements to the coarse and game fisheries of Wales in the past three years thanks to the […]

TV ads featuring Jamie Oliver promoting Sainsburys Scottish farmed salmon have caused widespread outrage. The celebrity chef’s website forum discussion was closed after being flooded by complaints from people claiming the ads were misleading, untrue and a blatant attempt to try to fool people into eating a third-rate, fat and flabby substitute for the real […]

UMBRELLAS and wet weather gear were the key for the start of day three. It was dull and overcast with the occasional showers but the weather didn’t dampen anyone’s spirit especially Adam Wakelin’s as he went in to day 3 being first overall. Adam leading with 2 section wins then went on to pick up […]

THE Environment Agency announced today that its own Calverton and Leyland fish farms are to be cleared and disinfected following confirmation that fish at both sites have been infected with the Tench Rhabdovirus. This is a rare virus that affects freshwater fish. The decision follows results of extensive testing that confirms that both farms have been exposed […]

Letter from Anglers Conservation Association Chairman Dear Members Accompanying this letter to you is a formal statement regarding the departure of Mr and Mrs James from the Association. You will have deduced that I am constrained from making comments in relation to their departure, as are the rest of the Committee of the Association. The PastHowever, no such […]

MATCH FISHING – JANUARY ISSUE  What’s all this about?We join Daiwa Dorking’s Simon Wheeler on the bank to look at the new Lock’N’Load pole bush. Find out how you can use it to speed up YOUR catches. Advanced River FishingShimano Wales’ Ian Hughes reckons the Severn is the best river in the country. Find out why.  Stu […]

CHATSWORTH 2005  –  THE ‘HAVE-A-GO’ FAIR (May 21-22, 2005) World-famed TV star John Wilson will be among the big-name anglers giving demonstrations at next May’s Chatsworth Angling Fair  –  to be held over the weekend of May 21-22 on the Chatsworth House estate near Bakewell, Derbyshire.He was so enthusiastic about last year’s Silver Jubilee of the […]

Sea anglers representing an industry worth £1 billion a year to the UK economy will be putting their side of the story on the commercial decimation of UK fisheries to MPs on Tuesday (December 14). The meeting will be with a sub committee of the environment select committee and will be at 3.30 pm in […]

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THE family of Ivan Marks has moved the funeral service to Leicester Cathedral because around 1000 people are expected to attend.Gilroes Crematorium in Leicester, the original venue, can only accomodate a maximum of 500 people. The service will now take place at 1.15pm on Wednesday 15th, and although there is an NCP car park nearby, parking […]

    TOTAL-Fishing has teamed up with David Hall Publishing to offer fiver users the chance to win the new Four Season of Carp ‘bookazine’ (pictured above).This ‘journey through the carp angling year’ has been overseen by Total Carp editor Marc Coulson alongside Martin Ford, and weaves top quality photography and inspirational writing together into a […]

IVAN Marks, one of the true greats of match fishing, died aged 68 in hospital on Sunday morning at 10.15am. He had been suffering from a very aggressive cancer.His funeral takes place on Wednesday 15th at 2.15pm at the Gilroes crematorium in Leicester. There will be a celebration of his life afterwards in the Sportsman’s Hall, Leicester Walkers […]

Mick Parkinson reports on the weekend’s Town Welland meet, which attracted the brothers Vincent… EARLIER this year I arranged a meet on the Town Welland in Spalding for TF users, it went well and those that fished wanted a go at it again. This time though I watched how the river was fishing and tried it […]