January 2005 issue The January issue of Midland Angler, out December 10th, is packed with news, fishery form and superb coarse fishing instruction. Highlights include: SUICIDE CARP GENEWhy boffins are trying to wipe carp out. THE BIGGEST FISHERY IN THE WORLD?Amazing plans for Lakeview. THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE RIVER ARROWAnglers unite over navigation plans. RED LETTER DAY ON THE TRENTMick Parkinson bags […]

JERSEY angler Steve Mullins has staked a claim for VisitGuernsey’s £10,000 prize in the Islands of Guernsey Angling Challenge for catching a record fish. He caught a 50-14-13 tope while fishing in the Open Alderney Angling Festival; a specimen that easily beat the current Guernsey Bailiwick record of 48-0-0. The tope also gave him £2000 […]

ENGLAND coach Mark Downes is questioning the amount of money that can be won in so called club events, saying it’s having an adverse affect on the open match and team circuit.Writing in his column for the monthly angling newspaper Midland Angler, Mark highlights the growing number of so called club angler only events around […]

PAUL Knight, Director of the Salmon & Trout Association has welcomed the news of anticipated large rises in water bills.,“An 18% price rise, ironically, is very good news for all consumers.  The rise is necessary to provide essential and much needed upgrades to water and sewage infrastructure.  Another benefit is these works will put an end […]

Total Sea Fishing – January 2005 6 NewsbreakersThere’s cod everywhere! Find out where the biggies have been coming from with our monthly news roundup. 12 Hitting The HorizonIt’s the end of the season and we’ve got the results from the UKSF final. 14 Blondes Are More Fun! (Cover Story)Have you ever heard of anyone catching 20lb-plus rays from […]

BOFFINS down under are creating a so called ‘suicide carp gene’ that will wipe out all carp by preventing the females from successfully spawning. The work is underway in Australia, where the species so revered by anglers in the UK is regarded as vermin. Many Aussie anglers believe carp have destroyed the native trout fishing […]

THE National Federation of Anglers’ knockout team competition is ‘dead in the water’ unless a new sponsor can be found.NFA spokesman Rodney Couldron made the admission to Midland Angler after revealing that the 2004 sponsors, Builder Center, had pulled out for 2005 and that no replacement has been found.“Builder Center did only take the competition […]

 TacticianThe ever ingenious Nick Helleur has a new toy – freezer spray. Nick has come up with a number of uses for the carp angler. Thermo ManJohn Richardson has been keeping accurate water temperatures to help him pin point the best chance of catching carp, particularly in the winter. Opposites AttractChris Lowe of SBS baits has banked […]

IN the latest issue of Southern Angler, the only newspaper exclusively for anglers in the south of England, we join Ex Dorking ace Ben Bray as he fishes the GUC to show how big white maggots can catch when fished squatt style. Also in the December issue, which is on the shelves now priced only £1.99: Fish […]

MATCH FISHING – DECEMBER ISSUE  Parkdean Masters Grand Final After a hard qualifying week 24 anglers are in the £25,000 winner-takes-all final. We’re there to record the action. Advanced River FishingShakespeare’s Rob Middleton is the man to beat when the roach are feeding on the Warwickshire Avon. We spend a day with him to find out why. Carp […]

ANGLERS are being offered the chance to help in the restocking of salmon into the River Trent and its catchments, and being urged to report sightings and accidental captures of the King of the River in the coming months, reveals this month’s issue of Midland Angler.The call to action comes from Notts-based Trent Rivers Trust (TRT), […]

MYSTERY surrounds the death of some 10,000 coarse fish on Tyneside’s Killingworth Lake.The fish were recovered over a period of two days by EA staff, who were alerted by an angler.EA scientists are taking samples from Killingworth lake as the numbers of dead fish rise. Fisheries officers were called to the lake on Monday after […]

IMAGINE choosing the winning numbers in the lottery – only to decide against buying a ticket.Three pairs of anglers know that exact feeling following the keep-or-ditch peg draw at last week’s £25,000 Rod Hutchinson World Carp Classic in Lac Amance, France.On three occasions, peg number 11 was pulled out, only to be rejected – yet […]

Total-Fishing Club Championships, Larford Big Lake, Stourport Overall Result: 1 Fred Davis, 37-8-02 Dave Hollingworth, 34-5-03 Tony Doyle, 29-5-84 Steve Broadbent, 26-1-05 Andy Toplis, 25-3-06 Pete Palmer, 22-6-07 Phil James, 20-12-08 Colin Rennison, 20-10-09 J O’Driscoll, 20-8-8Jt 10 Gareth Purnell, Pat Mckinnes, 20-1-812 John Rouse, 17-14-013 Darren Wilson, 14-7-814 Paul Massey, 14-6-015 Lee Arnold, 14-3-016 Mark Broomfield, […]

THE weekend’s Fisheries Consultative Seminar for the River Severn catchment has been hailed a success.Nearly 100 delegates from angling and fisheries organisations in the Environment Agency’s River Severn catchment attended the seminar at the Ramada Hotel, Bewdley on Saturday 23 October 2004.The event was organised by the National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC) […]