After a frank admission that British fish stocks have collapsed, the government has been warned that future actions to protect them must be “taken in the interests of recreational sea anglers as much as in the interests of our dwindling commercial fishing industry.” Ted Tuckerman, chairman of the National Federation of Sea Anglers, wrote to Mrs. […]

The Countryside Alliance has renewed criticism of the RSPCA’s priorities following reports that they intend to investigate anglers and fish farmers for ‘cruelty’ to fish.The RSPCA and SSPCA have suggested that controversial research published last year by the Roslin Institute showed that fish can feel pain and the SSPCA has said: “We believe that fish […]

Coastguard crews are searching for the third crew member of a fishing boat which capsized and sank in heavy seas.Falmouth Coastguard launched a search for the vessel – named Sabre – after the wife of the skipper raised the alarm that it was overdue.At 7.45am today (Saturday 13th) , the coastguard received a report that […]

BRITISH OPEN BEACH CHAMPIONSHIP 2004 – RESULTS * Senior Event – Saturday 6th March 2004 1. I Knights                   Poole                            Cod      3280g2. S Voase                     Hornsea                        Cod      1930g3. G Beasley                  Leeds                            Cod      1870g * Junior Event – Saturday 6th March 2004  1. Janet Paley                 Scarborough                  Flounder           375g * Ladies Event – Saturday 6th March 2004  No ladies weighed in * Pairs Event […]

TF members Darren Frost (is that he of Shimano Wales fame?) and Ben Roberts are running a two0day festival at Bala Lake in North Wales on the 3rd and 4th April and are extending an open invitation to all users of this website.“It’s the first Bala Bonanza Festival we have run and are hoping it’s […]

Total Fishing Spalding Town Welland meet By Mick Parkinson (yes that’s Neil’s lad) WHAT originally started out as being a pairs match ended up being a small knock-up between friends from the TF site. Did the low number of anglers that showed up mean a bad day……definitely not, because we were to fish the winter roach anglers’ […]

Winter League Semi Final, Kennet and Avon CanalWEST Midlands team Sensas Dams and Locks will be thinking this competition has something in for them after having what they thought was a qualifying place snatched from their grasp following a heartbreaking errorAfter the match the organisers announced that the team had snatched the final qualifying position […]

The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm in Nottingham is celebrating the release of over four million young fish into the wild since it began its coarse fish breeding programme in 1986.The breeding programme is funded from the purchase of fishing licences so, as well as contributing to the environmental benefits, anglers buying a fishing licence […]

 ‘FISH on Five’ presenter Nick Hancock launched the biggest angling match the UK has ever seen this weekend at the Go Fishing show at the NEC in Birmingham. Together with four times World Champion angler Bob Nudd, MBE, Nick unveiled the Sport Relief ’04 Midsummer Megamatch, which is due to take place at venues all […]

SCOTLAND’S top commercial coarse fishery has installed an innovative new wave making machine to keep one of its lakes fishing through the freeze.Magiscroft Fishery, which is situated at Cumbernauld near Glasgow, has installed the device on its top pond with a view to making sure anglers can take advantage of the excellent mixed fishing on […]

TOTAL-FISHING understands that the carp record has been broken with a fish of 64lb 14oz from Kent’s Conningbrook Lake. The fish was taken last night (Friday) by John Pack and is the same fish (Two Tone) that Lee Jackson took to hold the current record of 61lb 11oz. It has put on around 3lb since […]

Islands of Guernsey Autumn Angling ChallengeFinal ResultsBy Peter Perrio In association with Daiwa and Condor FerriesWhat can I say….. Unfortunately there were no fireworks to report in November – in fact it was something of a damp squid (pardon the pun).  Despite the best efforts of all the visiting anglers, nobody deigned to enter a qualifying […]

WE have two competitions up and running at the moment which can be accessed simply be clicking the red Competitions button on the navigation bar left. You have only until the end of the month to put yourself in with a chance of winning a great £400 fishing break for two to the island of Guernsey, […]

WORKERS on an oxygenating boat on the river Thames had a shock when a 10cm long red bellied piranha dropped out of the sky and onto the deck!The flesh-eating South American fish had been dropped by a passing seagull, which had plucked it from the surface layers of the mighty river, said the Environment Agency.“It […]

Due to an unassailable problem with some new encryption software, anyone who placed an order for Total Fishing branded clothing, box stickers or any magazine subscription between February 3rd and 13th inclusive is asked to contact us. The same applies if you ordered any of the products in the new Tackle Offers section, such as […]