A NEW big fish competition, known as the Star Hotel Sweepstake, came into being earlier this year and looks set to be a permanent fixture on the Scottish match scene.With the headquarters based at the Star Hotel in Twynholm, southwest Scotland, which is probably more famous as the old haunt of motor racing superstar David Coulthard, […]

TWO Cleveland poachers resorted to “barbaric” means to illegally snare spawning salmon.In a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency, John Richard Spaven and Darren Smitheringale, both of Thames Road, Skelton, near Saltburn, admitted using a spear to catch fish after Agency officers discovered the weapon in the boot of their car. They pleaded guilty to […]

  Our Nexave Barbel Rod competition closes at the end of April, so if you want to enter, you had better be quick.It’s no surprise that the barbel, a proud and hard-fighting fish, has a strong and growing following among Britain’s anglers.Equally it will come as no shock that the top tackle companies are bringing out […]

Fly fishers across the UK will soon be able pick up the newest and freshest fly fishing magazine to hit the market, courtesy of Northamptonshire-based DHP Ltd, publishers of six successful angling titles including Match Fishing, Midland Angler and Total Carp.Today’s Flyfisher, priced at only £2.70, will hit the shelves on May 16th 2003 and […]

YATELEY’S tough Carp Park Lake has produced its first fish since November in the shape of ‘Uglo’ at 33lb 10oz.Jon McAllister took the sought after fish after experiencing heartbreak when he hooked and lost a good carp earlier on Saturday.The fish are obviously on the move, because since then, the venue’s smallest mirror carp, called […]

 TOTAL-FISHING has learned that there are still 10 places left for the forthcoming Virgin’s Festival at Cornish holiday complex White Acres starting on June 7th. The unique event is aimed at anglers who have never won at the venue, and is generously sponsored by tackle firm Daiwa with a prize pot worth over £2000.And despite […]

TOTAL-Fishing is teaming up with groundbait and bait firm Van den Eynde to offer users of the Coarse Forum the chance to win a case of bait from their extensive range. All you have to do to win is come up with the best thread of the month, as chosen by Van den Eynde’s Mark […]

NEW England disabled team manager, Brian Turner, is inviting match anglers with disabilities to contact him if they feel they are good enough to represent England in the 5th World Championships being fished in Italy on Saturday and Sunday, October 4/5th.“Anyone interested has to be a member of a club affiliated to the National Federation […]

The British chub record has been beaten with an 8lb 13oz fish from the River Lea (Lee), a tributary of the Thames. An exclusive deal has been signed with Angler’s Mail, and the fish will be pictured in this week’s issue. The current chub record is 8lb 10oz, a fish caught from the River Tees […]

THE River Tweed has reversed years of decline with record catches of salmon this season. The catch returns of over 10,000 salmon is the best on the venue for a decade, while the catch of and nearly 2000 sea trout is the best figure since records began more than 50 years ago. In fact more […]

TEK-NEEK Trabucco has agreed a sponsorship deal with Fosters Tipton that will see long-time sponsors Van Den Eynde taking a back seat and the Fosters name also being dropped. The West Midlands squad will now to be known as Team Tek-Neek Trabucco thanks to a five-figure deal, which includes clothing, luggage and accessories. The team […]

THIS year’s UK Carp Show takes place at Five Lakes in Essex on March 21st and 22nd. Shimano will be there in force and along with their full range of carp equipment, which incorporates such household names as ‘Baitrunner’, ‘Hyperloop’ and ‘Tribal’, all of Shimano’s carp consultants, such as Nick Helleur, Ian Poole and Derek […]

BELOW are the names of the ten anglers who have won free tickets to the big Go Fishing show coming up at the NEC through our competition on this site. Each correctly answered that admission for children under 16 years of age is free. You wioll be contacted shortly by the organisers asking for your […]

ANGLERS and boaters on the River Cam have called a truce after one young fisherman received a youth custody sentence following a violent clash. The incident occurred on the river in Cambridge after an oarsman from Trinity College broke the young angler’s rod. The pair clashed and violently with the student coming off second best, […]

The Environment Agency has launched an action plan to safeguard salmon stocks in the Severn Estuary. The plan, one of a series being produced for all major salmon rivers in England and Wales, is the first of its kind in the UK created specifically for an estuary. The aim is to boost salmon numbers and […]