FISHERMEN in Cornwall are being reminded about a new Environment Agency byelaw to protect bass in the county’s estuaries.The byelaw, approved by DEFRA, increases the minimum landing size for bass caught in Cornish estuaries from 36 centimetres (cm) to 37.5 cm.  The move means that the bass size limit is now the same for catches […]

TACKLE firms Browning, Shakespeare and Trabucco are among the first to confirm they will be attending this year’s Go Fishing show at the NEC near Birmingham.Angling Times publisher EMAP bought the show last September and they say support from editorial teams across its angling titles will boost the feature attractions and has encouraged companies who […]

SOLIHULL’S Blythe Waters is in the headlines again after the venue’s match record was beaten for the second time in less than a month. At the start of January, Sheldon’s Wayne Russon set tongues wagging after banging out an amazing 106-2-0 from peg 12 on Bridge Pool, the first time anyone has ever weighed in […]

BRITISH Waterways have released thousands of new fish into the in-form Birmingham/Fazeley Canal after admitting zander are damaging stocks.The batch of fish reared at Riverfield Fish Farm in Kent included 2,000 bream, 2,000 chub and 750lb of roach. They were released at three spots – Hopwas, Fazeley and Fisherwick near Whittington. A BW spokesman said […]

ANGLING celebrity Matt Hayes has set up a new tackle venture with Free Spirit boss Simeon Bond to supply a range of rods, accessories and bait under the Total Fishing Gear brand.Sadly this site has no connection to the brand at all and Geepster is most upset that he won’t be retiring to Cuba in […]

CONFUSION is rife in the tackle trade after a kitemark for nets was introduced by the Angling Foundation.A number of people understand that the nets are part of some additional new environmental regulation that has been instigated. Tackle & Guns has also heard stories about sales agents allegedly telling retailers that they must buy kitemarked […]

ACTION by Environment Agency fisheries officers cost a Bournemouth man £280 after he was caught fishing without a licence at Broadlands Lake in Hampshire last August.Lyndhurst Magistrates heard that as Agency officers were patrolling the lake at Broadlands they came across an unattended fishing rod. When they challenged Stephen Pinnington of Boscombe Road, Bournemouth he […]

The owner of a popular coarse fishery has been found guilty of stocking fish into his lakes without consent from the Environment Agency. Roy O’Malley of Three Oaks Farm, Furzeley Corner, Waterlooville, Hants pleaded guilty by post to the charge and was convicted on January 17 at Portsmouth Magistrates Court. He was fined £400 and […]

A message from Ross Nursery from our online tackle shop partners:“I GUESS you’ve either seen the latest Total Fishing Newsletter or have seen something on the boards and wondered what’s going on. Hopefully I can explain.In its simplest form, Geepster promotes our online tackle shop and in return we pay him some commission. It’s not a […]

AT a recent meeting of its Nets Accreditation Group, The Angling Foundation formally tested the first batch of nets and allied products submitted by its members. Five companies submitted a total of 32 products for testing, and 27 of these were approved because they met the guidelines on unabrasive, ‘fish-friendly’ mesh and complied with Environment […]

FOLLOWING on from the success of the 2002 Anglesey Boat Festival, holiday company GO Angling has recently announced dates for 2003. The event is scheduled for October 11/12, 2003 and entry has been increased to 144 this to cater for expected increased demand. Fishing will be based at the Castle town of Beaumaris and first […]

Now, the news all you virgins have been waiting for! No, not a knight in shining armour, unless you count Clint Elliot, but the details of the first ever White Acres Virgins Match Angling Festival for the novice, the unlucky, or just the plain incompetent match angler. You can be male or female to enter […]

NASH Tackle, among the biggest carp tackle companies in the UK, is gearing up for a massive move into Europe in 2003.Not only has the Essex-based firm appointed a dedicated European sales manager – Gijs Willems, who will operate from Holland, covering Benelux, Austria and Germany – it has also published a new trade list […]

ADVANCED Carp Fishing magazine has been voted the top carp publication in a survey conducted by specialist fishery organisation RMC Angling.The publication, produced by T&G publisher DHP Ltd, scooped 51 per cent of the vote in the recent poll on the RMC website, beating all of the other titles in the carp fishing sector.MD David […]

TOP Surrey venue Bury Hill is opening a lake which only holds 20lb plus tagged carp following the award of a five-figure Government grant. And to allow their growth rates to be monitored and to deter theft, each fish will carry an electronic Tracer tag, supplied by fisheries expert Bruno Broughton.The tags carry a microchip […]