ONE thing many ‘ordinary’ anglers find annoying about the big carp fishing scene is its closed shop nature. Most of the specimen fish we see reported come from secret or at the very least syndicated waters, which you would have to pay through the nose to get on even if you could get on the […]

Message from the editorAs promised the popular coarse, carp and sea fishing discussion boards are now active and back online.You will see that old users can still log in using their previous user names and passwords after agreeing to the terms and conditions. New users need to register and include an active email address so […]

LEADING French tackle and bait manufacturer Sensas has a new boss after chairman and managing director Philippe Bonnet announced his retirement.Philippe has decided, after 40 years in the industry, that it is time to stand down and he will be replaced in both positions by Hugues Nello, once of French reel manufacturer Mitchell.It is understood […]

SPORTS minister Richard Caborn has told coarse angling’s governing body that there is plenty of money up for grabs for angling schemes that will help the government cut crime.The minster was speaking at the NFA’s headquarters last week, while attending a presentation about the NFA’s national coaching scheme. Amazingly he is the first minister of […]

Iain Stevens with the new venue record for Pit 3.IAIN Stevens put the seal on a gruelling seven year quest to catch all of the known fish in Pit 3 of the Frimley Complex in style by landing a new venue record specimen of 40lb 4oz.The fish that had avoided his attentions for so long was the […]

THE Environment Agency is seeking views on proposed options for a national byelaw to rationalise the authorisation of native and alien crayfish trapping to help prevent the spread of non-native crayfish species and the fungal disease ‘crayfish plague’. Agency Principal Fisheries Officer Steve Chambers said: “As part of its fisheries management and conservation role, the Environment […]

AN AMAZING turnout of 1113 anglers fished in the weekend’s Badger International Open, formally the Shakespeare Open, fished along the East Yorkshire coastline.Conditions were ideal for the roving match after a heavy blow, and anglers were confident of some decent cod. So it proved with lots of cod landed, but this match was all about the biggest fish […]

REPORTS are coming in thick and fast of quality cod showing from noted marks around the country.Biggest fish from the boat is a 31-pounder, taken from a mark a mile off the Needles, IOW aboard the Keyhaven based boat ‘Seaquest’. The lucky angler at the end of the rod was Southampton’s Mark Knight, who Pennel […]

Specialist Martin Bowler has banked one of the biggest barbel ever from the Bristol Avon at 15lb 2oz.The former British record holder took the mighty fish, which is among the top five of all time from the tough venue, during heavy flood conditions using clock leads to hold bottom and using boilies on the hook. It capped […]

AN English angler fishing under the guidance of Fishing Adventures Thailand has bagged a potential world record Mekong catfish, would you know. Paul Carbis took the strange-looking fish, which is pictured in this week’s Angling Times, and weighed 95lb 14oz, from Bungsam Lan lake in Thailand.The fish was over five feet long and had a […]

The River Thames has continued its fantastic run of big chub with a 7lb 5oz lump to Londoner Ted Bryan.The 45-year-old took the fish, plus others of 4lb 14oz and 5lb 6oz, from the river below Oxford on boilies fished in conjunction with a PVA bag of crushed boilies. He used a 3oz semi fixed […]

Maver Club Angler of the YearPoints table to Nov 26, 2002NB Our software only allows us to load down to 120 points at present – but we’re working on it!430Mick Ribbons      Market Harborough Disabled Anglers 390 D Smith     Mitchel & Darfield AC  370 Roy Dermont Norwest Disabled AA  350 Tony Clark  MPOSSA AC   340  John […]

ANGLING will have strong representation with Government as the great cormorant debate enters a critical new stage.At an Angling Summit in Whitehall last week, leading lights from the Joint Angling Governing Bodies – which represents coarse, sea and game angling interests – were told that they would be playing a central role in a new […]

THE owners of a popular angling lodge have been fined a whopping $10,000 for having too many fish in their freezer!Booi’s Wilderness Lodge and Outposts Ltd of Ontario, USA was slapped with a $7,000 for having ‘an overlimit’ of zander at the lodge and an additional $1,000 for ‘possessing fish in a manner that the […]

THREE projects to help develop angling opportunities in South West Wales are underway, and there are more to follow say Environment Agency Wales. The first of these projects involves plans to improve facilities in Port Talbot docks, Swansea Enterprise Park and at Kenfig Pool. The projects are part of the Agency’s local contribution to work […]