A MAN out fishing with his son and a friend made a gruesome discovery in the waters of the Atlantic – a human head. Paul Trabulsy found the dismembered body part about 22 miles east of Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida in the USA.The men used a gaff to fish the head out of the water […]

England have retained the title of World Casting Champions following an outstanding performance at the World Championships held in Belgium. England led the championship from day one, winning all three weights, 125gm, 150gm and 175gm.The team members were Mike Birks, Paignton, Devon; Rob Caley, Thetford, Norfolk; Garry Dickerson, Wimborne, Dorset; David Vicary, Bodham, Norfolk and […]

ANGLERS have been targeting big bluefin tuna off the western coast of Ireland for a couple of years now, and Stephen Black has proved the area’s potential once again with a monster fish weighing 594lb.The Kildare angler was fishing with Irish record holder Adrian Molloy of Bluefin Charters when the massive fish struck late in […]

The Environment Agency is dealing with a serious pollution incident on the Old Bedford River/Counterdrain in Cambridgeshire. A 3km stretch of river downstream from Welney has become deoxygenated and over 140,000 fish have been killed.Environment Agency investigations are being made into the source of the pollution that has resulted in one of the largest fish […]

Total-Fishing – first with the news…BIG fish ace Lee Jackson has broken the British carp record with ‘Two Tone’ at a new best weight of 61lb 7oz. The fish was first weighed at 61lb 7oz but subsequent checks show they were weiging a little heavy.As first reported here on Total-Fishing last Friday, Lee tempted the Conningbrook Lake fish […]

If you want to know how the home nations are getting on in the build up to this year’s World Championships, there’s only one place to go – www.total-fishing.com.Site editor Gareth Purnell, who is a competitor in the event and is fishing in his eighth consecutive World Championships, will be writing a day by day, […]

OVER £5000 in cash prizes are up for grabs in the 17th Alderney Angling Festival, which takes place in early October.Originally conceived by the angling ace Mr Roddy Hayes in the early Eighties, the Alderney Angling Festival has grown to be a premiere event in the UK angling diary and is staged at a time […]

SEA anglers want their governing body to put more effort into targeting conservation and fisheries issues. And in order to do that, the NFSA is to relinquish the organisation of matches and festivals.The news comes as the body announced it had attracted 6000 into its new membership scheme, plus some 350 clubs. The 6000 members […]

THE NFA’s Ladies Team England landed team and individual gold medals in a spectacular victory which left the powerful Italian’s reeling at the ninth Ladies World Angling Championships, fished on the River Krki at Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia at the weekend.If England were fatigued by their 1,200-mile overland dash to Slovenia they certainly didn’t show […]

The Environment has issued a safety warning after a “devastating pollution incident” on a 20-mile stretch of Essex’s River Blackwater.A leak of the chemical tributyltin has killed thousands of fish between Coggeshall and Kelvedon. Warning signs have been put up along the banks after a young angler developed a skin rash and the EA has advised […]

European Boat ChampionshipsEngland A beat the home nation Norway to take gold in the 16 team European Boat Championships fished off Stavanger, Norway at the weekend. The team of Jim Whippy, Bob King, Ray Barron, Richard Russell and Steve Riley dropped just 24 points out of a possible 1200 over the three day event, knocking […]

The River Yare, a venue known better for its excellent summer silver fish sport, has produced a fine 30lb 9oz carp to Keith Cracknell.The Norwich specialist was having a pint in the beer garden of a pub on the river when he saw a group of big fish moving.He was back the next morning and after […]

AN angler is claiming a new British record with a 1lb 6oz dace he caught from the River Wear at Durham.The fish came from the town centre stretch and was part of a fine 40lb bag of chub and dace which fell for stick float and breadflake tactics.Local captor Simon Ashton is awaiting verification of his […]

THE Irish Federation of Sea Anglers claims that proposed new regulations could cause boat skippers to quit the sport. The IFSA, set up in 1953, has never lost a competitor in the thousands of competitive events held since the foundation of the Federation over the past half century.However, following the Fethard -on -Sea disaster, some […]

SHAKESPEARE Redditch Federation produced a scorching performance on a red-hot day as they captured the coveted Team title in the 62 team Embassy Division One National Angling Championship for the second time in four years. And snapping at their heels on a crayfish ridden Basingstoke Canal were team Daiwa Gordon League.Shakespeare Redditch, known as the […]