This morning (Thursday 11 December 2008), the Environment Agency Fisheries Team, based in Nottingham, introduced 500 one year old Grayling into the River Erewash at Toton and Long Eaton as part of a rehabilitation scheme in partnership with the River Erewash Foundation. The Grayling were supplied by the Environment Agency’s own fish farm at Calverton.  […]

All the organisations participating in the creation of the Angling Trust have now undertaken the necessary constitutional steps to wind up their existing operations and form the Angling Trust on 5 January 2009. The National Federation of Anglers (NFA) held an Extraordinary General Meeting at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham on Saturday 6 […]

Christmas has come early on the River Thames this year as the Environment Agency delivered a stocking packed with 1,250 barbel to the Thames River last week.  The batch of 18-month-old fish was released in three areas along the river as part of an Environment Agency project to give the declining barbel population a boost. […]

Three year sponsorship deal signed with DCP Ltd to support angling The NFA has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Dulley Ceilings and Partitions Ltd who will sponsor the National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities. The DCP Ltd sponsorship will also enable the championship to become one of the country’s leading disability competitions. The sponsorship deal […]

The European Anglers Alliance (EAA) is extremely happy about yesterday’s plenary voting on MEP Dr. Heinz Kindermann’s report “on the adoption of a European Cormorant Management Plan to minimise the increasing impact of cormorants on fish stocks, fishing and aquaculture.” As many as 558 MEPs voted in favour of the report and its resolution calling […]

 After some terrific weights in practice in the run-up to this match, anglers at the annual Barston Xmas match struggled after the coldest night the year saw the lake frozen over.In fact owner Nigel Harrhy had to hold back the draw and re-peg when it became clear some anglers had decided to stay indoors and […]

Anglers at Calvert Angling Club can look forward to more catches in the future thanks to the Environment Agency installing four eco-islands at Lower Claydon Lake, Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire.A fish population survey of the lake by the Environment Agency’s ecological appraisal team showed the absence of small fish and anglers reported a decrease in angling […]

Work carried out at Denver Sluice by the Environment Agency has improved conditions for fish fry allowing more to survive during spawning.This month King’s Lynn Angling Association, which controls the fishing in the Great Ouse Relief Channel in Norfolk, reported sightings of large numbers of fish around the sluice.Environment Agency fisheries officers were optimistic of […]

Ellingham Sluice near Bungay on the Norfolk/Suffolk border is now a safer place for all anglers, thanks to the Environment Agency which has constructed a new fishing platform with improved, safer access.The new platform has been installed on an area of land next to the water control sluices and provides free public access for fishing. […]

EVENT: MAKINS WEDNESDAY ‘KOBRA’ AFFORDABLE OPENVENUE:  Lake 1, MakinsDATE:  3 December 2008 RESULT1st John MARSHALL  Nuneaton Nomads   1 lb 14 oz2nd Mark PERKINS  Dynamite Matchman Supplies 1 lb3rd Eddie KEENE  Coventry    0 lb 2 ozNumber of pegs: 21 Report:All the Phase 1 lakes were frozen over at Makins except Lake 1, and after the worst Wednesday open in three years many wished that had been […]

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Makins Thursday “Kobra Affordable Open” Match Date:  27 November 2007 Lake:  LAGOONResult1st  Eddie KEENE  Coventry   24 lb 6 oz2nd Danny ROSS  Wykin AC   22 lb 10 oz (10 pegs)REPORTMakins Kobra Thursday Affordable Open match was fished on Lagoon (Phase 2) and produced a close result.  Fishing pole and maggot at 11m, Coventry angler Eddie Keene landed two carp of around 6 lb each […]

Buying a rod licence is much cheaper than ending up in court, say Environment Agency Wales, as 52 individuals are set to be prosecuted in the next month.  The illegal anglers were all caught by the Agency’s Enforcement Officers patrolling rivers and fisheries across Wales.  Illegal anglers are damaging the sport for law abiding fishermen […]

A new Environment Agency weir on the River Lee at Amwell, near Ware, has been helping to boost brown trout populations and improve the wildlife of an internationally important nature reserve.   The weir has been placed at the southern end of Great Hardmead Lake, a former flooded gravel pit which forms part of Amwell Nature […]

4000 young fish including carp, tench, rudd and roach will today (20 November) arrive at their new home at Gnoll Country Park Pond in Neath.  Environment Agency Wales have transported the fish over the last 24 hours, to be stocked at the community fishery from their hatchery in Calverton, Nottingham.  The fishery was developed earlier […]