BASS Tells Minister to Beef Up for 2012 ‘Don’t Lose this Chance’ says BASS BASS are urging the Fisheries Minister, Jonathan Shaw, to adopt a strong position ahead of the review of the Common Fisheries Policy by 2012.  BASS are demanding that UK national and regional legislation created for the protection of our close-inshore fisheries […]

Top Midlands fishery for sale One of Britain’s top commercial coarse fisheries and fishing match venues is for sale through agents Fenn Wright at a guide price of £1.75m Voted top fishery in 2005 by the prestigious Angler’s Mail magazine, Woodland View Fishery at Hagley, near Droitwich, caters for up to 120 match anglers at any one […]

Coors Angling Club, Burton On Trent recently held a charity fishing match in aid of Macmillan Nurses.    On Saturday 27th September Coors Angling Club held their annual charity match on five sections of the River Trent at Burton.  The event was well attended and raised a total of £525.00 for the charity.  The sections used […]

Following a long and detailed investigation, White Acres Holiday Park today were informed by the centre for environment, fisheries & Aquaculture science (cefas) that a sample of carp taken from Pollawyn & Trelawney have tested positive for Koi herpes virus (KHV) the low level, ongoing fish mortality at White Acres has resulted in the loss […]

Globally, an estimated 7.3 million tonnes of fish are dumped, dead, into the sea every year. At a time when there are 850 million people in the world starving, this is an obscenity, according to a Scottish Euro MP. Opening a major conference on marine conservation in Barcelona, Struan Stevenson MEP will say: “According to […]

Following a long and detailed investigation, White Acres Holiday Park today were informed by the centre for environment, fisheries & Aquaculture science (cefas) that a sample of carp taken from Pollawyn & Trelawney have tested positive for Koi herpes virus (KHV) the low level, ongoing fish mortality at White Acres has resulted in the loss […]

Some of the ways in which man can help fish to overcome barriers will be explored at a Conference to be held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds between 14th and 16th October.  The 2008 Conference of the Institute of Fisheries Management is sponsored by Yorkshire Water, Environment Agency, APEM and ARUPS.  The theme for […]

Business at Marsh Tackle & Country Sports in High Wycombe, Bucks, has enjoyed a bit of a lift recently, thanks to a highly original piece of award-winning ambient marketing by the HPS Group in Marlow. The agency’s creative team came up with the idea of surreptitiously dangling a replica fish on the end of car […]

The Environment Agency and the Zoological Society of London have uncovered a new species of fish in the tidal Thames – the Greater Weever – one of an astonishing 125 species of fish known to be found in the river. The Greater Weever, a predatory fish, can grow to a length of half a metre […]

Nigel Goddard from Doncaster has become the 2008 NFA Individual National Champion after recording 2.690kg on the River Nene, on Saturday 27th September. Disappointingly, the venue did not perform as the NFA would have liked with most anglers struggling to catch, a story which is reflected in the full match results. With clear water and […]

Fishery News  Week ending 28 September 2008  Pick of the PikeBoat fishing with lures and dead sea fish over 18cm (excludes lamprey)Pitsford Water 1 October to 23 NovemberRutland Water  6 October to 16 NovemberGrafham Water 13 October to 30 NovemberRavensthorpe Reservoir 27 October to 23 November www.anglianwaterleisure.co.uk Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & […]

EFTTA, the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association, continues to set the standard when it comes to providing anglers with details on the exact performance of fishing lines. Thirteen lines have recently been through EFTTA’s unique Line Test Project, which encourages manufacturers to have their lines examined in controlled laboratory conditions to verify breaking strain and […]

Martin Salter’s constituency advice surgery was due to be picketed by an Animal Rights Organisation on Saturday 27th September at 12 noon, as part of an anti-game shooting campaign. Mr Salter is Labour’s spokesperson for shooting and fishing and drew up his Party’s manifesto commitment to support both sports. Unfortunately for them the protestors turned […]

Anglers had been saying before the off that the bream would be tightly shoaled with conditions going very clear for the big match, but nobody anticipated that almost all the feeding fish would be in one peg in this 140-peg sellout sponsored by Dulley Ceilings and Partitions Ltd. In the event there was a fantastic […]

The first ever fly fishing retreat to be held in Ireland took place at Brookhall Trout Fishery near Lisburn from 19-21st September when fourteen women from all over Ireland came together through Casting for Recovery, a unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer. Casting for Recovery provides fly […]