Hardy’s long awaited return into the Coarse fishing market is now official with the launch of a brand new, full colour 30 page catalogue featuring over 20 new products.With photography and copy provided by John Bailey, Jon Ward Allen and Andy Petherick, Hardy’s 2008 Coarse Fishing catalogue aims to provide a great read for all […]

Long time season permit holder John Gant has broken the fishery carp record at Essex’s Ardleigh Reservoir with a fantastic mirror of 43lb 4oz, Total-Fishing.com can reveal. In the same session John, a train driver from Stanway, landed a 38lb 8oz carp and a 29lb 10oz fish in what must be the best ever carp […]

The River Wensum has long been renowned for its great angling and a recent study by the Environment Agency shows that the river supports sustainable populations of both barbel and roach. It was commonly believed that populations of these fish were struggling but the surveys found adult fish and fry of both species to be widespread […]

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has spoken out in Parliament to warn the Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw of the potential impact of any further cuts in funding in the fisheries budget. Mr Salter was speaking in the annual Fisheries debate in the House of Commons, in which he spoke on a number of important recreational […]

An historic agreement has been reached that will see more than £500,000 being paid by Thames Water to restore and improve the River Wandle over the next 5 years. This follows the serious pollution incident on 17 September, which saw thousands of fish killed and a significant impact on invertebrate and plant life in the […]

The Isle of Wight Freshwater Angling Association (IWFAA) were celebrating yesterday after being granted permission by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to fish once more on a stretch of the River Yar on the Isle of Wight.  The anglers have fished the river for several decades, but their lease with the […]

If you are buying someone who has never fished before a rod for Christmas, don’t forget the rod licence. The reminder comes as 348 cases of fishing without a valid rod licence were brought in front of the courts by the Environment Agency in November, resulting in more than £50,000 in fines and costs.    Fishing […]

Fishing is at times a solitary pursuit, but can also be great fun with a friend, as Berryhill High School students Thomas Smith (age 11) and Nathan Royall (age 12) demonstrated, when the duo enjoyed a memorable day of pike fishing at Fenton and Districts Dilhorne Pools. Thomas a Peer coach with Get Hooked on […]

The lower Thames is in fine form for big perch and Ian Russell cashed in with this 2lb 9oz belter on a lure. Prologic’s Ian Russell swapped his carp rods for a Savage Gear Jig & Spin rod when fishing for perch last week.  Ian caught a number of fish with the biggest weighing in […]

About 6,000 roach have been stocked into lakes and ponds across Kent and Sussex, following a fish rescue at Cobham Hall Lakes in Kent.  The roach, which measured in size from 5cm – 20cm, were removed from Cobham Hall Lakes at the request of the local Cobham Court Angling Club, following a fish population survey […]

The first angling students to complete the ‘Introduction to Angling & the Environment’ OCN qualification developed by the National Federation of Anglers, the Governing Body for Freshwater Angling have been presented with their certificates by Minister for Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe MP and Martin Salter MP on Thursday 29th November at Portcullis House, London. The students […]

The two main political parties spoke up for recreational sea angling (RSA) in the House of Commons annual fisheries debate. In the midst of the debate on December 6, Robert Goodwill (Cons. Scarborough and Whitby) reminded MPs that recreational sea angling was “not merely a hobby: people earn their living from [it], and it is […]

The multi-million pounds fish farming and stocking industry in England and Wales will receive a major boost this month when the Environment Agency’s new on-line fish movements consenting service goes live on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.  “E-consenting is a round-the-clock service that allows applications to move fish to be submitted by fish farms, angling clubs, […]

The National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC) have recently carried out a membership survey regarding fish theft, which indicates that the problem is more widespread than previously thought. As a result, and in order to give everyone the opportunity to comment, the survey questionnaire is now being made publicly available via NAFAC’s website […]

Christmas came early on the River Wey this year as the Environment Agency delivered a stocking packed with 100 barbel yesterday (Wednesday). The batch of 12-month-old fish were released at a site near Godalming in Surrey as part of an Environment Agency project to give the barbel population a boost. Environment Agency fisheries officer Adrian Bicknell said: […]