Nearly 400 anglers found themselves in front of the courts in September for fishing without a valid rod licence, incurring more than £53,000 in fines and costs. One angler received a caution.“Our enforcement officers target rivers, lakes and other waters where we believe cheats are present,” confirmed Environment Agency Head of Fisheries Dafydd Evans. “Our […]

Experts from the Environment Agency are making use of CCTV technology in a bid to monitor migrating fish numbers in a Cambridgeshire river. At Dog in a Doublet Fish pass on the River Nene near Peterborough, fisheries staff have mounted a small digital camera underwater, which monitors all the fish travelling through the pass. The […]

I cannot believe it is day four of the Maver Festival already – the week has flown by for us.The penultimate day of the festival was fine and the weather had been kind to us this week as it was another mild day.Timmy Rowe has had a clean sweep so far on the festival with […]

English fishing has once again brought home the medals on the international scene, with the NFA Carp Team England winning Bronze at the 2007 World Carp Championships held in Belgrade last weekend.The team travelled over to Serbia to take part in a 72 hour, 4 rod, pairs enduro match against 17 competing nations mainly from […]

Following the pollution of the River Wandle on Monday 17 September, which killed thousands of fish and invertebrates, a meeting yesterday agreed an ambitious vision for a new project not only to restore the river to its pre-pollution condition but also to continue the improvement that had been in progress before the incident.  The meeting […]

Children from two special needs schools in Lincoln enjoyed a “have a go” fishing day at Fen Lake Fisheries, Metheringham, on Friday, 28th September. The excited youngsters from Sincil School and Queens Park School were taught fishing techniques under the watchful eyes of trained coaches from the British Disabled Angling Association, before a well-earned rest […]

Valladolid (Spain). October 2007The United States has shown once again its skill in bass fishing with its overwhelming defeat to the European selection team in the fourth championship of the Eurobass Cup.  The final result was 22 points for the American professionals and two points for the European team.  The second round duplicated the score of […]

The 2007 NFA National Championships came to a close with a whimper this weekend as a dire Individual National was fished on the Boston Drains, with Scott Rispin from Hull taking victory.The competition, which saw over 150 competitors taking part is an invitation only event with anglers qualifying through the National Competitions. The anglers started the day with […]

A bumper £13.2 million will be spent on essential repairs and improvements to hundreds of navigational sites and structures along Environment Agency-managed rivers this winter.Announcing the record level of spending for the 2007-2008 works programme, Julia Simpson, Head of Recreation, Navigation and Marine, said: “Our teams of engineers and divers are ready to get to […]

The Environment Agency is working hard to reduce fish thefts, illegal stocking and disease transfer in Hampshire.  The latest initiative was to tag carp in a lake near Denmead which have been the target of thieves. There have been a number of incidents of fish theft at the fishery in the last 12 months. Hampshire Fisheries […]

The Environment Agency’s fisheries experts are inviting North East fisheries managers and fishing clubs to learn how to make their fisheries more resilient to damage from predators. Predatory seabirds like cormorants have been a concern for fishery owners for some time because of the potential impact on their fish stocks. Stillwater fisheries attract large numbers of […]

Membership of the ACA has increased over the past year as individual anglers have made use of the new online membership facility and over 200 new clubs and riparian owners have signed up since January to benefit from the unique legal protection and advice only the ACA can offer them.  The organisation’s services are now […]

More and more people in Wales are going fishing as Environment Agency Wales figures show an increase in people buying a rod licence. By the end of August , there had been an increase of almost 9% in the amount of people buying a licence in Wales compared to the same period last year. The […]

We have reached the half way point on the festival, unfortunately for some it is “do or die” and the results can only prompt them to spend more time in the pub! For others it is head down and get on with it, as there are now a large number of anglers who have good […]

Dams and Lock in chargeIan Williams included perch to 2lb 6oz in a fine winning 15-4-8 bag in the final round of the West Midlands Drennan Superleague, fished at Hinksford on the Staffs-Worcester Canal.Ian drew peg H14 and fished down the track on the pole with worm and caster for the day’s only double figure […]