Sea trout are returning to the River Dunsop to spawn thanks to an innovative project designed to improve their habitat. In response to declining numbers of sea trout and salmon in the river, The Environment Agency and Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust took action by funding and creating specially designed spawning channels in a bid to encourage […]
Sea trout returning to River Dinsop
Trent flood study plan
The Environment Agency is inviting people to comment on plans for the first stage of a new 2-year study which will consider flooding on the whole catchment of the River Trent and many of its main tributaries, a total area of over 10,000km2. The first part of the study is the ‘River Trent Catchment Flood Management […]
Fish O Mania dates and venues
The National Federation of Anglers (NFA) are pleased to announce the Fish ‘O’ Mania venues and dates have now been finalised for 2007. Once again there will be 16 qualifiers held around the country giving anglers a chance of winning the biggest prize in coarse angling! There are some familiar venues on the Fish ‘O’ Mania […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm 21st November
Tunnel Barn Farm, Shrewley, Warks Monday, House pool 1: Rob Swain (White Hart) 75-7-0, carp, roach, bream and perch, poled white maggot, peg 8; Pete Hancox (Birmingham) 64-9-0; John Downing (Youngs Tunnel Barn Farm) 59-8-0. Wednesday, House pool 2: Pete Bennett (Garbolino Banbury Gunsmiths) 133-3-0, carp, bream and tench, poled pellet, peg 7; Jon Arthur (Match […]
Mosella Moorlands Farm 21st November
Tuesday 14.11.06Super Cost-Cutter12 fished on Bank 1st Mark Johnson (Fosters) 54.9.0 Peg 22 2nd Bill Drew (Bewdley) 26.10.0 Peg 12 3rd Alan James (Moorlands) 16.12.0 Peg 9 Wednesday 15.11.06Over 50’s20 fished on Moors, Middle & Island 1st Paul Hadlington (Club 2000) 39.14.0 Peg 11 Island 2nd Colin Pace (Bilston Angling) 35.6.0 Peg 4 Middle 3rd Carl Astbury (SBS) […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery 21st November
Winter league Round 6Maunside & Cavendish Lakes Saturday 18/11/06 24 fished 1st Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 1 Cavendish, 56-15-0 2nd John Moseley James Maude AC peg 2 Maunside, 31-5-0 3rd Ian Boyd Rivendell Match Group peg 3 Maunside, 24-11-0 4th Carl Brown CB Home Improvements peg 13 Cavendish, 23-7-0 5th John Woodland Peg One Angling Centre […]
Angel of the North Lakes 21st November
Angel of the North Fishing Lakes Match and Catch Report for Week ending Nov 19th 06Cleveland Police Match Thursday 16th November 06 Overcast with sunny spells later, Ambient Temp 8 deg, Humidity 71deg, wind SW 6mph, barometer 990.9mb, moon phase waning crescent, water temp 8.6 to 7.0, DO 8.1, PH 7.58 was todays setting. 1st Stewart Hopson […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery 21st November
11.11.06Daiwa Hallcroft Silver/Carp (Saturday)Moat (38 pegs) 1 P Bagshaw, Maver Barnsley, 101-2-0; peg outer 25 Pete Bagshaw fished bomb and corn to the island for carp to 5lb for 101-2-0 and a clear win. 2 G Gibson, Worksop, 54-4-0; peg island 61 Gordon Gibson, peg island 61, used similar methods but with catmeat for 54-4-0. 3 […]
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Kent hooks 1st prize in Suzuki’s National Fishing League final
Suzuki’s National Boat Fishing League Final supported by the National Federation of Sea Angler (NFSA) and organised by Boat Fishing Monthly magazine came to a close in Guernsey recently. This year’s competition attracted over 2000 anglers competing from 35 clubs across England, and with Suzuki donating £25 for every club that joined the league; Suzuki […]
Abusive fisherman nets hefty fine
The Environment Agency has prosecuted a West Sussex man for using an unauthorised fixed engine in tidal waters and using threatening and abusive behaviour towards Environment Agency staff who approached him. Mr Colin Cooter of High Street, Selsey, West Sussex appeared before Worthing Magistrates Court on 13 November 2006. He was fined £1200, ordered to […]
New stock for Shenley Pond
Today (20 November 2006), the Environment Agency will be re-stocking Shenley Fields Duck Pond with baby fish, thanks to anglers who pay rod licence fees. Fisheries officers from our Upper Trent Area will release one thousand (1000) rudd, one thousand (1000) crucian carp and five hundred (500) tench into the pond at Weoley Castle, Birmingham. All the […]
PAC response to Holyhead Two court case
Pike anglers were urged to follow the PAC’s code of conduct after two high-profile anglers pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle livebaits from the UK to Ireland. Holyhead magistrates heard Nigel Williams and Gary Banks were stopped in May as they boarded a ferry from Holyhead, North Wales, to Ireland. Customs officers found 100 carp, roach and […]
Mosella Moorlands Farm 14th November
Thursday 09.11.06Cost-Cutter20 fished on Meadow 1st Andrew Neal (Greens Tackle) 65.10.0 Peg 11 2nd Mark Johnson (Fosters) 53.3.0 Peg 43 3rd Roger Finch (Dudley Bait & Tackle) 50.7.0 Peg 14 Friday 10.11.06Open17 fished Rover all pools 1st Mal Watson (Daiwa Gordon Lge) 59.9.0 Peg 52 Meadow 2nd Steve Wright (Moorlands) 55.6.0 Peg 7 Middle 3rd Sid Sewell (Waters […]
World carp record smashed
The world carp record has reached a new mark with the capture of an 84lb 8oz fish from Luke Moffatt’s The Graviers fishery on the Cote D’Or in France. The mirror, known as Scarred Fish,beats the old best from Rainbow Lakes by a pound and was banked by Liverpool builder Pete Fitzsimmonds. Pete (34) took the […]