Sunday’s strong winds and heavy rain stirred up the sport on the first day of the Preston Innovations festival. Overall winner on day one was Grant Albutt drawing peg 26 Pollawyn. Grant fished the long pole with meat at five feet deep catching all Carp for a brilliant weight of 186lb 02oz. 2nd on day […]

THE British government decision that it will ban pair trawling for bass to stop the abhorrent slaughter of hundreds of dolphins caught in the nets, will also be a major step towards allowing only rod-and-line fishermen, both commercial and recreational, to catch bass.  “This has been the aim of recreational sea anglers for more than 30 […]

The Countryside Alliance Campaign for Angling, together with the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA), welcomes Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw MP’s announcement that pair-trawling within 12 miles of the UK‘s coastline is to be banned. Whilst this measure is primarily to protect marine animals such as dolphins it will also lead to greater protection of […]

It’s been a great start to the autumn’s shore fishing throughout the islands of the Guernsey Bailiwick, with not only a remarkable variety of species being landed, but also a high number of good specimens.   The most startling news has been the appearance of trigger fish and Couch’s sea bream. Only a few years ago they […]

A STUNNING library of fishing books collected by the wealthy industrial barons of Manchester during the 19th Century, rediscovered in private hands after 65 years, will be sold by Bonhams in Honiton at 11am on October 15th.The Angling sale offers fifty lots from The Manchester Angling Association’s library, many with personal dedications by the authors. […]

Representatives of Britain’s 3.5 million anglers have given their full backing to measures announced today by DEFRA minister Ben Bradshaw to protect freshwater fish stocks from serious damage as a result of increased predation by cormorants coming inland from the sea. Since the 1970s there has been a massive increase in the number of cormorants […]

Confused not me says the Scone………. After all the Sledging over the last few weeks on all the forums the Final Match in the Intersite series was upon us.Barston Lake owned by Nigel Harrhy was the chosen venue and looked in splendid condition considering all the bad weather we have had in September. A few had been […]

ANGLERS HAVE welcomed the announcement by Fisheries and Conservation Minister, Ben Bradshaw, on the relaxation of the licence application process for shooting cormorants.  Cormorant numbers hunting inland have increased dramatically over the past three decades, and it is now widely accepted that they can cause significant damage to fish stocks and fisheries. Currently, some 23,000 […]

THE National Federation of Anglers backed coaching days held during the summer holidays at Derbyshire’s Springwood Fisheries were a huge success according to the fishery.Around 40 youngters from Derby, Leics and Nottingham attended and learnt how to fish and respect the environment.Other groups also attended from the Derwent Youth Centre and Barnardo’s Youth Inclusion project.The […]

Recreational sea anglers should have just as much say in managing the fish they try to catch as the trawler fishermen who harvest the same stocks, Ben Bradshaw the fisheries minister said today (Sunday).  Sea anglers “have been saying to me and my predecessors for years that something will have to be done to conserve […]

THE August includes the exclusive story of a 17lb Trent barbal and a bleak angler catching a 17lb carp… Also in the August issue, which is on the shelves now priced only £1.99:It’s a Jacuzzi!Roy Marlow uses his fishfinder to find out what’s going on donw there when your peg is fizzing but you can’t […]

  ANGLING enjoyed unprecedented media coverage in the lead up and during National Fishing Week according to the Angling Trades Association. Over one hundred events were registered and thousands of people tried fishing for the first time throughout the UK, attracting local, regional and national media attention. On the eve of National Fishing Week, Keith Elliott’s, Tight […]

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From left to right, third placed Les Thompson, second placed Neil Machin,Sensas UK’s Mark Downes and 2004 Midlands Matchman of the Year Paul Yates..FRESH from winning a silver medal with England at the Six Nations Championships in France, Paul ‘Yanny’ Yates produced a consistent performance to take the prestigious Sensas Midlands Matchman of the Year […]

Total-Fishing has teamed up with a man with intimate inside knowledge of the Belgian fishing scene to bring you daily updates from the World Champs.Martin Hallford lived in Belgium for three years, regularly fishing in and winning on the Belgian open circuit. Now back in England, he still often travels over the Channel to compete […]