A proposal to extend the salmon commercial netting season in the Erne Estuary has been heavily criticised by the rural lobbying group Countryside Alliance Ireland. The Northern Region Fishery Board (NRFS) are the Government body responsible for management of the estuary and are supposed to be conserving the salmon stocks in the area.Countryside Alliance Ireland who […]

 WAS the report exposing the levels of PCBs in farmed Scottish salmon just ‘another food scare’?  The Salmon & Trout Association is determined that the underlying dangers of unregulated salmon farming will not disappear just because the headlines have. It is now co-ordinating support for the forthcoming Aquaculture Bill.Our target is the proper independent regulation […]

After a frank admission that British fish stocks have collapsed, the government has been warned that future actions to protect them must be “taken in the interests of recreational sea anglers as much as in the interests of our dwindling commercial fishing industry.” Ted Tuckerman, chairman of the National Federation of Sea Anglers, wrote to Mrs. […]

The Countryside Alliance has renewed criticism of the RSPCA’s priorities following reports that they intend to investigate anglers and fish farmers for ‘cruelty’ to fish.The RSPCA and SSPCA have suggested that controversial research published last year by the Roslin Institute showed that fish can feel pain and the SSPCA has said: “We believe that fish […]

Coastguard crews are searching for the third crew member of a fishing boat which capsized and sank in heavy seas.Falmouth Coastguard launched a search for the vessel – named Sabre – after the wife of the skipper raised the alarm that it was overdue.At 7.45am today (Saturday 13th) , the coastguard received a report that […]

BRITISH OPEN BEACH CHAMPIONSHIP 2004 – RESULTS * Senior Event – Saturday 6th March 2004 1. I Knights                   Poole                            Cod      3280g2. S Voase                     Hornsea                        Cod      1930g3. G Beasley                  Leeds                            Cod      1870g * Junior Event – Saturday 6th March 2004  1. Janet Paley                 Scarborough                  Flounder           375g * Ladies Event – Saturday 6th March 2004  No ladies weighed in * Pairs Event […]

TF members Darren Frost (is that he of Shimano Wales fame?) and Ben Roberts are running a two0day festival at Bala Lake in North Wales on the 3rd and 4th April and are extending an open invitation to all users of this website.“It’s the first Bala Bonanza Festival we have run and are hoping it’s […]

Total Fishing Spalding Town Welland meet By Mick Parkinson (yes that’s Neil’s lad) WHAT originally started out as being a pairs match ended up being a small knock-up between friends from the TF site. Did the low number of anglers that showed up mean a bad day……definitely not, because we were to fish the winter roach anglers’ […]

Winter League Semi Final, Kennet and Avon CanalWEST Midlands team Sensas Dams and Locks will be thinking this competition has something in for them after having what they thought was a qualifying place snatched from their grasp following a heartbreaking errorAfter the match the organisers announced that the team had snatched the final qualifying position […]

The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm in Nottingham is celebrating the release of over four million young fish into the wild since it began its coarse fish breeding programme in 1986.The breeding programme is funded from the purchase of fishing licences so, as well as contributing to the environmental benefits, anglers buying a fishing licence […]

 ‘FISH on Five’ presenter Nick Hancock launched the biggest angling match the UK has ever seen this weekend at the Go Fishing show at the NEC in Birmingham. Together with four times World Champion angler Bob Nudd, MBE, Nick unveiled the Sport Relief ’04 Midsummer Megamatch, which is due to take place at venues all […]

SCOTLAND’S top commercial coarse fishery has installed an innovative new wave making machine to keep one of its lakes fishing through the freeze.Magiscroft Fishery, which is situated at Cumbernauld near Glasgow, has installed the device on its top pond with a view to making sure anglers can take advantage of the excellent mixed fishing on […]

TOTAL-FISHING understands that the carp record has been broken with a fish of 64lb 14oz from Kent’s Conningbrook Lake. The fish was taken last night (Friday) by John Pack and is the same fish (Two Tone) that Lee Jackson took to hold the current record of 61lb 11oz. It has put on around 3lb since […]