MORE good specimen fish were caught by Bailiwick of Guernsey anglers in November.The West Coast Sea Angling Club held the third and last leg in their annual Specimen Fish Hunt Competition, which is a shore based event.Each leg lasts for a whole weekend, running from Friday at 6.00pm through to Sunday at 10.00pm.The third competition produced […]

THE Environment Agency, in partnership with local angling organisations, is releasing 2,000 barbel into the River Stour on Wednesday (17 Dec), half way through its five-year programme to restock the river.This is the third year of the programme to bring back to the waters of the River Stour a sustainable barbel population.. Numbers had reached a […]

SALMON have been spotted trying to scale Sprotbrough Falls on the River Don near Doncaster for the first time in nearly two hundred years. A local angler contacted the Environment Agency to congratulate their fisheries staff on the efforts they have made to improve fisheries stocks on the Don. Staff from the local team were delighted […]

COARSE fish numbers on the River Dee received a boost on 11 December 2003 with the ntroduction of an additional 12,000 one-year-old fish. They will be introduced at Farndon , Almere Ferry and Eccleston Ferry. Environment Agency Wales will be using extra funds generated from increased rod licence sales to fund the operation. The fish comprise some 6,250 […]

CHRISTMAS has come early this year for Lancashire anglers. Around 130,000 roach, dace and chub have been released into the rivers Alt, Lune, Douglas, Ribble, Darwen and Wyre as part of the EA’s fish stocking programme.The stocking is being carried out to improve and maintain healthy fish populations in Lancashire’s rivers. The fish, bred at the […]

WORK has been completed on a new quarter of a million pound fish pass on the Western Cleddau at Haverfordwest. Town Weir Fish Pass, incorporating the latest in fish pass technology, will improve access for all species of migratory fish including salmon and sea trout, eels and also the rare and endangered sea lamprey.The previous fish […]

THE Environment Agency has found an unexpected environmental hero in the sea trout.Small numbers of the determined fish have swum against the odds to migrate upstream to their spawning grounds at the headwater of the River Rother in Kent.The fish need high river flows to allow them to complete their ‘run’, which usually happens during […]

SEA anglers whose activities now contribute £1 billion a year to Britain’s coastal economies need to have a say in Government decisions on managing fish stocks, parliament was told this week. During the annual fisheries debate, Bob Blizzard the Labour MP for Lowestoft, said that politicians should “give some thought to how we manage the […]

EIGHT fishermen were fined for fishing without a rod licence in cases heard at Bridgend Magistrate’s Court on  25 November 2003. They were all seen fishing at Hazel Court Lakes near Bridgend on 18 May 2003, contrary to section 27(a) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975. They were fined a total of £625 and […]

A PLYMOUTH angler has been fined £100 with £50 costs for fishing without an Environment Agency rod licence and for falsifying the date on the licence he subsequently obtained. The case was brought by the Environment Agency and heard at Plymouth Magistrates’ court. Brian Andrew Vandyke of Ernesettle, Plymouth was fishing at Milemead Fishery, Tavistock […]

WORK is under way to bring about a further improvement to the quality of the high scoring waters of the River Wensum in Ipswich.Many other Norfolk rivers which also suffer high nitrate and phosphate levels, which can cause problems for fish and other river life, could also benefit.Special training courses are being held in the […]

The latest issue of Total Carp is packed full of advice and instruction thatwill help you catch more than your share of winter carp. Whether it’s bait,tackle or rig advice you want, you’re bound to learn something by buying acopy of the UK‘s best-selling carp magazine.Top features include:DAVE LANEDave is having an awesome winter! Already […]

THE organisers of the Tackle & Guns Trade Show are adding a second hall for next year after another record-breaking event last month.As the curtain came down on the largest and most successful fishing and shooting trade show ever, held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, plans were already well underway for an even bigger spectacle next […]

AT a recent meeting in London Chaired by NFA President Mr Ken Ball President, and attended by Ted Tuckerman of the NFSA; Marsh Prately & Phil Smith of SAA, Malcolm Hanson of the S&TA,  and scientific advisers Nigel Hewlett of the Environment Agency and Oliver Crimmen of the Natural History Museum, the following decisions were […]