Dear Prime MinisterOn Sunday a massive number of decent law-abiding people, men, women and children, came to London from all quarters of the country to demonstrate peaceably in support of the principles of liberty and livelihood in the countryside. They represented countless more of the rural constituency who make up nearly a fifth of our […]

Dutch angler Jan Jaspers has landed a 387lb bluefin tuna off the Galway coast, the first one taken from any ports outside Donegal.Jan was fishing with skipper John Brittain, Clifden, owner of the charter boat the Blue Water, which operates daily from Clifden Boat Quay. “This is excellent news for boat owners operating tourist angling trips […]

A YOUNG angler got more bite than he bargained for when he reeled in a piranha from his local pond. Robert Medwid took his two sons, Michael, 13, and Jordan, 8, to High Park lake in Toronto, Canada after they’d visited the Canadian National Exhibition. AT about 7pm, Jordan, who was using a broken fishing […]

Five pilot schemes to improve freshwater fisheries have proved so successful that more are to be launched this autumn.The Fisheries Action Plans (FAPs) were developed in a partnership between the Environment Agency, anglers, conservationists and other interest groups to increase public involvement in the management and development of their local fisheries.The pilot schemes were on […]

AMERICAN anglers are up in arms following the discovery that the humble ruffe has invaded the massive Lake Michigan.The ruffe turned up during a routine survey of the water by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) – the first confirmed finding of the species there. Ruffe were first discovered in the Duluth Harbour, Minnesota and […]

APPROVAL has been granted for massive new 160-acre bait farm to be built in west Wales. Councillors gave the thumbs up to the ragworm farm scheme on Thursday, and those behind the Carmarthenshire project will now apply for a European grant to help them complete the £4.5m project which is expected to create up to […]

ChampionshipsThe England Men’s team brought home the bronze medal after a close fought competition in the World Shore Championships in Belgium. Portugal took the gold, maintaining top position from day one. England were denied the silver medal position by Wales, who put in a splendid performance which also resulted in Welshman Alan Price being crowned […]

CANADIAN police have arrested a man in connection with cheating in trying to win a £5000 fishing match.Police said they were called to the Great Ontario Salmon Derby to investigate a winning 34lb chinook salmon entered in the ‘derby’, held at Bluffers Park. After a close inspection, detectives found more than 7lb of lead pipe […]

A MAN out fishing with his son and a friend made a gruesome discovery in the waters of the Atlantic – a human head. Paul Trabulsy found the dismembered body part about 22 miles east of Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida in the USA.The men used a gaff to fish the head out of the water […]

England have retained the title of World Casting Champions following an outstanding performance at the World Championships held in Belgium. England led the championship from day one, winning all three weights, 125gm, 150gm and 175gm.The team members were Mike Birks, Paignton, Devon; Rob Caley, Thetford, Norfolk; Garry Dickerson, Wimborne, Dorset; David Vicary, Bodham, Norfolk and […]

ANGLERS have been targeting big bluefin tuna off the western coast of Ireland for a couple of years now, and Stephen Black has proved the area’s potential once again with a monster fish weighing 594lb.The Kildare angler was fishing with Irish record holder Adrian Molloy of Bluefin Charters when the massive fish struck late in […]

The Environment Agency is dealing with a serious pollution incident on the Old Bedford River/Counterdrain in Cambridgeshire. A 3km stretch of river downstream from Welney has become deoxygenated and over 140,000 fish have been killed.Environment Agency investigations are being made into the source of the pollution that has resulted in one of the largest fish […]

Total-Fishing – first with the news…BIG fish ace Lee Jackson has broken the British carp record with ‘Two Tone’ at a new best weight of 61lb 7oz. The fish was first weighed at 61lb 7oz but subsequent checks show they were weiging a little heavy.As first reported here on Total-Fishing last Friday, Lee tempted the Conningbrook Lake fish […]

If you want to know how the home nations are getting on in the build up to this year’s World Championships, there’s only one place to go – www.total-fishing.com.Site editor Gareth Purnell, who is a competitor in the event and is fishing in his eighth consecutive World Championships, will be writing a day by day, […]

OVER £5000 in cash prizes are up for grabs in the 17th Alderney Angling Festival, which takes place in early October.Originally conceived by the angling ace Mr Roddy Hayes in the early Eighties, the Alderney Angling Festival has grown to be a premiere event in the UK angling diary and is staged at a time […]