SEA anglers want their governing body to put more effort into targeting conservation and fisheries issues. And in order to do that, the NFSA is to relinquish the organisation of matches and festivals.The news comes as the body announced it had attracted 6000 into its new membership scheme, plus some 350 clubs. The 6000 members […]

THE NFA’s Ladies Team England landed team and individual gold medals in a spectacular victory which left the powerful Italian’s reeling at the ninth Ladies World Angling Championships, fished on the River Krki at Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia at the weekend.If England were fatigued by their 1,200-mile overland dash to Slovenia they certainly didn’t show […]

The Environment has issued a safety warning after a “devastating pollution incident” on a 20-mile stretch of Essex’s River Blackwater.A leak of the chemical tributyltin has killed thousands of fish between Coggeshall and Kelvedon. Warning signs have been put up along the banks after a young angler developed a skin rash and the EA has advised […]

European Boat ChampionshipsEngland A beat the home nation Norway to take gold in the 16 team European Boat Championships fished off Stavanger, Norway at the weekend. The team of Jim Whippy, Bob King, Ray Barron, Richard Russell and Steve Riley dropped just 24 points out of a possible 1200 over the three day event, knocking […]

The River Yare, a venue known better for its excellent summer silver fish sport, has produced a fine 30lb 9oz carp to Keith Cracknell.The Norwich specialist was having a pint in the beer garden of a pub on the river when he saw a group of big fish moving.He was back the next morning and after […]

AN angler is claiming a new British record with a 1lb 6oz dace he caught from the River Wear at Durham.The fish came from the town centre stretch and was part of a fine 40lb bag of chub and dace which fell for stick float and breadflake tactics.Local captor Simon Ashton is awaiting verification of his […]

THE Irish Federation of Sea Anglers claims that proposed new regulations could cause boat skippers to quit the sport. The IFSA, set up in 1953, has never lost a competitor in the thousands of competitive events held since the foundation of the Federation over the past half century.However, following the Fethard -on -Sea disaster, some […]

SHAKESPEARE Redditch Federation produced a scorching performance on a red-hot day as they captured the coveted Team title in the 62 team Embassy Division One National Angling Championship for the second time in four years. And snapping at their heels on a crayfish ridden Basingstoke Canal were team Daiwa Gordon League.Shakespeare Redditch, known as the […]

OVER sensitive antis are calling for the UK‘s largest aquarium to take seafood off its menu. Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) reckon the policy the Blue Planet Aquarium at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire is “bizarre”. Peta UK director Dawn Carr claimed to be “shocked” when a group member alerted her to the […]

DISCOVERY Home & Leisure has a bumper crop of new angling programmes for this autumn, with Friday evenings dedicated to all things fishy.Starting at 9pm, Fish on Friday is a three hour, uninterrupted block of angling programmes, including Angling Times TV, with a brand new series of Hooked on Fishing with Paul Young showing in September.   In this 15 part series, Paul travels the globe to find the most challenging […]

THE tope are running hard off Cardigan Bay, as illustrated by a recent trip which produced 60 runs and 20 fish to 60lb. Stourbridge and District SAC club secretary Ellis Matthews bagged the big one, and the trip out of Barmouth in Gwynedd also produced 55-pounders to MG Rover Cars Club members Darren Johnson and Steve Allen. All […]

A MONSTER ghost carp weighing 43lb 4oz has been taken from the River Trent at Nottingham. The fish, tempted by Breaston, Derbyshire angler Brian Fallon, is the biggest known carp in the river and fell for Formula 1 boilies fished on a notoriosuly snaggy stretch of water. Luckily when Brian hooked the personal best fish, late […]

ROCK hard Leicestershire venue Swithland Reservoir has produced a superb 15lb 10oz bream to specialist Lee McManus.Lee, a qualifier for the Midland Angler Specialist of the Year final which takes place later this month, baited a gap in the weed 100 yards out with hemp, corn, casters and maggots. The fish took double red maggot […]

ROVING Surrey angler Graeme Pullen has led a party which boated three world records in five days while fishing just 800 metres off a popular beach in the Canary Islands. Biggest of all was a monster 1200lb six gillled shark, and despite the proximity to the coast, the anglers were fishing in some 500 metres of water, using 3lb […]

Six Nations Championship, Furzton Lakes, Milton KeynesA NEW look Drennan England squad which included rookies Paul Yates and Darren Cox was too good for the French, Belgians and other home nations as they eased to victory on MIlton Keynes’ Furzton Lake. England’s Steve Gardener and Will Raison both had a perfect two section wins in […]