MEMBERS only club water Pitlands Lakes in Kent has hit the headlines with a monster 441lb match catch. The amazing bag fell to Mike Jameson in a five-hour, six angler knock-up for Kent Fire Service, with the seecond placed man, Steve Langley, weighing in over 250lb also. “Fishery owner Tom stressed that this was a one-off match, never […]

Charles Jardine, Director of the Countryside Alliance Campaign for Angling, will be spending the night at the Countryside Alliance’s vigil on Parliament Square next Wednesday, 14 August.The vigil has been manned on a round the clock basis since May 15 and has had a different hunt in attendance each day. This will be the first […]

The British Record rod-caught Fish Committee meets as and when necessary, the most recent occasion ratified the following new records listed below. In attendance were representatives of the National ­Federation of Anglers, Salmon and Trout Association, Specialist Anglers Alliance and the National Federation of Sea Anglers. The meeting, in the absence of Mr RW Page […]

Open letter from Chris Burt of the Specialist Anglers Alliancee-mail: cburt@blueyonder.co.uk “It is with considerable regret that we have to confirm that the huge, concerted efforts from SAA, PAC and the other predator groups in fighting to retain the right to livebait in certain waters in the North West Region of the Environment Agency, have […]

A NEW Carp Angling Conservation Forum has been formed by the Carp Society to tackle illegal importation and movement of fish into England and Wales. Those organisations currently participating are The Carp Society, English Carp Heritage Organisation, Specialist Anglers Alliance, Institute of Fisheries Management, British Carp Study Group, Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association, Environment Agency and Centre for […]

BRETT White just missed on breaking the British carp record when he slipped the landing net under Two Tone at Mid Kent Fisheries’ Conningbrook Lake. The mighty fished weighed in at 60lb 9oz – just seven ounces off the record in waiting (the same fish) taken by Gary Bayes last October. Sidcup, Kent angler Brett seems to […]

A rookie shark angler has boated what’s thought to be the first thresher caught off Cornwall for 30 years.Padstow angler Ron Moody was fishing out of Crackinton aboard Lee Wicks’ boat Emma Kate when the nine foot long, 103lb shark took his mackerel bait on 10/0 hooks intended for porbeagle. An hour long battle followed before the […]

An angler fishing for bass with sandeel has boated a massive ballan wrasse less than a pound short of the British record.Paul Buckingham was fishing on a charter trip out of Salcombe in Devon when the big ballan struck. At 8lb 12 oz it’s only 11oz off the record. The retired policeman from Saltdean in […]

Angling personality Keith Arthur has blasted antis as ‘wooly-thinking ignoramuses’ and urged the angling trade to back a boycott of the national media when it gives them a platform. Speaking in Tackle and Guns magazine, Londoner Keith said: “It seems only in Britain and some states in America are afflicted with these wooly thinking ignoramuses. “Until […]

THE owner of popular Woodland View Fishery says he believes pellets, which are banned on his Droitwich water, are ruining commercial waters. The news comes in the same week that Browning Cudmore and White Acres have decided to ban catmeat, amidst claims that it contributes to low oxygen levels.Woodland boss Mike Mason was speaking after […]

Bewdley Angling Festival, River Severn, Bewdley THE first ever three day Bewdley Angling Festival on the River Severn was voted an overwhelming success by the eighty anglers who competed in the event. The festival was fished on the Kidderminster and District match length between Hawksbatch and Winterdyne. Conditions for the event were far from ideal, with a […]

Ladies National, Hallcroft FisheryLINDA Cooke is the first angler ever to win three Nationals following her success in the Ladies event at Hallcroft Fishery.The Wirral angler weighed in 13.800kg on Moat Pool, to take the crown and add to her successes in the same event in 1998 and 2001.And just for good measure Linda, 54, […]

WOODLAND View match team member Paul Williams took a break from banging fish out on red luncheon meat to take on the wild Irish bream of Lough Derg. And the Frankley, Birmingham rod won’t be forgetting his trip in a hurry, as he ended up with his best ever one day bag – 320lb of […]

Anglers are being asked to help prevent extinction of an increasingly rare fish.Shad are listed in national and international law as protected species and the Environment Agency’s north east region wants to ensure that the few that are left in the north east stay there.There are two types of shad – Allis shad and Twaite […]

THE EA has launched an investigation following a surge in disabled consessionary licence sales which could be costing them over £200,000.The belief is that the puzzling upturn in sales is not down to more disabled anglers fishing, but is down to more people conning the system by claiming they are disabled when they are no […]