The Angling Trust has launched a national campaign calling for an immediate closure of the live capture wrasse fishery supplying fish to the Scottish salmon farming industry and is urging all anglers and conservationists to get involved. Live wrasse are now being transported from the South West of England to Scottish salmon farms where they […]

World Shore Fishing Championships 2017 The 26th FIPS-M World Youth and Junior Shore Angling Championships were held in Ambleteuse, France from the 15th to 22nd July 2017 and Tronixpro Team England Juniors returned with a silver medal from the team category. The England teams arrived prior to the start of competition to practice on the […]

Nick Lane has made the national newspaper headlines with this huge thresher shark caught off the Devon coast. The fish, weighed at 368lb and then returned, was caught during a trip aboard Dan Hawkins charter boat ‘Reel Deal’ and took over and hour to tame during a spectacular fight that saw it leap 20ft out […]

This massive opah could be a new world record and is one of five hooked at the same time on a trip near San Martin Island. The 181lb fish, which is 18lb over the current IGFA record, was caught by Joe Ludlow aboard the boat Excel. Ludlow was fishing in 190 feet of water soon […]

Bass anglers need to come forward to give their views on the retrictions brought in on their sport. The online survey, organised through the University of Southampton by Alex Maydew, a Masters student and keen angler, takes less than five minutes and aims to evaluate the impacts that recent EU landing restrictions and strict bag […]

British fishermen would enjoy a far bigger share of the stocks around the island if we vote to leave the EU, says the country’s fisheries minister. Speaking out of kilter with the party line peddled by Prime Minister David Cameron, George Eustice believes that ports which lie idle for much of the year could soon […]

Wow! Liverpool angler Bert Williams shows off a blockbusting cod he caught on a trip to Norway this week with Sportquest Holidays. The 96lb brute too a Westin Big Bob lure. It follows hot on the heels of a 91-pounder caught on the same type of lure by Swedish angler Johan Mikkelsen in Soroya, Norway […]

The Angling Trust is inviting junior shore anglers to get involved in the 2016 England Talent Pathway programme.The programme provides opportunities for young anglers to learn about international tactics and techniques from current England international anglers and coaches. Last year, 18 anglers received expert tuition and many went on to represent England at Under-16 level.Due […]

German angler Johann Kaaserer has made a line class world record claim for his enormous 149.65 kg (329 lb 15 oz ) Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) caught on August 15th while fishing off Mefjord, Norwary using just 30lb class gear. Kaaserer needed only 45 minutes to subdue the massive halibut after it ate the jig he was fishing […]

Organisations representing Britain’s 800,000 sea anglers have reacted furiously to the news that EU Fisheries Ministers, including the UK’s George Eustice, have caved in to pressure from commercial fishing interests and granted exemptions to the highly damaging bass gill net fishery. This sector, described by Eustice as “low impact” is actually responsible for by far […]

This week is crunch time for European bass stocks with the Council of Ministers meeting to discuss controversial proposals from the European Commission for 2016 aimed at reducing pressure on the fishery. Representatives from the Angling Trust and the Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society (BASS) have been hard at work making the case to UK fisheries […]

The Angling Trust National Team and Competitions Marine Group are considering entering teams into the World and Home International Championships in 2016. The Angling Trust formally invites applications for the 2016 England Squads and Sea Angling Teams, and applications are also available for England Managers and Coaches.  How to apply:  If you wish to be […]

Stephen O’Neill went on a fishing trip to Kerry with a few of his friends recently.  He decided to give one of the surf beaches a go, but due to exertions of the previous days (and nights) the lads weren’t up for it so he headed out alone. On Stephen’s third cast he noted a […]

  Team England World Boat Squad enjoyed yet more team and individual success in the 51st FIPS-M World Boat Angling Championships in Ireland winning team Silver, a Gold and Bronze in the individual categories.  The England team consisted of fishing manager Rolf Marschalek, Gary Galbraith, Cliff Newbold, Colin Searles and reserve Steve Batchelor. The team […]

A report aimed at helping the seafood industry and policy makers to evaluate and compare the economic importance of sea angling and commercial fishing has been published, with the hope that it will provide a blueprint for future comparisons of the sectors which has previously been a thorny issue on both sides. A workshop that […]