The National Teams & Competitions Group of the Angling Trust are delighted to announce the Angling Trust Team England sea angling squads for 2014. Being selected to fish for your country is one of the most prestigious honours that competitive anglers can achieve. Each year the Angling Trust Team England squads train and work extremely […]
Team England Sea Angling Squads Announced for 2014
Two Billion Pound Spend Highlights Huge Value Of Recreational Sea Angling
Recreational sea angling in England supported over two billion pounds in total spending and supported over 23,000 jobs in 2012 according to the results published today of Sea Angling 2012 – a survey of recreational sea angling activity and economic value in England. The results from the project – which was set up by Defra […]
Wales Take Silver, England Bronze In 2013 World Shore Angling Championships
Managers report courtesy of Martyn Reid. The World Men’s Shore Fishing Championship this year was staged on the beaches of Torremolinos in Spain, and it was the home nation who took home the gold, and posted the top four individuals in a virtually foot perfect victory, as they finished 12 points clear of the field.However, […]
Cautious Celebrations as Weymouth Angling Centre Spared from Demolition
Anglers were celebrating today after the Weymouth Harbour Management Board rejected Council proposals to demolish the Weymouth Angling Club’s harbour-side club house and instead voted for an amendment that should see the Club given a new 10 year lease and a secure future. However, this revised proposal will now go forward to another meeting […]
Rough Ride for Angling Trust Personal Members Boat Championship 2013
This year’s Angling Trust Personal Members Boat Championship took place in Weymouth from 12th – 13th October with 24 top anglers taking part including most of the current World and Home Nation teams and two juniors.The weather was force 6-7 North Easterly winds, in many ports the boats would have never ventured to sea, but […]
Scottish volunteer shark tagging project receives funding.
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN – www.ssacn.org) are proud to announce they have received funding support for the next three years from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to support their on-going, volunteer sea angler led, Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP – www.tagsharks.com). The SSTP project involves volunteers, sea […]
Caviar anyone? That just might be a sturgeon you’ve hooked
Sea anglers and commercial fishermen along the U.K. coasts are being asked from today to watch out for one of the most unusual catches they may ever make – a sturgeon. It is one of the most protected fish in the world. The eggs of the beluga species are served as caviar. The sturgeon […]
World Record Cod Over 100lb Caught Off Norway
Norway has produced a world record rod caught cod in the shape of this monster weighing just short of 104lb to German angler Michael Eisele. Michael was fishing at Breivikfjord near Hammerfest in the north of the country and weighed in at 47lb (103.6lb) nearly 5lb over the IGFA All Tackle world record for the […]
Record German Salmon
Germany’s salmon record has been beaten with this 53.57lb giant taken off the Island of Rügen off the Pomeranian coast. The 123cm long fish to a trolled Rhino Mag Spoon fished by Wolfsburg angler Dieter Schmidt, who donated it to the local community. The mayor has decided to have it displayed in a local restaurant […]
Common Skate Recapture Event
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network is running their third Common Skate Event – from the 19th -21st April.Once again dedicated volunteer sea anglers will travel from all over the UK to help gather data regarding one of the nation’s shark stocks on behalf of the Scottish Shark Tagging Program (SSTP)Around 50 sea anglers using […]
North East Kayak Angling Championships
The North East Marine Region of the Angling Trust are holding the first North East Kayak Angling Championships on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June 2013. Fishing times on both days are 10 am to 3 pm with weigh in between 3 pm to 4.30 pm. Registration and weigh in is at the Fort House […]
Potential Grey Gurnard Record Boated Off Plymouth
Plymouth Castaways SAC member, Kristian Quenault, is claiming a new boat caught Grey Gurnard record with this fish weighing 2lb 8oz.The gurnard took a Savage Gear Sandeel over a wreck off Plymouth. It was verified by respected angling journalist Mike Millman with the weight verified on a calibrated set of scales..Kristian was fishing from private […]
Over £5,000 Raised For RNLI At 2013 World Dab Champs
A huge turnout of 216 anglers braved horrendous conditions to compete in the World Dab Championships, fished on the beaches of Dungeness in Kent. This annual event is fished mainly to raise money for good causes, and it certainly did that, with a cheque for £5309 winging its way to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. […]
Clark Is The 25th Irish Shore Champ
England’s Chris Clark was top rod in the 25th Irish Shore Fishing Festival, walking away with a cheque for 1,000 euros following a perfect score of three zone wins. Fished at three different beach marks around Leinster, 60 competing anglers found mainly flounders, dabs, whiting, rockling and coal fish feeding in spurts at the start […]
North East England 2013 Angling Trust Kayak Competition
A new Kayak Championship is being organised in the north east of England under the expert guidance of angling journalist and broadcaster Sam Harris. Backed by Moonfleet Angling, which is putting up an angling kayak as the top prize, it’s a heaviest fish competition that will be fished over June 29th and 30th from launch […]
