Irish Catch of the Week goes to Mark Sweeney, who caught and released this 20lb salmon on the River Boyne. The River Boyne has always been noted for its big salmon and this cracker put up a tremendous fight. Mark got a couple of quick snaps before returning the fish, which swam away strongly. If […]

Web-based angling TV channel OnlineFishing.tv is launching a new ‘Freeplayer’ with over 90 minutes of free-to-watch programmes online. The Freeplayer, which went live this week at www.onlinefishing.tv/freeplayer and will change every two weeks, includes a cocktail of extended clips from its 300+ shows, some complete programmes, tips, interviews and tackle-based videos made specifically for the […]

“ 1000 sharks tagged in Scottish waters by sea anglers in less than one year. ” The Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP) which is run by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) has recently logged its 1000 fish, a major landmark for the new tagging programme. The 1000th fish, was a 73 pound tope […]

Natural England’s Marine Director, James Marsden, took a crash course in sea angling on July 28th when he took to the Blackwater estuary in Essex for a day’s charter boat fishing with the Angling Trust.Mr Marsden, who is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) project in England, joined a party […]

Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier Sunday August 8th Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry67 pegs Close run winner for Cameron!       The decision to allow bloodworm and joker proved to be a good one as some good weights were recorded all along the gin clear match length and it proved to be the […]

Having recently returned from fishing in the World Nations Championship in Merida, Spain, as part of gold-medal-winning Drennan Team England, Will Raison has pledged his support for the Angling Trust by becoming a life member of the recently-formed governing and representative body for coarse, game and sea angling.Will is a highly popular and successful match […]

Angling Trust Veterans National Championship took place at one of the UK’s leading coarse fisheries, Hallcroft Fishery, Retford, Notts on Wednesday 4th August.Robert Stevens from Challeston, Derby became the Angling Trust Veterans National Champion with a weight of 27.260kg of mixed carp and silver fish. Robert who works for Nathans of Derby, a specialist fishing […]

This weekend sees the use of bloodworm and joker in matches on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham for the first time in nearly a year and with roach already feeding fairly well in many areas good weights are predicted. The controversial bait is being allowed, with strict limits in place, for four Shakespeare Championship and […]

Coventry angling club Potters Green AC is on the lookout for more members in order for it to survive. The outfit was formed in the 1980s and used to get 30-plus fishing its events, but has seen membership dwindle and needs new blood to give it fresh impetus. Potters Green AC runs 12 matches a […]

Patshull Park Great Lake was in excellent bream form for the Walsall Fireplaces Annual Teams of Three, with a winning weight of over 90lb of slabs to Steve Jones.He pole-fished worm for fish to 5lb and the backing weights were very good too – Simon Harris was second with 78lb and Steve Hall third with […]

The three-day Bewdley Angling Festival produced some decent weights of barbel, with over 40lb required to win each day and pellet feeder doing most of the damage with the venue’s barbel population. The best weight went to Bridgnorth’s Mark Pritchard who had 14 barbel from peg 25 on day one, and Mark also won day […]

A new 10-team event being held on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham will decide who will represent England at the World Club Championship.Previously the Division One National winners flew the flag, but with only one gold medal to England’s name in the entire history of the World Club Champs, the Angling Trust has decided on […]

The Preston Innovations backed 2010 UK Angling Championship comes to a head this week (11th August) with the final round at Barston Lake nr Solihull. The last round saw upset as virtually all of the front runners in the league had gruellers and many of the early favourites slipped down the leader board. Current race […]