Latest angling news
Angling Trust urges clubs and fisheries to increase licence applications for the control of cormorants and goosanders
The Angling Trust is urging angling clubs and fisheries to submit more licence applications over the coming winter to ensure that the maximum number of birds are controlled. Government ministers have made it clear that they won’t consider raising the current 3,000 cap on the number of birds that can be shot until we can […]
Win a Day With Des Shipp or Will Raison
Match anglers partaking in Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery’s Jenny Hamlington Memorial will have the chance to win a day’s coaching with England regulars Des Shipp or Will Raison plus some great prizes in the charity raffle. The annual match takes place at the Midlands Fishery on July 10th 2018 at £15 per ticket, with an […]
Surry Police join TRAVERSE fight against fish theft and illegal fishing…
Surrey Police has become the latest force to sign up to Operation TRAVERSE – the multi-agency initiative launched four years ago to tackle fish theft and illegal fishing. The commitment creates an important link with surrounding forces and provides a wider roll-out of the operation in the East and South East of England. Operation TRAVERSE […]
Prince of Wales among luminaries taking interest in the plight of our rivers….
The Angling Trust has been taking its campaigns for restoring fish stocks right to the top over the past month, with a series of high profile events involving numerous MPs, the Environment Minister, the Secretary of State for the Environment and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. At a catchment management summit last week, […]
Subtopia – An underwater online slot game you must definitely try!
If you’re crazy about the underwater world and also love gambling every now and then, Subtopia is an online slot game you must definitely try! With Fish O Mania still a couple of months away, Subtopia can be just the right game for you to satiate your gambling needs! A product of NetEnt, a very […]
Big fine for water company following hazardous chemical leak that killed 30,000 River Amber fish
On 19 April 2018, at Derby Crown Court, sitting in Nottingham, Severn Trent Water Limited was fined £350,000, ordered to pay Environment Agency costs of £68,003, as well as a victim surcharge of £120. An estimated 30,000 dead fish and 5km of damaged ecology along the River Amber led to proceedings brought against Severn Trent […]
Shropshire farmer £36,000 lighter after serious breach of pollution regulations….
On 16 April 2018, Telford Magistrates’ Court fined the 55 year-old £16,000 and ordered him to pay £20,000 in costs, along with a £170 victim surcharge. The charges were brought by the Environment Agency under the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 and Sections 24(1) and (4) of the Water Resources Act 1991. The Environment Agency […]
Clarissa The Carp the face of the new fishing licence…
To the delight of the country’s anglers, the Environment Agency has revealed today that Clarissa the Carp (Cyprinus carpio) – for 28 years a UK record weighing Carp – will be represented on the front of the Environment Agency’s fishing coarse & trout licence. Clarissa was chosen to mark the centenary birth of renowned angler […]
Anglian Water Report November 21st, 2017: 39lb pike from Pitsford Water
Week ending 19 November 2017 39lb 2oz monster Pike at Pitsford fish of a lifetime for Paul Adams www.anglianwater.co.uk/leisure Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021 Rutland Water We have seen […]
Love fishing, and gambling? You’d love Deep Sea Dosh online slots too!
If a good old fishing adventure, be it locally or overseas, gets you excited every time you hear about it, there’s a high probability you might fall in love with the Deep Sea Dosh online slot game too. This game is rapidly emerging as an excellent recreational pastime for fishing and gambling enthusiasts all over […]
World Fishing Day from Fishing TV
Market leading VoD platform for high quality fishing content, Fishing TV, is in the initial stages of shaping one of the first ever global fishing events, World Fishing Day. At the heart of this initiative highlighting and celebrating the sport of angling, which is enjoyed by over 700m people worldwide, will be one of the […]
Stone angler faces fines and costs of over £1,800 over variety of offences after Environment Agency Action
Angler George Holland of Coppice Gardens, Stone has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,855.81, after a successful prosecution by the Environment Agency for a variety of offences that took place at Izzak Walton Fishery in Chebsey. Mr Holland was fined £660 for threatening behaviour at North Staffordshire Justice Centre, , and ordered to […]
Angling Trust highly critical of Welsh Government’s ‘chaotic’ proposals to ‘destroy’ value of fishing rights on natural waters
The Angling Trust and Fish Legal have submitted a highly critical joint response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the ‘sustainable management of natural resources’. In particular, they challenged proposals to allow unfettered canoeing, kayaking and other paddlesports on all rivers in Wales which would destroy the value of fishing rights worth several millions of […]
The Great River Rescue is coming – and you’re invited!
Register to clean up your local river in October’s country-wide clean-up of our rivers The public is invited to help rescue the nation’s waterways during the month of October, by taking part in England’s first national clean-up focused on rivers. Plastic litter is a major issue blighting the nation’s waterways and the Great River Rescue, […]
Two big brown trout on the troll from Ireland’s Lough Ree
Athlone angler had a day to remember fishing for the big, wild brown trout of Lough Ree, boating two in double figures including this 17lb 2oz brute. Earlier in the day while trolling, Stephen, who no stranger to catching them, boated a 13-pounder. Both cracking fish were released. The Irish Fisheries Board is currenlty promoting its […]
