The record breaking European Open Beach Championship, the World’s largest 3-day beach angling festival celebrates its 21st birthday 7-9 March and will see over 1000 anglers return to the East Yorkshire Coast hoping to win a share of the £35,000 prize fund. The huge prize pot has resulted in a massive surge in entries for […]
£35,000 Prize Fund At World’s Biggest Beach Angling Festival
World Record Sharp Jaw Bonefish
Sharpjaw bonefishJunior angler Jamie Hamamoto of Honolulu, Hawaii, landed what could become the new All-Tackle world record for sharpjaw bonefish (Albula virgata) while fishing with her father, Wade Hamamoto, from Hawaii’s North Shore. Hamamoto was using a scad when she hooked the 5lb 8oz bonefish that put up a tough five minute fight. The current […]
Team England Sea Angling Squads Announced for 2014
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 […]
Paul Dennis To Be Editor Of Total Sea Fishing
Paul Dennis, best known for his distinguished career working as Deputy Editor on the Anglers Mail, is to join Total Sea Fishing magazine as Editor, it has been announced today. Paul will replace Barney Wright, who has taken the decision to leave DHP for a sabbatical.Paul commented:”I’m very excited to be joining DHP and especially […]
36lb Cod Caught Out Of Penarth
Penarth near Cardiff in South Wales has produced one of the biggest cod caught off the UK coastline in 2013, in the shape of this 36-pounder to Andrew Turrell. Andrew was fishing aboard Rob Rennie’s charter boat ‘Lady Jue’ and tempted the big fish with a squid and lugworm cocktail bait. LADY JUE
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 […]
Save Weymouth Angling Club from Eviction
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council has served Weymouth Angling Club with a notice to bring to an end the lease on its harbourside clubhouse – so that it can be demolished to make way for a car park. 113 year old Weymouth Angling Club is one of the best in the country with over 400 […]
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 […]
Early Chesil Beach Cod Sport
Are there any Cod on Chesil yet? You better believe it! Cod fever is already sweeping the angling community on the south coast of England. For the past three weeks I have been hearing of a few codling coming in here and there. I had played t down as a few early or misplaced fish, […]
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 Plaice Record Caught Off Norway
Savage Gear Prostaff member Christian Klagenberg caught this monster plaice while working with NORWAY GUIDE FISHING . At 5.7kg the fish is nearly a kilo bigger than the IGFA All Tackle world record for the species. It was properly weighed and verified and a world record claim is being submitted.
Giant Shore Caught Skate Takes Five Hours To Land
Scottish angler Craig Mackay has landed a massive 223lb common skate – way over the current British record – after and epic FIVE-HOUR battle. However the 49-year-old won’t be claiming a new British best, because he returned the mighty fish to fight another day. Halkirk angler Craig hooked the skate, which was probably as old […]
