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 […]
Clark Is The 25th Irish Shore Champ
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 […]
Whiting Beats 32-Year-Old British Record
How about this for a whiting? If you think it’s a monster you are right, in fact it’s the new British boat caught best after being ratified by the British record fish committee. The 7lb 6oz fish was caught using an Eddystone Eel by Mark Curtis off Plymouth and beats the old record, held since […]
Great News for Recreational Sea Anglers
The Angling Trades Association (ATA) has warmly welcomed the momentous decision to outlaw the despised commercial practice of discarding healthy but unwanted marine fish back into the sea. Between one-quarter and one-third of the total catch quota of EU fishermen is estimated to be discarded, and this may rise as high as 90% of the […]
Records Set To tumble At Europe’s Biggest Beach Angling Event
The record breaking European Open Beach Championship, Europe’s largest beach angling festival, is well on course to smash yet more milestones with the confirmation of the historic £35,000 prize fund which has seen a huge surge in entries for this year’s 20th anniversary competition. And Fishing TV will be there to film it. Bookings are […]
Free Fishing For Kids At New Midlands Fishery
There will be free coaching for kids aged from 8-15 at a new fishery opening up on the outskirts of Nuneaton, Warwickshire in April. Jersey Wood Fishery, a five lake complex, will be home to the Chay Jackson Academy of Angling which has already coached more than 2000 children and adults since its launch in […]
Huge Yellowfin Tuna Could Be Biggest Ever
This massive yellowfin tuna caught off Mexico is probably the biggest ever landed on rod and line, but it can never be claimed as an IGFA All tackle World Record for the species. The mighty fish was landed by John Petruescu while fishing aboard ‘Excel’ nearly 1000 miles off San Diego and skipper Justin Fleck […]
Just For The Halibut: FREE TO VIEW
The latest issue of Sea Watch – the video magazine for shore and boat anglers – sees Dean Macey spending the night of the summer solstice fishing off Norway with angling journalist Dave Barham and fishing tour operator Ian Peacock. They head out after 10pm in broad daylight in the hands of a local skipper […]
Boat Fishing With Barham Now On DVD
We’re pleased to announce the long-awaited release of the popular sea fishing series ‘Boat Fishing With Barham’, available on two DVDs. With three full-length episodes on each disk, they’ll make an ideal Christmas present! About The Series The idea behind the popular ‘Boat Fishing With Barham’ series is to portray UK boat fishing exactly as […]
Massive Response To First Bexhill Sea Angling Festival
Over 10,000 people attended the first day of the Bexhill Sea Angling Festival’s big weekend on Saturday September 22nd – surpassing the organisers’ wildest expectations. Glorious weather on the day saw anglers, non anglers and families arrive in droves to enjoy the sea angling and seafood events that were on offer. As a partner in […]
World Boat Fishing Silver For Tubertini England
Championships in France The Tubertini Team England World Boat Team took part in the FIPS-M 48th World Boat Championships in La Rochelle, France from 1st – 8th September 2012.Day one on 4th September saw the team complete the day with three boat wins (Cliff Newbold, Colin Searles and Rolf Marschalek) and two second places for Gary […]
Huge Tope From Carlingford Lough
Mark Heffernan, Chairman of Dundalk SAC had a day to remember on Carlingford Lough when he boated a massive tope estimated at 67lb 8oz – over the Irish record. Fishing aboard the appropriately named ‘Tope Legend’, a boat owned by Brian Gallagher, the day began well with a tope estimated at 42.5lb, which is over […]
Huge Cod Boated Off North East Coast
A massive 42lb 7oz cod has been landed off the north east coast, less than a mile from the shore. Retired miner Bernard McKever was fishing off Newbiggin aboard the private boat Hilders Pride and Joy. The fish, one of the biggest cod ever taken off the north east coastline on rod and line, took […]
Bexhill Sea Angling Festival
The Angling Trust is sponsoring the first ever Bexhill Sea Angling Festival being held between September 15th to 23rd. The festival, which is being backed by Rother District Council, hopes to attract experienced anglers and novice anglers alike with a wide variety of events and attractions including competitions throughout the week, coaching sessions over the […]
Tubertini (UK) Ltd Sponsor The England World Boat Team
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that it has signed a three year deal with the Italian manufacturer, Tubertini (UK) Ltd to sponsor the Angling Trust England World Boat Team. Tubertini (UK) Ltd will provide branded clothing, tackle and merchandise for the Team England World Boat Team in their sponsorship deal. The England team […]
