Consultation document from DEFRA over replacement law for section 30 fish movement legislation – anglers’ views sought. The introduction of fish, whether native or alien, into inland waters can be detrimental to fisheries and to local and/ or national biodiversity through competition, predation, disease transfer and hybridisation, or through impacts on the aquatic habitat. The current […]

The Barston Christmas event is usually one of the big occasions of the winter on the open match scene, but with a couple of inches of ice on the shallow big lake, venue owner Nigel Harrhy was forced to try and call the whole thing off. However, he didn’t have the phone number of everyone […]

The Carp Spectacular is back and it’s bigger and better than ever before. The January 9th/10th event is the only show where you can see all of these; Freespirit, Nash Tackle, Aqua Products, Fox, Trakker, Angling Intelligence, Venture, Prestige Engineering, Avtex and lots more. Many manufacturers are exclusively only exhibiting at the show, showing all […]

A stretch of the River Churnet at Consall Forge in Staffordshire that had been badly affected by pollution has received a Christmas present of 500 fish. The 500 cub released into the river by the Environment Agency fisheries team completes the re-stocking programme for the River Churnet following a pollution incident caused by agricultural waste […]

Twenty teams of three braved the cold for the second round of the Hankat Teams Of Three Winter League run by Lee Woodhouse, and for some reason the areas that fished best last time – notably the Dixon street length – was right off form with several dry nets.That opened things right up and opened […]

Call Daiwa Hallcroft fishery on 01777 710448 or E-mail fishing@hallcroftfishery.co.uk for further info or to book in. Draw 9.30am Boxing DayHallcroft Fishery & Caravan Park, Hallcroft Road, Retford, Notts, DN22 7RA

This month (December 2009) the Environment Agency completed the construction of 18 new stone angling pegs on the tidal River Trent at Collingham. Before the new pegs were built anglers had to manage to fish from large rocks that were used for flood defence purposes or unstable grass banks. Because this stretch of the river […]

Lanes Bait Winter League, final round (6) 34 pegsMeadowlands Fishery, Warren and Lambsdown pools 1st Kev Mcmanus (Tornadoes) 61lb 4oz2nd Nige Harrhy (Barston) 28lb 12oz3rd Steve Daley (Maver Solihull AC) 19lb 12 oz It was a difficult day at meadowlands not many big weights showing, but this did not stop Kev Mcmanus from catching 61lb […]

Classic Qualifier – Specimen LakeSunday, 13th December 2009A brilliant turn out of 31 anglers on a bitterly cold day. A severe frost overnight made  for difficult presentation. Winner on the day was Rob Wiltshire (Cwmbran Nobblers) who drew peg 19 on the burr bank. Rob cast long with method feeder and 6mm pellet to land […]

A Boat Angling Competition For Predator AnglersWednesday, Thursday and Friday 14th-16th April 2010 If you like the idea of pike fishing in Ireland, and winning some serious while you’re at it, then you should consider the Lough Ree International Pike Festival. The festival is open to all anglers and will take place on Lough Ree at […]

Shakespeare continue their dominance of the region’s team match fishing scene – they have as good as qualified for the semi finals of the Winter League from the Warwickshire Division with a round still left to fish. The team’s latest triumph came in round five on Lee Woodhouse’s HanKat stretch of the Walsall Canal – […]

Mike Hamblington has ‘got the fish moving’ at Tunnel Barn Farm with a winter stocking of half a ton of F1s, and the results have been immediate.The beauty of F1s – a kind of carp/crucian carp cross – is that they feed straight after they have been stocked, and they feed all winter. Mike has […]

ANGLER’S MAIL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IT’S time for…THE ANGLER’S MAIL BUMPER CHRISTMAS ISSUE!The giant double issue of Angler’s Mail is on sale from Tuesday, December 15, priced only £2.50, and it comes with A FREE NIGHTLIGHT. Highlights of this big value magazine (cover-dated Dec 15/22) include: • REVEALED: 2010’S BEST NEW GEAR. • CARP LESSONS TO LEARN BEFORE […]

Angling TV channel OnlineFishing.tv is a year old and has over 220 great fishing shows to watch online and in great quality.There are no less than 15 exclusive new TV series already on the channel and some of these are now available on DVD just in time for Christmas, including ‘Nick Hart’s FlyFishing School’, ‘Chilly […]

A stretch of the River Tame at Tamworth that was badly affected by pollution has received an early Christmas present of 10,500 young fish. The fish, which include roach, dace, chub and barbel, were bred at our Calverton Fish Farm, near Nottingham, specially for re-stocking rivers. At any one time, Calverton holds about 1 million […]