Match Report The first of the Northern semi-finals of the Angling Trust Winter League took place on Saturday 31st March 2012 at Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, Epworth, Doncaster with 90 anglers who set out to be one of the top 3 teams out of the 9 competing teams to qualify for a place in the Winter […]
Drennan North West Win Lindholme Lakes Winter League Semi Final
Robson Green’s New Extreme Fishing Challenge
Robson Green returns to network TV this month with a new series of extreme fishing on Channel Five.Actor Green has spent the last four years travelling the globe, and has done it all from catching half-ton sharks in Ascension Island, to the fastest fish on Earth in Costa Rica. Now, in Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge, […]
Take A Friend Fishing
The TAKE A FRIEND FISHING promotion is back to encourage thousands of parents, grandparents and friends to take the time over the Easter break to give family members and friends the chance to have a go at fishing. Particularly if there’s nothing they want to watch on the TV and they have an extra few […]
Angling Trust To Assist Clubs In CEMEX Negotiations
Following concerns expressed by anglers worried that the Cemex portfolio of about 100 waters could be lost to the sport the Angling Trust has contacted Fennwright, the agents handling the sale, and offered to broker contacts with interested clubs or fisheries interests to see if the owners would consider joint bids in order to retain […]
Angling Trust To Fight Spread Of Beavers Into England
Angling bosses are courting controversy by bidding to stop the spread of beavers from Scotland into England. The Angling Trust has today written to Fisheries and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon urging him to authorise the trapping and lethal control of beavers following the alleged failure of the Scottish government to contain populations within a […]
Bag’em Launch New Products at ‘The Big One’
It was the annual ‘Big One’ show in Farnborough at the weekend and Bag’em joined up with Fishing Republic to launch their new products for 2012. Neil Machin was demonstrating how to use Bag’ems innovative new meat and maggot bait dyes, as well as holding a 20min seminar in the theatre.Many of the team including […]
Angling Trust Tells MPs to Get Tough on Poachers
Once again the Angling Trust took anglers’ concerns to the heart of parliament when the Environmental Audit Select Committee invited Mark Lloyd and Martin Salter, along with the RSPCA, RSPB and the National Gamekeepers’ Association, to give evidence in the House of Commons on Wednesday (March 7) to its inquiry into Wildlife Crime. The Angling […]
Brit Wins Top Bill Fish Award
U.K. angler among TBF’s world’s top billfish tag & release anglers and captainsThe Billfish Foundation awards 46 in 22nd year of scientific research program MIAMI, Fla., USA — Every time they fish on three oceans, anglers and captains – including a Scottish angler — are helping scientific research. They are among 46 winners from around […]
Antrim angler named Rural Hero at UK & Ireland Awards
Michael Patrick Martin of Mallusk, Co Antrim, who runs the Six Mile Water Trust, has been named “Rural Hero” at the prestigious Countryside Alliance Awards finals in London. Michael attended the Awards’ finals at Parliament on Wednesday 7th March and was delighted to receive a plaque and certificate from Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP and […]
Angling Trust Boss Scores PB River Pike
Angling Trust chief executive Mark Lloyd is celebrating landing his personal best freshwater fish, a river pike of 22lb 13oz from the River Wye. Mark spent a cold day pike fishing on the middle reaches of the Wye accompanied by Wye and Usk Foundation Deputy Director Simon Evans and was rewarded with a hard fighting […]
Angling Trust Attend ‘The Big One’
The Angling Trust will be out in force at the UK’s biggest tackle show over the weekend of 10th – 11th March at ‘The Big One’ at Farnborough Airport with a fully staffed stall packed with activities on both days – see list below. Angling Trust staff and volunteers will also be collecting signatures for […]
Brand New Superstore For Poingdestres
Top angling retailer Poingdestres is proud to announce its move into a new superstore on the outskirts of Southampton in Hampshire. The firm, which has been operating successfully for over 40 years, has moved lock, stock and barrel to Southampton Trade Centre in order to improve the shopping experience for its customers and keep its […]
Foster’s Launches Iphone App
Birmingham tackle shop Foster’s has become the first angling retailer in the UK to launch a Smartphone app which was downloaded over 500 times within 48 hours of hitting the app store. Boss Paul Foster said that shop sales in January exceeded the previous two years, but that this was down to working harder with […]
Location Help For BAA
Birmingham Anglers Association has added information to its website to help anglers find venues using their sat navs. All venue spotlights have been updated not with post codes but with Ordinance Survey grid references including Latitude and Longitude values, which is says that most sat navs accept. See the latest BAA newsletter at www.baa.uk.com for […]
Angling Rolls Out Its Big Guns To Protect Fisheries From Cormorants
TV host Chris Tarrant and UK Music boss Feargal Sharkey to join petition handover to Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon. Campaigners from the world of angling will be joined by celebrities Chris Tarrant and Feargal Sharkey when they handover a 16,000 signature petition on Wednesday (22nd Feb) calling for action to limit the devastating impact of […]
