After years of lobbying against excessive water abstraction from the Upper Kennet, angling and conservation groups – backed by local MP Richard Benyon – have given a warm welcome to the announcement from Thames Water for a new £25 million drinking water pipeline that will significantly reduce the amount of water taken every day from […]

Fish Legal will confront 3 Water and Sewerage companies at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, for a 4 day trial from 24 – 27 November 2014 that will have industry-wide implications, to argue that the public should have a right under ‘freedom of information law’ to know about the companies’ activities that affect the […]

Internet giant Google has launched an online tracking tool designed to protect world fish stocks by tracking illegal fishing boats. Vessels plying the oceans with nets that can be as big as a football pitch plunder 26m tonnes of fish each year, scientists estimate depleting fisheries and revenues in countries often too poor to deal with […]

 Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has just published three research reports on pike in Irish waters. The Diet of Pike in Irish Watercourses aims to elucidate the variation in the diet of Irish pike between river, lake and canal habitats, and to quantify niche size and dietary specialisation and attempt to identify the timing of the switch […]

This week’s Angler’s Mail, which comes with a free tips-packed 16-page Korum Guide to Modern Predator Fishing, also features the UK’s biggest carp at a near-record weight and the World’s biggest fish ever filmed from hooking to capture. Also inside this week: New Dove barbel record set The Mail’s Carl & Alex duo land monster […]

A helicopter crash in Russia in which two British men were killed was “quite extraordinary”, a coroner has said. Mark Robertson and Rupert Beaumont, both 69 and from Hook, Hampshire, were on a fishing trip south of Murmansk last year when it happened. The men’s inquest heard they had been dropped off by a helicopter […]

Southern Water Services Limited (Southern Water) has been ordered to pay £500,000 for polluting the Swalecliffe Brook and coastal waters around Whitstable and Herne Bay in Kent. The company were today fined £500,000 and agreed to pay costs of £19,224 at Canterbury Crown Court after an Environment Agency investigation found that untreated sewage was discharged […]

The Royal Artillery Carp Championships, or ‘Gunner Champs’ is an annual event that sees carp anglers from across the Royal Regiment of Artillery competing to be crowned top rod. This year’s Gunner Champs was held at Barston Lakes near Solihull. With the drawdown of troops from Afghanistan the turnout was a lot better than previous […]

The major national angling bodies and fisheries charities operating in England have united to write to the Environment and Fisheries Minister George Eustice MP to demand urgent action to address recent dramatic declines in stocks of salmon and bass, and to ‘shift up a gear’ in delivering improvements to the water environment generally.  The organisations […]

Chris Bobby beats the best to win two day Fry Feeders Match Grafham and Rutland prove a true test for 100 top anglers Pick of the Pike at Pitsford (pictured) 33lb 4oz Pike for Neil Bridges www.anglianwater.co.uk/leisure Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 […]

An incredible 120-hour match in Croatia produced 79 carp over 40lb with the biggest going a massive 76lb 12oz. The Moscow Carp Club event saw nine teams from the Russian capital taking part, alongside outfits from Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus. This was no ‘knock-up’ either, with an entry fee of £2,000 and big cash prizes […]

Angler’s Mail, October 14 issue Inside the new issue of Angler’s Mail, on-sale from Tuesday, there’s an amazing on-the-banks predator feature with new British lure angling champion Steve Collett plus lots more, including: Pike season starts in style with 35-pounder Anglers mourn death of carp angler hostage UK’s top all-rounder reveals how he won British […]

Fish Legal has sent a letter of claim to Scottish Water seeking compensation on behalf of the Devon Angling Association, an angling club member of Fish Legal in Scotland. In January 2014 Scottish Water pled guilty at Alloa Sheriff Court to causing pollution from Glendevon Water Treatment Works due to an incident in July 2011. […]

Top Midlands based fishing tackle company Preston Innovations has been sold to Zebco, an American based firm that owns many big brands in the angling market, for an undisclosed fee. The company founded by Dave Preston built a strong presence in the match fishing scene before expanding into the specialist and carp markets in both […]

The Tackle & Guns Trade Show takes place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire this coming Sunday and Monday 12th and 13th October. There is as always a strong line-up from the fishing community in this trade-only show, with the likes of Shimano, Fox, Preston Innovations, Maver, Zebco/Browning, Sensas, Marukyu and Gardner Tackle returning for another […]