Just days after a 250lb plus thresher shark was boated during a trip aboard Rob Rennie’s renowned charter boat ‘Lady Jue II’, the national record for Wales has been beaten again, this time with this 271lb fish which fell to ‘Dai Pig’ while fishing board ‘PhatCat’. http://www.phatcatcharters.co.uk    

In terms of good PR for angling it doesn’t come much better than David Beckham taking his lad Brooklyn out fishing. They were mobbed when they were spotted at Weymouth Harbour preparing for a deep sea fishing trip aboard the Katie Ann, skippered by Paul Davis. And Brooklyn (16) had a result too, boating a […]

Following several successive years of stock decline and a vigorous campaign by recreational angling organisations, the countries of the EU have finally agreed to raise the minimum size at which bass can be harvested by both commercial and recreational fisherman.  The Minimum Conservation Reference Size (MCRS) for bass will increase from 36cm to 42cm across […]

Team strength in depth and international experience proved to be the key to success when Ireland powered to victory on day two in Weymouth at the annual SALC Home International Boat Angling Championship from 17th – 21st June 2015. Trailing England by 8% after day one, Ireland raised their game and despite only one boat […]

Alex Newman may have equalled or just beaten the IGFA All-Tackle world record for black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) with this massive 56.24 kg (124 lb 2 oz) specimen he pulled from waters off Ft. Myers, Florida, USA during a local fishing tournament. The massive grouper snaffled a large live bait, and put up a brutal […]

Anglers in South Wales and the Bristol Channel are bitterly disappointed that the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change has this week given development consent for the massive tidal lagoon hydropower project proposed for Swansea Bay. They are extremely concerned that the untested technology will have a major impact on marine and migratory […]

THE Norwegian government has provided four million kroners (about £380,000 sterling) to fund seafood projects that help children learn to cook and appreciate fish. The country’s fisheries minister, Elisabeth Aspaker (pictured), said: ‘I hope this money will mean that seafood will be on the table more often and on the agenda of young people.’  Despite […]

The Angling Trust has stepped up the pressure to see the long overdue introduction of a 42cm minimum conservation reference size (MCRS) for both recreational and commercial bass fishing in order to allow the fish an opportunity to spawn successfully before harvesting. The present stock crisis is very much due to overfishing on the spawning […]

Turkana UK is to provide support for Team England Senior & Junior World Shore Angling teams. Through its UK distributor, the Spanish based tackle manufacturer will supply England’s Senior Shore Angling Team with product from their specialist coloured lead range and other items such as sand spikes, rig glues, rig lead clips, baiting needles and […]

A PROPOSAL to extend Ireland’s ban on seabass fishing in the Irish and Celtic Seas to all EU vessels has been welcomed the Irish fisheries minister Simon Coveney. Coveney told reporters that move underpins the conservation actions already taken by Ireland with regard to this vulnerable stock. “Ireland has had stringent measures in place for […]

Opportunity to Join Angling Trust Marine Competitions Group The Angling Trust is inviting experienced, passionate and dedicated volunteers to support and deliver domestic and international sea angling events through its Marine Competitions Group. The Angling Trust aims to add a Shore and Boat Angling National to its competition portfolio for 2016 and beyond and is […]

The Angling Trust has announced a new three year deal with Tubertini UK that will see Tubertini become the Official Supplier to England’s Senior and Youth World and Home Nations Boat squads from 2015-2017. The Italian manufacturer is known for its high quality tackle and is used by many of Europe’s top competitive anglers from […]

The Angling Trust wants to see bass stock recovery raised as a General Election issue and is urging anglers to contact their local candidates to seek pledges of support for ‘a fair, balanced and proportionate’ package of measures that targets commercial fishing practices that are doing the most harm to the UK’s most popular saltwater […]

Results of the Angling Trust’s Sea Angling Specimen Award Scheme have now been published and there were some fabulous fish caught and entered into 2014 programme.  The scheme offers anglers the opportunity to enter their exceptional and memorable catch from all waters in the UK and receive a certificate and medal recognising their special achievement. […]

As first casts got they can’t come much better than this. Steve Ace is holidaying in Saltstraumen Brygge, at Saltfjorden in Northern Norway and couldn’t wait until morning to get fishing. The rod arched over in the darkness and he found himself connected to this beast, which put up a brute of a fight in […]