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Fish Legal has expressed surprise at what it sees to be the Environment Agency’s apparent lack of concern at the severe and potentially toxic algal blooms in Llyn Padarn, home to one of the rarest fish species in Wales, the arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). The Agency recently described the algal bloom as a “natural phenomenon”. The glacial llyn, which is protected as a SSSI, supports one of only three remaining native populations of arctic charr, or torgoch (‘red belly’) in…
The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to go fishing with their favourite England International angling star and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams. Anglers can bid for a day's fishing with their favourite star in a special eBay auction set up by the Trust. The session will be for two anglers to have 5 hours of top class coaching from an angler who has fished in the World Championships. The day…
The Angling Trust today called for long overdue plans to be put in place to deal with urban run-off after two separate pollution events at the weekend killed thousands of fish, including barbel, chub, dace, roach, trout, bream and perch on tributaries of the River Trent. The Trust and its member clubs have been calling for action to deal with this problem for more than a year after catch returns had dwindled on the River Tame in Warwickshire. Anglers had…
The 130 anglers in this penultimate qualifying round faced blistering hot windless conditions for the whole of the match, consequently weights were generally lower than expected. Rob Wootton found these conditions suited him at peg 25 on Island pool where he meat and pellet shallow on the pole to take the winning weight 108lbs 8ozs. Angling Consultant Rob used 1 tin of meat and 1 pint of pellets to take his net of carp, the largest weighing approx 8lbs. Doncaster…
Dave Roberts, an automotive engineer from Hereford, was delighted to eventually secure his place in this years PartyPoker.com Fish 'O' Mania Final after pretty much leading the way throughout the five hours of competition, held at Cudmore Fisheries on 17th June, bringing 59lbs 2oz of carp to 6lbs to the scales. The combination of a massive overnight drop in air pressure, heavy rainfall and the final throes of the spawning period put paid to the big weights everyone was anticipating…
The Ladies National Angling Championship took place on Sat 13th June at Baden Hall, Staffordshire. Third time champion, Denise Hudgell, fishing for Reading Angling Team Hydro, drew peg 25 on Old Match Lake and amassed a weight of 33kgs 750gms for a comfortable victory in the match with carp to 5lbs and the odd barbel making up her catch. Denise fished the method feeder with corn or meat as hook bait to devastating effect, beating her nearest opponent by over…
Online match anglers raised a fantastic £2240 in the sixth running of this annual two-day event in which Roy Marlow gives up the peg fee at his fishery to allow money to be raised for angling causes. The money will be split equally between ‘Fish Legal’ (the new-look Anglers’ Conservation Association) and helping to fund England international teams without sponsorship compete in the World Championships. Fished over Roy’s Glebe and Foundation Lake complex in Leicestershire, the 61 lucky anglers weighed…
The Angling Trust has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Drywall Ceilings and Partitions Ltd (DCP Ltd) to sponsor the National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities. The National Championship is to be held at Woodlands View Fishery on Sat 27th June 2009. Seven teams have entered each consisting of 10 anglers with up to 5 reserves. The DCP Ltd sponsorship will also enable the championship to become one of the country's leading disability competitions. For further information click here. DCP…
Angling goes from strength to strength in England and Wales, despite the recession. The tackle trade is reporting a good spring and licence sales are soaring. Sales of rod licences increased steadily after 2000 to record levels last year and 2009 looks like another record breaker. Sales to the end of May are up by 19 percent compared with the same period last year. ‘This is really good news for angling’, said Head of Fisheries, Mat Crocker. ‘Some anglers bought…
Andy Power, a 21 year old from Wells, took first place in the latest PartyPoker.com Fish 'O'mania qualifier held at Shamley Green’s Willinghurst Fishery on Wednesday 10th June. Fishing the pellet method feeder towards the centre of the Old Lake from Peg 2, Andy took 16 Carp to 6lb in the second half of the match and secured the coveted top spot with 78-0-0. A wet and miserable start to this qualifier put a real dampener on the day for…
The Wildlife Management Group met recently to exchange information and to seek opportunities to resolve issues regarding otters and freshwater fisheries. The meeting was attended by experts from the Angling Trust, Natural England, the Environment Agency, the Angling Trades Association and others. It focussed, in particular, on the problems involving predation on specimen-sized coarse fish in rivers, although a wide range of issues were also debated. The continuing issue of fencing for selected stillwaters was also discussed in depth The…
The date for completed entries for the Angling Trust Cadets, Juniors & Intermediates Coarse Angling National Championship, held at Cudmore Fishery on July 4th, has been extended to Friday 19th June 2009. The Championship has some of the top youth anglers in England competing. The anglers have progressed to take part in the England Youth trials and been selected to take part in the World Youth Championships. This National Championship is open to all clubs and organisations that are affiliated…
Pete Goodwin, a Chemical Plant operator from Cheddleton in Staffs, was the winner of the latest Fish-O-Mania qualifiers at Heronbrook fishery. He drew peg 54 on Match Lake and set his stall out to fish the Pellet method feeder with meat on the hook and was rewarded with a weight of 43.750 Kgs and a place in the final. His catch was made up of Carp in the 4 to 6lb class with a single specimen of 18lb. Pete was…
Staffordshire based chef, Edward Warren, won the latest Fish-O-Mania qualifier this weekend. Fishing the pellet feeder on Hay pool he put 117lbs 2ozs on the scales and secured his place in the final. Edward, from Penkridge, caught carp to 10lbs steadily throughout the day. Before the draw most anglers were apprehensive about how the venue would perform as the fish appeared to be very close to spawning. During the early stages it looked as though their concerns were well founded.…
Working with Charing and District Angling Club, the Environment Agency has made significant improvements to Colt Pond near Bethesden. As part of a major fishery restoration initiative in the Kent and East Sussex area, Colt Pond has been de-silted and restored. There have been many other welcome improvements, too, such as all-ability access and angling platforms, marginal planting, an angling cabin and wildlife education classes. The project, partly funded by rod licence sales, has also involved extensive restocking. We’ve introduced…
Mark Owen, a passionate angler and recently awarded BSc (Hons) in Environmental Management from the University of Derby, has been appointed as the Angling Trust’s National Environment Campaigns Manager. He first picked up a fishing rod as an 11-year-old, and is now in charge of all of the Trust’s national and international environment campaigns. He was previously a commodity trader, is a member of the Environment Agency’s Midlands Region Fisheries Ecology and Recreation Advisory committee and a founder member of…
