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Rivers, lakes and canals throughout England and Wales are being targeted in the latest in a series of national enforcement campaigns – one of which netted nearly 1,000 offenders in just three days during May last year. Fisheries officers, who have identified evasion black spots, expect that everyone caught fishing without a licence will be…

The pit is about 35 acres and contains Well, no one really knew, that was the beauty of it. But from observations and conversations with the other 2 or 3 anglers that fished it, a figure of no more than 20-30 fish seemed to be present. Rumours were rife, fish of huge proportions had been…

The last decade or so has seen huge growth in the range of flavours available to the coarse angler. This culminated last month in the launch of Ultrabite which is being put on the market with such extravagant claims as to its efficacy that there are already mutterings about whether or not it should be…

It is with considerable regret that we have to confirm that the huge, concerted efforts from SAA, PAC and the other predator groups in fighting to retain the right to live-bait in certain waters in the North West Region of the Environment Agency, have failed completely.

Eel [Species Menu] [Eel articles] Common name: Eel Latin name: Anguilla anguilla Record weight: Although much bigger fish have been caught in fyke nets used by commercial eel fishermen, the rod caught record is a fish of 11lb 2oz caught in 1978 by S. Terry from Kingfisher Lake near Ringwood, Hampshire. Distribution: Eels are amongst…

My bank account was running on empty and I’d fallen out with my flexible friend. My job was on its last legs; I’d even lost sight of what work I was meant to be doing. I guessed my job title was sort of doormat cum acrobat cum diplomat as I seemed to spend my entire…