THE CAIRNS BLACK MARLIN FISHERY IS UNDER PRESSURE WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ENSURE IT SURVIVES The heavy tackle Cairns Black Marlin fishery is in severe danger of collapsing after the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) announced the re zoning of the Marine Park via the RAP. This is not scare mongering, but…

Tuesday 10 December 2002 Press Release MINISTER GIVES GO AHEAD TO BRITISH DISABLED ANGLING ASSOCIATION Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn MP has given the green light for the British Disabled Angling Association (BDAA) to become the organisation that will provide access to angling for nine million disabled people. The Minister has confirmed that all sporting…

The main event at Rutland Water last week was the autumn pairs held on Saturday. Fishery Manager Jon Marshall said “It was an excellent competition with plenty of fish in perfect condition, 36 anglers caught 111 trout. Rutland Water warden Nigel Savage took five fish for 15lb 4?oz, the two best fish (rainbows) weighed 3lb…

River Ribble despite the rain and sometimes coloured water some good fish are being caught sea and brown trout this month is the last for both species the season ends on September 30th Balderston area producing good chub catches, three roach averaging about 12 ounces caught on float fished gentles, is this a sign of…

British Disabled Angling Association officials put their call for a more inclusive and fraud free concessionary licence for disabled people to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Elliot Morley MP., at a specially arranged meeting at Whitehall. With the backing of the Environment Agency, the British Disabled Angling Association (BDAA) delegation of Director…

Common skate grow big. They regularly weigh over 150lbs and 200lbers are caught every year. Commercially caught common skate have exceeded 400lbs. There are rumours of post WW2 skate to 600lbs from Icelandic waters, though these giants are mostly associated with the 1930’s -before stocks were reduced through commercial exploitation as technology improved catch rates…

Bream are found in very shallow water and often much closer to shore than we realise. The more noted marks for shore bream are the beaches at Brighton, Shoreham, Littehampton, and also the Isle of Wight, which offers both beach and rock fishing for bream. The rocks and breakwaters in the Channel Isles, especially Alderney…

A ling’s jaws have “state of the art” dentures. Needle shaped teeth designed for grabbing and not letting go, helped along by a wide powerful mouth. Their eyes are large, for good vision at depth and they are powerful swimmers. They grow big too, easily over 40lbs. The British record makes 59lbs, and commercially caught…

First of all let me pay tribute to the team of anglers that I was leading. What a great bunch and how important this is when you’re going away to a far-flung destination. If there are guys with any hidden agendas they pretty well soon come to the surface. What you really want to have…

We were trying for porbeagle sharks and had big-game expert Roddy Hayes along with us to show us how to do it. We never caught that day but Phil took onboard everything that was advised by Roddy.Since then Phil has been bagging up shark after shark, with many porbeagles in the total. Using teasers and…