Ben Smith obliterated his PB with the giant perch of 5 lb 3 oz – and he starred with recently on the cover of Angler’s Mail magazine. The super stripy…
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Lead weights ban plan underway to stop their use in Britain
The action to stop the use of lead weights comes from Pallatrax boss Simon Pomeroy, whose innovative firm produce tackle and baits, mainly for carp fishing. Simon met with cabinet…
Bivvy burns to ground as angler rushed to hospital for treatment
Nick Webb was fortunate to just escape with serious burns to his hand and foot after his gas stove ignited his bivvy. The 35-year-old, from Sproughton in Suffolk, went for…
Stream pollution leads to £2 MILLION fine after 146 bullheads die
The company has an annual turnover of over £2 billion and were given a hefty £2 million fine after the stream case came to court. TW were also ordered to…
Dace record rocker landed by sports coach
The 21-year-old sports coach was on a secret local river when he landed the monster dace. It could easily push the 1 lb 5 oz 2 dr official dace best…
A barbel trip of two halves… disaster then triumph
Liam’s recent success has come at Gunthorpe on the River Trent in Nottinghamshire. He told Angler’s Mail how the latest session unfolded. The 48-year-old railway manager said: “The first 24…
River fishing Close Season consultation begins – link here to have your say
The thorny topic of a river fishing Close Season was put to a sample survey of 20,000 anglers last summer, but only a quarter of those people responded. This time…
Polluters ordered to repair English river fishing mecca
Omex Agriculture Ltd allowed a significant quantity of ammonia to leak into the River Witham,in what was Lincolnshire’s worst-ever river pollution. Omex has now been served with a rarely-used ‘notice…
Winter carp glory for King Kenny at two venues
Simon Kenny followed up a 44 lb 4 oz catch from RK Leisure’s Kingsmead One in Berkshire with another very impressive winter carp – this 50 lb 10 oz mirror…
Cormorants petition for greater control quickly gathers momentum
Neil Cohen put up the petition aimed at DEFRA on the change.org webpage after seeing the damage caused by cormorants on Anglian Water reservoirs. Trout angler Neil explained: “I started…