The versatile specimen fish ace tempted the hefty river bream from a local venue. Charlie, a 32-year-old tattoo artist from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, told Angler’s Mail how he did it… He…
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Sturgeon shocker and huge barbel – in same session!
The shock Trent sturgeon (above) and 16 lb 10 oz barbel (below) came as a rare ‘brace’ from the in-form tidal stretches. The 35-year-old, from East Retford in Nottinghamshire, told…
Monster catfish landed jointly by father and son
The pair shared a huge hit of 17 catfish and carp for 848 lb 8 oz from Wintons Fishery, near Burgess Hill in West Sussex. Wayne said: “I joined Wintons…
Koi herpesvirus keeps killing carp into autumn
Koi herpesvirus kicked in later this year, nearly a month after the first incident of 2018 was reported. But once it got going, details of cases emerged. This year’s overall…
Antis jump on scientist’s latest fish ‘pain’ opinion
Anti angling groups were featured in coverage by the national media of the latest review conducted by Dr Lynne Sneddon, from the Institute of Integrative Biology at the University of…
Sexism in fishing exposed – and has to stop
Sexism was highlighted recently by fishing guide Marina Gibson when she produced a video on the BBC website. The two-minute 54-second video quickly netted thousands of views, and highlighted prejudice…
Barbel novice bags one of biggest Severn beards ever
River Severn barbel don’t come much more impressive that Mike’s 14 lb 8 oz specimen. The engineering manager had just banked a PB carp of 29 lb 9 oz four…
Huge brace of crucians is special reward extra-long return trip
James’s big crucians, rewarding him for hours on the road, scaled 4 lb 2 oz (top fish) and 4 lb. Tackling an undisclosed lake, the 36-year-old used a 35 g…
Jeremy Wade leads call to save big fish stocks
Jeremy Wade has warned the world needs to look after freshwater habitats as well as deal with the fashionable climate change issue. The Rivers Monsters presenter fears many large predatory…
River manager says sport improving despite otters
Del Shackleford from Berkshire’s Reading DAA insists that fishing on the association’s rivers is largely better today than it has been for many years. And he believes that anglers moaning…