Paul Gustafson, who wrote How To Catch Big Pike, is furious rod licence money isn’t being used to help clear Abbey Mill Stream in the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It…
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Rod licence dodgers hit with £8K bill
At a time when new annual rod licences are being bought in their biggest numbers, by law-abiding anglers, 11 anglers were proved guilty of offences in their absence by Northampton…
Fishing rod licences revealed for 2019 and 2020
The two-rod coarse fishing rod licences are graced by an image of two bream (pictured above). The three-rod specimen licence, now in its second year as an option in England…
Rivers Trust call for urgent action to clean up UK waterways
The Rivers Trust think more needs to be done because an alarming 86 per cent of England’s river aren’t considered be at ‘Good Ecological Status’ within the Water Framework Directive.…
River Close Season review – still time to have YOUR say!
Anglers who want the three-month river Close Season lifted may have to make a strong case now during the consultation. We have a link at the end of this story…
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…
Brexit crisis and staff losses affect angling-related work
As the Brexit situation became increasingly unclear, eagerly awaited final recommendations on the river fishing Close Season review were postponed months until 2019. No actual date has been set for that. Now Angler’s Mail can…
Pike protection sought in angling laws review
As we revealed, a major review of the Close Season is well underway… but now the EA are in the process of updating their national and regional angling laws. The…
Environment Agency say ‘10,000 anglers’ caught out by rod licence websites
The Environment Agency can’t provide an exact number who have paid more than necessary but regards 10,000 anglers as a reasonable estimate for 2017-18. Some have paid as much as…
Heatwave has astounding effects on UK fishing venues
Rivers have dried up – including the upper River Teme where Environment Agency staff had to rescue fish (pictured above). And they’ve been busy at other rivers and lakes across…