Angler’s Mail reader Alan Oakley has warned of the dangers of buying your annual rod licence online when he paid an extra £15 as a ‘service charge’. When he Googled…
rod licence
Rod licence 2018-2019: all you need to know
Rod licence buyers can pick a three-rod option again, after it was launched to acclaim in 2017, especially by serious carp anglers. The previous ‘standard’ rod licence for up to…
Rod licence facts near you revealed by Environment Agency
Sales for 2016-17 fell by 19,059 licences – or 1.47 per cent – as the Environment Agency sold them to 961,714 individual anglers. But the EA generated £1,227,738 more than…
Rod licence evasion and illegal fishing victories for Voluntary Bailiff Service
Rod licence evasion and various forms of illegal fishing have incensed many anglers, but action is being taken around the country. Following the creation in June of a formal system…
Rod licence sales reveal major rises and falls
And the new three-rod coarse licence has seen a boom of 100,104 paying £45 a pop if not entitled to concessions. Figures from 2009 to 2016 showed a 52.6 per…
Fishing rod licence prices and key facts
A brand new three-rod fishing rod licence (pictured above) has been created for 2017. It’s amongst a licence system overhaul that took effect on the usual rod licence renewal date…
Bailiffs step up battle in 2017 against rod licence evasion
Angler’s Mail has found out the Environment Agency their bailiffs made just 62,000 licence checks for the 2015-16 season, a sharp decline of 8,000 from 2013-14. And for the same…
Rod licence shake-up confirmed for 2017
Amongst the changes are a free rod licence for junior anglers, a rolling rod licence that lasts for 365 days from the day you buy it and a new three-rod…
How do we get more people into angling?
THE announcement of new rod licence rules and fees last week sparked off yet another debate on just how many anglers there are in England and Wales – with the…
New rod licence prices revealed
But the overall reforms of the outdated Environment Agency system from the Salmon And Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 should go down well with the majority of anglers, and be in…