Fishing

More than 9,000 fish, including tench, bream, crucian carp, roach and rudd, will be introduced into a number of fisheries across Cornwall to enhance angling opportunities and to help fisheries to have sustainable and healthy fish stocks.

Six men have been fined thousands of pounds after using ‘barbaric’ fishing methods. In separate incidents, two groups of three men were seen using the foul hooking / snatching method of fishing in the River Loughor. The method catches fish using multiple barbed hooks by pulling the fishing line out of the water as soon as any movement is felt. …

This time a year ago anglers like Dave Collins were beginning to feel confident about the recovery of the River Llynfi after a major pollution incident in the summer of 2016. The incident had devastated fish stocks along sections of the Powys river, which joins the River Wye a few miles to the north. Mr Collins and colleagues from Gwent …

The brothers were found guilty at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court of illegal fishing charges on July 2 after a joint investigation between Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Brecon Angling Society and Dyfed Powys Police. The Davies brothers, from Brecon, were spotted fishing the River Usk in the town by the local angler, who knew they were not members of Brecon Angling Society. …

The brothers were found guilty at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court of illegal fishing charges on July 2 after a joint investigation between Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Brecon Angling Society and Dyfed Powys Police. The Davies brothers, from Brecon, were spotted fishing the River Usk in the town by the local angler, who knew they were not members of Brecon Angling Society. …

Two Llanelli men who were caught illegally fishing by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Fisheries Enforcement Officers have been hit with fines and costs of £354 each at Cardiff Magistrates Court. Nicky Dean Lee Edwards, of Felinfoel, Llanelli, and Keiran Price, of Morfa, Llanelli, were caught fishing without a valid rod licence and neither had permission from Llanelli Angling Association to …

“I still have that HATE shirt in my closet to remind me,” Rinella told me. We were sitting in his backyard at the home he shares with his wife, Katie, and their three young children in an upscale neighborhood in Bozeman. The leaves on the aspen tree out front had gone riotously golden, and the branches were festooned with dozens …

WELSH WATER is encouraging customers who are struggling to pay their water bills to contact the company to discuss what support may be available to them. The company already helps over 130,000 customers to pay their bills.   It offers a range of financial support to those who need it most and this has become more important due to the increasing …

Lockdown-weary Britons reached for their fishing rods after coronavirus restrictions were lifted, figures show today. Anglers desperate to escape virtual house arrest hung “gone fishing” signs on their front doors as they grabbed their bait and hooks and headed for the nearest lake or river. Environment Agency statistics reveal a huge surge in sales of fishing licences after the Government …

(Alliance News) – Angling Direct PLC said Wednesday its annual loss widened on higher administrative and distribution expenses, despite double digit growth in revenue. For the year to the end of January, the fishing equipment retailer reported a pretax loss of GBP1.4 million, widened from GBP392,000 the year before. This was due to administrative expenses rising to GBP14.7 million from …