Fishing

A Hull fisherman says an angler who cheated his way to winning a continental competition hosted in East Yorkshire has made a “mockery” of the whole event. Matthew Hope, 44, of Elloughton, was one of more than 1,000 anglers who took part in the three-day Paul Roggeman European Open Beach Championships held between Spurn Point and Bridlington on February 15. …

Speaking with some young angling enthusiasts about their own interest in fishing recently,  I took the opportunity to gather my thoughts and rewind back to my own early days to reflect on some of my own experiences about setting out to catch fish. With the enormous accounts of success, as always described, there is always that certain flow of passion …

A Hessle-based fishing retailer has been bought by one of the country’s biggest angling firms in a deal worth £1.4m. Chapmans Angling, which also has a store in Scunthorpe, is based in Hull Road, Hessle, and in the last financial year hit sales of more than £3m. The business has now been bought by Angling Direct, the UK’s largest specialist …

Recognising the need to play a part in a much needed programme of cleaning up our waters and surrounding countryside, this week I’m again finding myself in awe of the massive role that committee members of St Helens Angling Association are once again playing. As a regular on Carr Mill Dam, a venue that is used by both locals and …

A three-bed house is up for sale in Salford priced at £1.2m. That almost five times more than the average price of £240,000 for a detached in that area. And you’d be right in thinking something smells a bit fishy. That’s because this property comes with six lakes stocked with a range of fish, some weighing more than 30lbs. The …

Like many anglers, my interest came very early in my life and in the most simplest of ways. In fact whatever I could get my hand on become a precious tool and if it was good enough to fool only a fish or two in those day’s it was good enough for me. Looking back, although insignificant when matched to …

More than 18,000 young fish have been released into North East waters to boost stocks and encourage people to get outdoors and enjoy angling. A total of 11,000 roach, bream, tench, crucian carp and rudd were released by the Environment Agency in lakes and ponds across County Durham and Northumberland. The sites in County Durham were Greencoft Pond near Annfield …

A new study shows how salmon survival leaving freshwater is an important factor in declining European salmon populations, according to early results from a project examining early migration phase of salmon smolts from rivers across Europe. Leading salmon scientists from Denmark, Spain, Sweden, UK and Ireland recently attended a conference in Dublin, hosted by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), to mark …

Keen angler Tony Randall fished out an unexploded grenade from a canal after swapping his hook for a magnet. The 75-year-old former mechanic, who has been angling for fish for more than 40 years, has taken up the hobby of magnet fishing. Tony, of Countesthorpe, went magnet fishing with pal Ian Nicholson and they pulled out a Second World War …

Keen angler Tony Randall fished out an unexploded grenade from a canal after swapping his hook for a magnet. The 75-year-old former mechanic, who has been angling for fish for more than 40 years, has taken up the hobby of magnet fishing. Tony, of Countesthorpe, went magnet fishing with pal Ian Nicholson and they pulled out a Second World War …