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The Lake of Menteith has just seen some record-breaking hauls in the second semi-final of the Scottish Club Championships, with 60 anglers setting a new catch best, boating 641 fish for 1733lbs. Congratulations to James Litster, the head of youth development with the Scotland teams, who finished top rod with 31 fish on dries mainly in the Gap. His Neilston …

A scallop trawler skipper and his company have been fined £12,000 after they were caught fishing in conservation areas off Salcombe and Dartmouth. Martyn Rogers blamed an error in a navigation device after his boat the Amy R dredged for scallops in forbidden zones twice within the space of eight days. He brought up more than four tons of shellfish, …

It was dark, it was cold, it was stormy with 70knot winds and waves 20ft high when young fisherman Reegan Green was lifted off his feet and washed overboard from a Brixham trawler 25 miles off the Devon coastline. Experienced air and sea rescue personnel who spent an hour looking for Reegan in the dark knew one thing – they …

Illegal fishing by anglers in the West Midlands left them facing thousands in fines last year. Exclusive figures obtained under freedom of information laws show there were 398 prosecutions in our region in 2018/19. Some 98 per cent of those – or 392 – were successful, leading to fines totalling £62,893. The average fine handed out was £160. In 2017/18, …

St Neots and District Fish Preservation and Angling Society completed clearance, restoration of access and platform installation works to a section of their owned river facilities. The land adjacent to Coneygeare Court, situated between Eynesbury and St Neots, is both a popular walking route for members of the public and a place for angling club members to compete in fishing …

IT’S been another settled spell and water temperatures have warmed up a degree or two as we head into early spring. Once again, this week it’s all about the thornback rays and it seems like our Thames Estuary is full of them! Spring is always a great time to head down to the beaches with the evenings drawing out and …

Hundreds of Asian carp have been filmed leaping out of a lake when they were stunned with electricity by wildlife officials in Kentucky. Footage shows “shocking boats” jolting the fish from Lake Barkley by sending electrical currents surging through the water. The technique, known as “electrofishing”, temporarily stuns but does not kill the fish, which can allow biologists to collect …

Anybody who is looking for a dream home may well like to consider this exceptional property. Located within around 15.5 acres of land and lakes and currently trading as a specimen fishery on Brumby Common Lane, Scunthorpe, this substantial home with separate anglers’ lodge has much to offer. Its lake, described as “quite mesmerising” by a visiting fisherman, provides a …

Anybody who is looking for a dream home may well like to consider this exceptional property. Located within around 15.5 acres of land and lakes and currently trading as a specimen fishery on Brumby Common Lane, Scunthorpe, this substantial home with separate anglers’ lodge has much to offer. Its lake, described as “quite mesmerising” by a visiting fisherman, provides a …

PUBLISHED: 08:16 16 August 2019 | UPDATED: 08:16 16 August 2019 Katherine Heslop Charlotte Wittingham, 9, catching a fish at Doctors Pond during the training session on Sunday. Picture: CONTIRBUTED Archant You may also want to watch: The free tutorial, which was run by Dunmow Town Council and Dunmow Piscatorial Society, was attended by 12 youngsters, with seasoned anglers teaching …