Tag Archives: deep sea fishing

Angler suffers arm injury after being bitten by shark while deep-sea fishing off coast of Cork

A man has been bitten by a shark while deep-sea fishing off the coast of Cork. The man suffered a serious lower arm injury during the incident, which happened on Saturday evening while he was deep-sea angling. He was given immediate first aid by the crew before being transferred to a lifeboat for further treatment. The RNLI said the incident …

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Newport Sea Angling Club lands new equipment from IFI

The Minister for Inland Fisheries, Seán Canney, has welcomed the success of Newport Sea Angling Club in securing fishing equipment from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) through the National Strategy for Angling Development for junior anglers in the local community. “I am happy to see IFI stand behind the Newport club’s excellent initiative, and I am confident their efforts will bring …

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Angling: New matches introduced to coincide with memorial match

As the summer draws to a close at the height of what’s been an amazing season for anglers, for many this time of year also sees the beginning of what can be an exciting new dawn. As experienced veterans of the game would most certainly confirm, autumn can also ring a change that sees fishing on many waters proving to …

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‘Balmy’ conditions for annual RNLI fishing competition | News – tenby

Sunday, 10 February 2019 – Angling by Observer Reporter Some of the winners (left to right), Mark Bennett, Haydn Cole, Andrew Skeels (one of the organisers), Alison George. Click to buy photos from our newspaper ➔ Printed and digital download photos available The 12th RNLI Annual Fishing Open, organised by members from Pembroke and District Angling Club, Osprey Sea Angling …

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Bournemouth restaurant car in ‘illegal fishing’ probe

Media captionThe men landed a bucket of sea bass in the early hours of the morning A man using a Vietnamese restaurant-branded car is being investigated for suspected illegal fishing, after he was confronted by an angler in the early hours of the morning. Steve Cullen filmed the driver and two other men with a bucket of juvenile sea bass …

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No deal Brexit could see Welsh sea food sector ‘disappear’ and farming ‘decimated’, warns Minister

Crashing out of the EU without a deal could decimate the Welsh farming and fishing industries, a senior Welsh Government cabinet minister has warned. Rural affairs minister Lesley Griffiths said the country’s red meat and shellfish sectors will be particularly vulnerable to a no-deal Brexit as both rely on the EU for 90% of their exports. As Welsh shellfish are …

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Angling for success: World Fishing Day hopes to get us hooked

Once an integral part of childhood, fishing is no longer casting its magic over today’s kids. But. discovers Caroline Lindsay, World Fishing Day plans to change all that and get them hooked It’s 1962 and, legs dangling over the edge of the pier, a row of little boys sit fishing in Broughty Ferry harbour. With nothing more on their minds …

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10 goals in two games: Premier League double-header delivers

WATFORD have scored five times in a Premier League game for the first time, belting Cardiff City 5-1, and Fulham has lost 3-1 at West Ham United to edge closer to the drop. Spanish attacker Gerard Deulofeu became the first Hornets player to score a hat-trick in the EPL era, before captain Troy Deeney chimed in with two goals of …

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Fishing competition lands itself in hot water amid cheating and bullying claims

As pastimes go, the normally peaceful pursuit of fishing is not known for attracting controversy. Disputes are usually limited to gently mocking those who exaggerate tales from the riverbank about the size of the one that got away. But, a fishing competition has become embroiled in a bitter and increasingly personal row about allegations of vote rigging, fraud and bullying …

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