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Image copyright Getty Images Growing numbers of bluefin tuna are being seen in the waters around the UK because of the warming impact of a long term ocean current say researchers. These large, speedy fish are a globally endangered species and almost disappeared from the UK around 40 years ago. Scientists say that their recent rise is connected to the …

The salmon-fishing season has endured a challenging month of March, in part due to Cumbria’s wild and wet early Spring. The two middle weeks of the month were a complete washout for angling on our rivers. The week commencing March 11 saw three significant floods, each rise lifting river levels by over 10 feet. On the March 1516, The Eden …

Salmon catches on Scotland’s rivers fell to their lowest level since records began last year, sparking calls for the preservation of the species to become a national priority. Fisheries Management Scotland said official figures to be released by the Scottish Government on Wednesday would confirm that Atlantic salmon are at a “crisis point”. Rod and line catches are believed to …

Nice stamp: Gary Edwards placing some of the carp into Whins Pond

Dr Robin Faillettaz, from the University of Lille, added: “When water temperature increases during a positive AMO, bluefin tuna move further north. “However, the most positive phases of the AMO also have a detrimental effect upon recruitment in the Mediterranean Sea, which is currently the most important spawning ground, and that will affect adult abundance a few years later.” The …

One of the Midlands’ best-known angling venues is to be drained and prize carp removed – sparking fury among fisherman. They will be rehomed during work at the 25-acre Engine Pool at Earlswood Lakes, near Solihull . The venue – three large reservoirs dating from the 1820s – has long been a favourite among the angling community. Read More Hundreds …

A group of fishermen have been criticised online after a gargantuan black marlin died when they reeled in the 650kg beast. Beaming from ear to ear, the fishermen posed for several photos with the marlin dangling from the scales after it was caught off Queensland’s Fraser Island last week. Yet not everyone was as impressed with the catch, with thousands …

A Norfolk television, radio and fishing legend, once voted “the greatest angler of all time”, has died at his home in Thailand. John Wilson spent years bringing fishing to millions through his programmes, including Anglia’s Go Fishing. Today his family confirmed the broadcaster had died in Thailand, where he had lived since 2013. Mr Wilson, who was born in 1943 …

Every single day thousands and thousands of people cross over the Severn Estuary. Through the decades the crossing over the bridge has become a symbol of Wales and it’s something nearly all of us will have done. But hundreds of feet below the bustling Second Severn Crossing, on the river bed itself, a handful of men continue an historic and …