Tag Archives: freshwater fishing

A Gloucestershire-headquartered national fishing society has expanded its fishery portfolio with the purchase of an operation on the Somerset Levels after securing a £625,000 commercial mortgage from Barclays. The Ashmead Fishery was originally stocked with fingerling carp from a Surrey trout farm in 1971. It has been snapped up by The Carp Society, with the primary aim of developing and …

Seven people have been put behind bars for a total of more than 64 years for their part in a plot to flood a town with heroin and crack cocaine worth £745,000. North Wales Live reports how some of the 19 conspirators bought the drugs in Liverpool and then brought them back to their organised crime group in Caia Park …

St Helens rod Phil Holland made it a double this week as he took winning honours back to back at Carr Mill Dam. Written by Joe Farrell Amazingly, after a sudden turn in the weather last week, particularly the rise in temperature, fishing on some waters did see some cracking results being reported. Starting out on our famous canal running …

Specialist fishing tackle and equipment retailer Angling Direct is set to post record revenues despite a challenging climate. The omnichannel business report a 7.2 per cent increase in revenue for the year to 31 January to £72.5m against its “exceptional” sales of £67.6m in the prior year. The results were achieved despite all of Angling Direct’s retail stores being forced …

Dock Totals 1/23 – 1/29: 654 anglers aboard 38 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 37 barracuda, 56 bocaccio, 235 calico bass (124 released), 3 halibut, 117 lingcod, 97 lobster (75 released), 1 opaleye, 44 perch, 4 rock crab, 1,589 rockfish, 437 sand bass, 684 sculpin, 36 sheephead, 2 triggerfish, 220 whitefish, and …

Raw sewage has been dumped into Welsh waterways more than 100,000 times in just 12 months. Data from Welsh Water records the amount of times sewage has been released into Welsh rivers and streams to relieve pressure on the sewage network. Part of this problem comes from the fact we have a combined sewer network. According to Welsh Water, when …

Dock Totals 11/28 – 12/4: 826 anglers aboard 49 half-day to three-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 466 bluefin tuna (up to 70 pounds), 16 bonito, 1 cabezon, 829 calico bass (480 released), 11 lingcod, 146 lobster (104 released), 2,617 rockfish, 56 sand bass, 115 sculpin, 36 sheephead, 965 whitefish, and 21 yellowtail. Saltwater: Wahoo …

What is particularly galling for the 57-year-old is that he is close friends with Richard Garner, who set the record when he caught Goliath in 1997 at Withy Pool in Bedfordshire. “When I caught Goliath, which Richard caught and set the British record with 25 years ago, I thought, ‘Brilliant! Now I’ve got the bragging rights.’ But then I was told …

To boost conservation efforts, anglers who wish to catch and keep wild salmon from the Lower River Lee in Cork this year, are being advised that ‘brown tag’ regulations will come into force from Tuesday, February 1st 2022. The measures are included in the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations, recently signed into law by the Minister …

Paul Taylor owner of the Easthsm Ferry Pub landed this fantastic 215lb skate aboard LIverpool Charter Size Matters With a reputation as already being one of the best charter boat skippers in the country, Litherland’s Kevin McKie has again exceeded everyone’s expectations with yet another fantastic trip out on his charter boat, Size Matters. As I once more hold my …