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Tackle chain Fishing Republic grows to 15 shops
BRITAIN’S biggest tackle shop chain - Fishing Republic - has announced immediate plans for a further four superstores after opening their 14th shop last month.Mighty Fishing Republic, who opened their...
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New PB for ace pike angler
ONE of Britain’s most successful big pike anglers smashed his PB on exactly the same day nearly 30 years after his long-standing best.Kev Shore, who stands tenth on Neville Fickling’s notable pike...
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Giant zander in match
THE biggest zander of the year has come out in a lure match on a canal.Although it was only enough for third, Tom Watts from Doncaster found the long journey from South Yorkshire to the Gloucester and...
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WIN! Great competition to be an angling journalist & blogger!
WANT to be an angling journalist or angling blogger? You could win an exciting expenses-paid multi-media role with the makers of the forthcoming Pursuit series, coming to Freeview’s Quest TV channel.If...
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Record fine for Thames Water
THAMES WATER has been hit with a record penalty for a water pollution of £20.3 million – ten times higher than the previous highest fine.Undated handout photo issued by the Environment Agency of sewage...
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Huge 8 lb 2 oz chub
ANDY BIRCH notched his second biggest chub ever with this 8 lb 2 oz specimen from the River Lea system.The 46-year-old sign maker used home-made cheese paste in a roving session and the chevin falls...
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Angling Trust told to net more women
LAST gasp talks by the Angling Trust to Sport England might have saved their big money funding, an Angler’s Mail investigation has revealed.New Government rules being introduced for April 1 means all...
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Near record Thames barbel
MARK CASPER followed up an amazing spell of big River Thames pike following a big pre-baiting campaign that included particle plus chopped fish, with this near venue best 18 lb barbel.The Specialized...
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Big carp rush – 3 giants for 141 lb!
BIG CARP carp ace David Gaskin followed up his amazing 102 lb brace of a 59 lb 8 oz mirror and 42 lb 8 oz common with another stunning haul.Returning to the same £1,500-a-year Berkshire big carp mecca,...
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Fishing rod licence prices and key facts
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY fishing rod licence prices and many more things have just changed - and all versions are available now. Angler's Mail explains all here...A brand new three-rod fishing rod licence...
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Carp angler pays hefty price for using SIX rods
A CARP angler has been found guilty in court of sneaking out extra rods – SIX at once.Carp angler Ryan Hughes was apprehended at Pavyotts Mill in Somerset with two more rods in the water than the...
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Golden orfe joy after 200 mile trip
BILL “BARBEL BOB” BRISTOW had a 200 mile round trip to Surrey’s Newdigate Fishery for this personal best 6 lb 6 oz golden orfe.The 74-year-old from Lyneham, Wiltshire, feedered maggot and added a 4 lb...
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Amazing Yorkshire carp
SIMON HARBOTTLE had his first session back on Erics Angling’s Willows Lake - and what a result he notched up! The 46-year-old’s giant mirror scaled 49 lb 8 oz and he added three others in a prolific...
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River Monsters ends epic TV run
JEREMY WADE’S mega popular TV series, River Monsters, is ending.River Monsters’ ninth series will be its last. It starts on Sunday, April 23, at 9 pm on the Animal Planet channel. The River Monsters...
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1 oz off the UK crucian carp record!
STEVE SCOLTOCK came within 1 oz of the crucian carp record with this 4 lb 9 oz monster.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe huge crucian fell to 58-year-old Steve when was fishing Godalming AS record water...
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Roach stockings continue
THE Avon Roach Project has stocked thousands more redfins following their annual harvesting of stocks in their fish farms. Avon Roach Project co-founder Trevor Harrop (pictured above) said: “This year...
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Pursuit angling TV series to make a splash
PURSUIT - a TV fishing series we know many Angler's Mail fans will love - comes to Freeview channel, Quest, for spring/summer 2017.Pursuit’s series 1 has six one-hour shows. It follows Angler’s Mail...
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Anglers fight widespread venue ‘destruction’
EVER been angered by excessive work being done on rivers? The Angling Trust is taking up anglers' complaints and launched an investigation into the continued habitat destruction carried out by the...
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World record carp lake’s other monster fish!
WORLD record carp lake - the mega prolific Euro-Aqua – has also proven it is mecca for specimens of other fish species.Hungary’s mega prolific Euro-Aqua is of of best known for its World record carp,...
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Big fish star Fred Healey “lucky to be alive”
FISHING fanatic Fred Healey won the 2016 Angler’s Mail Specimen Cup for an unprecedented third time – but has revealed how he’s lucky to still be alive.Even last year, 70-year-old Fred Healey was...
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