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Take A Friend Fishing with this week’s Angler’s Mail FREE rod licence
ANGLER'S MAIL this week shows its full support to the Take A Friend Fishing campaign by bringing you a FREE rod licence.Valid for one day between March 25 and April 3, the free rod licence voucher is...
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46th double in an amazing barbel season
Jon Stickings enjoyed a brilliant season on his local Warwickshire Avon and notched his 46th double with this fish.It was Jon’s third 15-pounder of the season and at 15 lb 9 oz the barbel was just 1 oz...
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Tackle dealer guilty of wife’s murder
TACKLE dealer Paul Abbott has been told by a judge he faces a life sentence after pleading guilty to murdering his wife Jackie in a hammer attack.The couple in happier times. Paul Abbott now faces a...
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Carp star notches sought-after mega mirror
CARP ace Nigel Sharp has been trying to break his mirror carp personal best for nearly 20 years, and finally he succeeded with this 50 lb 8 oz chunk – on his first trip to the venue!The former Angler’s...
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Barbel record broken on broken rod!
SHORT session specialist Allan Jackson needed just ten minutes on the bank to break a river barbel record with an 18 lb stunner from the River Colne – using a rod he’d smashed on another big fish!Allan...
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Gigantic perch from pool
STEVE PROUD thought he’d foul hooked a carp at his local BK Fisheries at St. Erth, near Hayle in Cornwall but it was this monster 5 lb 4 oz perch.Steve smashed his old perch PB of 3 lb 2 oz using...
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Mighty brace of minnows
ONLINE blogger Mark Lindsay finished his river season with some mighty mini species with monster gudgeon and some huge minnows including this brace of 12.4 gr and 12.8 gr.The Surrey-based angler...
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Stop the slaughter of pike
BRITISH pike anglers - including Matt Hayes (pictured) - are helping lead the fight against the slaughter of Irish coarse fish by its own fisheries board!An online petition has been set up and quickly...
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World record carp venue gives 101 lb 8 oz giant!
MONSTER carp specialist Warren Harrison smashed through the magic ton barrier with an amazing 101 lb 8 oz specimen on his latest trip to top Hungarian venue Euro-Aqua. Warren, who had a brace of 90s on...
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Unknown giant pike
THE Pike Anglers Club's press officer Alan Dudhill recorded his biggest fish of the season with this fine 26 lb snapper from a Leicestershire gravel pit that he’s fancied producing a biggie for a...
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Bivvy blaze while angler inside
A CARP angler thought he was going to die after his bivvy was callously set alight while he was inside it.The terrifying incident occurred at Sandhill Lake in Worksop, Nottinghamshire where Nicky...
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Brit lands World’s second biggest halibut from the shore
TOP tackle shop Veals of Bristol was the centre of attention, including TV, after their man Steve Ace caught a monster 96 lb 8 oz halibut from the shore.Reckoned to be the second-biggest ever from the...
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Tackle shop opening after tragedy
THE two sons of murdered tackle dealer Jackie Abbott (pictured) are to open up their own shop on the same industrial estate as the one run by their parents.As we reported, dad Paul has been told by a...
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127 lb UK catfish
THE first truly big catfish of 2016 has been matted – at a whopping 127 lb 4 oz.Mark Fasey took the fish from Norfolk’s Oakwood Park Lakes – formerly called Witch Lake – and it is possibly the biggest...
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60 lb UK mirror carp
TACKLE dealer Zack Barrett set a new lake record with a monster 60 lb 2 oz mirror carp – from a water that is predicted to become one of the best in the future.Melton Angling boss Zack took the...
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Monster salmon on famous coarse fishing venue
THE biggest salmon for decades has been caught from a top coarse fishery, estimated between 43 lb and 47 lb.Day ticket Royalty Fishery on the Hampshire Avon is noted as one of England’s top salmon...
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Lady tackle dealer killed in stabbing
SHOCKING death has struck the tackle trade for a second time when tackle shop owner Carrie Izzard was found brutally stabbed in her own home in West End, Herstmonceaux, East Sussex.Carrie, 48, jointly...
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Huge crucian carp for our cup winner
REIGNING Korum Specimen Cup winner Phil Smith got his 2016 crucian carp campaign in fine style with this 4 lb beauty from the Marsh Farm complex in Surrey. Coventry, West Midlands-based Phil added...
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A different form of fishing tackle dealing – Korda 24 goes live
ONE of Britain’s biggest fishing tackle firms has launched a revolutionary new way of getting vital bits of terminal tackle.Korda launched a new on-line 24-hour tackle ordering service, Korda24, for...
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Angler ‘attacked’ by fox
A CARP angler had to be taken to hospital after a fox 'attacked' him while he slept in his bivvy.Dan Hedges had a nasty surprise at Orpington DAA local water Ruxley in Kent when at 4am a fox crept into...
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