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Angling ace tackles 17 rivers in 14 days in charity mission
AN ANNUAL angling challenge has raised nearly £5,000 for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, bringing the grand total over four years to nearly £15,000.The gruelling angling event involved organiser Jerry...
View ArticleBritish carp record beaten – but captor won’t claim it!
The British carp record has been beaten – full story and pictures are inside this issue of Angler's Mail print magazine's unbeatable news pages.The captor looks unlikely to submit a claim for the giant...
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Biggest goldfish alive in UK?
SCHOOLGIRL Lois Chilvers caught one of the biggest goldfish in the country at 5 lb 4 oz – and added a 4 lb 5 oz beauty as well.The ten-year-old from Barking, Essex, was on a family trip to Chase Lakes...
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Monster catfish is specialist angler’s fifth over a ton
CATFISH ace Dean Aldridge notched his fifth 100 lb-plus UK wels with this 106 lb 2 oz giant.The 51-year-old consultant of catfish products company Big Cat UK fished for 48 hours on a day ticket water...
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Rod licence sales reveal major rises and falls
THE Environment Agency have revealed the new free junior rod licence has seen a 25.7 per cent rise to 65,487 since being introduced in April.And the new three-rod coarse licence has seen a boom of...
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Meet Britain’s oldest angler – he’s 102 not out!
THE UK’s oldest angler is still enjoying his fishing and bagging up even at the ripe old age of 102.Super-veteran angler Bob Teers is taken every year by his 70-year-old son David to Ian Heaps Fishing...
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Fishing reel firm suffers £10,000 theft
THE owner of a specialist fishing reel-making firm is appealing for assistance in trying to catch the scumbag thieves who raided his factory.Garry Mills of Mill Tackle Engineering in Studley,...
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Carp record smashed – but captor won’t claim
THE carp record was smashed with a 68 lb 5 oz giant – but again the fish won’t be considered for an official British record.Controversy surrounds the carp record again as the legally-imported Israeli...
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Stunning giant common carp for top specimen hunter
ALL-ROUND specimen fish ace Tony Gibson proved he’s just as good at catching big carp as most other coarse species when he caught this epic 50 lb 2 oz common carp.The common carp was a very special...
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Two giant Thames barbel for nearly 33 lb
SWITCHING rivers certainly paid off for barbel ace Garry Teer as a week after a 27 lb 4 oz brace he topped it with a pair of Thames barbel going a stonking 32 lb 13 oz.The stunning Thames barbel pair...
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Tim Paisley and Lee Jackson – World Carp Classic 2017 champions!
VASTLY experienced English duo Lee Jackson and Tim Paisley plus Benji Petutshnig-Fisherlauser won the prestigious 2017 World Carp Classic.Former British carp record holder Lee Jackson and Nutrabaits...
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River Tees giant barbel ends run of blanks
BIG barbel are thin on the ground in many parts of the country, but the north east has produced few in the class of this River Tees specimen in recent seasons...Glynn Brown proved persistence pays off...
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Britain’s biggest common carp
ONE of the UK’s largest carp ever has come out at 64 lb, making it the nation's biggest known common. It has been predicted to go onto break the official British carp record.Known as Tarka, the huge...
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Baiting campaign pays off with huge barbel
PAUL MURFIN showed the benefits of a prebaiting campaign on Nottinghamshire’s River Trent with this specimen 17 lb barbel.The 42-year-old forklift driver kept trickling in Trent Baits’s Freshwater...
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War veteran robs own fishing club to spend money on dating websites, shopping...
A WAR veteran was spared jail by the skin of his teeth after stealing £12,537 from the fishing club where he was treasurer.Wayne Adams splashed the cash on dating websites, shopping and jewellery from...
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Fishing Republic reveals state of angling trade in 2017
THE UK’s first ever publicly quoted tackle retailer, Fishing Republic, has published its results for the first half of this financial year and they present a healthy picture of continued growth and...
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2 giant barbel landed at the same time
A FIRST guided trip to the in-form River Trent in Nottinghamshire resulted in a stunning PB for an angler from the other end of the country.Richard Easom of top bait firm 3 Foot Twitch took Aaron Choat...
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Huge brown trout tempted on maggots
A BUNCH of maggots produced this amazing 25 lb 4 oz brown trout for Robert Melville.The retired 49-years-old was on his own boat Predator in Ardveich Bay at Loch Earn in Scotland when the monster...
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Angling Direct swallows up Fosters of Birmingham
THE biggest tackle shop sale in UK history has just been completed with Fosters of Birmingham being sold to top tackle chain Angling Direct for a monster £3 million.Angling Direct is now the largest...
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Rod licence dodger stung for Izaak Walton crimes
AN ABUSIVE rod licence dodger has been given one of the biggest financial penalties ever after unsuccessfully appealing his conviction.Rod licence dodger George Holland failed to give his name and...
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