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Irish pike given brighter future after anglers overturn cull law
PIKE FANS were celebrating last week after angling groups got a controversial pike culling law stopped.Irish Pike Society secretary Paul Byrne and many other pike fans won a crucial victory.The Irish...
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Rod licence dodgers hit with £8K bill
ROGUE coarse anglers were handed a whopping £8,000 in fines and costs after being caught without a valid rod licence.EA bailiffs are out there... whether dodgers are hiding, or not.At a time when new...
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Lure fishing ace tempts giant perch on Cannibal shad
ALEX STOICA has enjoyed a great perch fishing season.... and topped it with this PB perch of 5 lb 2 oz from a secret gravel pit.The lure fishing ace measured the catch at 49 cm, and tempted it using an...
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Mackerel crisis affects sea fishing – and could it hit pike fans too?
MACKEREL have just lost their ‘sustainable’ eating label, raising the alarm for sea and pike anglers... who are not to blame for the problem of low stocks.Mackerel stocks are in real danger, according...
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20 lb pike king reaches the 150 mark – from non-trout waters, too!
TOP piker John Holmes hit a milestone when he notched his 150th 20 lb-plus snapper with this 28 lb 8 oz specimen.20 lb pike ace John, a 55-year-old builder, from Skegness in Lincolnshire, has caught...
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Giant river roach defies otters to delight angler
MIKE MORTIMORE thinks this 2 lb 14 oz roach might have gone over 3 lb but it had recently been attacked by an otter... and luckily escaped. Mike displays his jumbo river roach that defied an otter...
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British barbel record rocked with biggest ever from the Thames
BAIT company boss John Llewellyn ended the river season in record style with this giant 20 lb 12 oz barbel - the heaviest ever from the Thames.John Llewellyn came rocked the British barbel record with...
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Hampshire Avon barbel record smashed by 19 lb 11 oz stunner
PETE READING had a real shock at the end of his river season when he smashed the Hampshire Avon record with this 19 lb 11 oz stunner.Pete Reading displays his 19 lb 11 oz Hampshire Avon barbel...
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River Thames murder case results in guilty verdicts for brothers
THREE members of the same family were found guilty of the death of an angler on the River Thames in Surrey.River Thames murder victim Scott Wilkinson brought his family together through his love of...
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Close Season fishing survey ends after 13,600 anglers respond
A TOTAL of 13,600 anglers responded to the Close Season survey that could decide the fate of the future of river fishing.The Close Season fishing debate rumbles on after 13,600 anglers responded to a...
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Giant chub helped eastern ace finish the season in style
THE river season ended with a string of brilliant chub catches including this stunning 7 lb 2 oz giant to top angling guide Phil Spinks.Bungay, Norfolk-based Phil took it from a secret local river...
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Fishing holiday boss vanishes
CONCERN is growing about the welfare of a fishing holiday company boss who has gone missing in Spain.Fishing holiday boss Martin WalkerMartin Walker owns Catfish Capers which expertly organises fishing...
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Stream goes from amazing 200 lb bags… to unfishable
A RESPECTED angling author has slammed the Environment Agency for letting a once-prolific river become unfishable.Paul Gustafson surveys the stream that has become unfishable.Paul Gustafson, who wrote...
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Persistence pays with monster mirror from The Avenue
CRAIG MCEVOY set his sights on a winter 50 and, as a spring arrived, he smashed that in style with this fantastic 58 lb mirror carp called Captain Scarlet.Craig McEvoy displays his impressive 58 lb...
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Drugs seized by Police after fishing bailiff’s smart action
A VOLUNTEER bailiff has helped stop 30 bags of cannabis, and future crops, from getting onto the streets.Bailiffs stop drugs and crime - Roy Bridson helped the Police, and other volunteers like him...
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The Fishing Show 2019 gets cancelled
A BRAND new show that promised to become one of the best angling events in 2019 has been cancelled.Marina Gibson (right) and Paul Procter helped launch The Fishing Show. Picture by Charlotte Graham...
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Mark Lloyd, leader of Angling Trust, set to quit
ONE of the most pivotal roles in English angling is up for grabs.Mark Lloyd will be leaving the Angling Trust chief executive post, and he will take up the CEO role at environmental group, The Rivers...
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Three huge roach for over 8 lb
SPESSY ace Daniel Woolcott topped a superb roach session on a secret large gravel pit with this 3 lb 4 oz redfin.The 32-year-old Londoner said: “This was a massive roach and exactly what I was hoping...
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Wels catfish claimed to be ‘killers’ get rehomed by anglers
THE anguish of children seeing ducks devoured in a lake beside a huge shopping centre has resulted in anglers help relocate the 'offending' catfish.The Essex wels catfish gets captured and re-homed to...
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Record perch brace for Angler’s Mail magazine contributor
AN ANGLER’S MAIL contributor has caught the biggest brace of perch to a British angler with a stunning pair of stripys scaling 6 lb 5 oz (main picture) and 6 lb 1 oz.Darren Starkey shows his 6 lb 5 oz...
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