THE world cod record has been broken with the capture of the first ever 100lb-plus example of the species. Weighing a staggering 47kg (103.6lb), it was landed by German angler Michael Eisele who struggled to hold the immense fish aloft after boating it from the famous Soröya fishing camp in Norway. It is the pinnacle of a run of over-sized ...
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- 17 May 2013
A UNIQUE new bait set to take the sea fishing world by storm has gone on sale for the first time in the UK. Peanut worms are an unusual strain of lugworm with a large bulbous end and a tough texture, and have already been used with great success in Spain and Italy. Although native to UK and Irish shores, ...
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- 15 May 2013
THIS IS the exclusive picture of a huge 235lb common skate that smashes the current British record out of sight. It took Welsh specimen hunter David Griffiths an hour-and-a-half to haul the historic 7.5ft-long specimen up through over 500ft of water while he was on holiday in Scotland with his son William and a group of friends. They were fishing ...
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- 29 April 2013
FOR MANY anglers a 3lb fish isn’t exactly a catch of a lifetime but to Karl Wiepcke, the 3lb 7oz cod that he caught in last week’s European Open Beach Championship was the most memorable fish he will ever land…because it won him a brand new car and a pocketful of cash! Karl took the modest fish during the three-day ...
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- 27 March 2013
Highly respected sea angler Alan Yates was crowned champion of the unique Ten Worm Challenge after he banked 32 fish during the contest. Entrants to the event were permitted to use 10 lugworms and no other bait and were allowed to fish anywhere they wanted along the south coast. At the end of the outing, the Sea Angler magazine contributor ...
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- 26 March 2013
Landing a huge skate is a brutal task in itself but Peter Ross was forced to endure a battle of almost an hour before banking a 182lb fish which was foul hooked! After deciding to fish off the coast of Ballylumford in Northern Ireland, he put two rods out for the species and received a take just after midday. Upon ...
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- 20 March 2013
A 25-year campaign to land one of the world’s largest exotic species came to an end for Kevin Gardner when he banked a mammoth 1320lb blue marlin. The Norfolk-based pub landlord made the long haul trip to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean and used a lure to attract the attentions of the beast. He was then forced to endure ...
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- 15 March 2013
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- 14 February 2013
NWIFCA has made a new Byelaw prohibiting all fishing for sea fish in the area known as the Heysham Bass Nursery Area. A full copy of the byelaw is available free from NWIFCA office or website www.nw-ifca.gov.uk Objections to confirmation of this byelaw should be sent in writing within 28 days of publication of this notice (Closing date: 15/03/2013) to: ...
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- 30 January 2013
THE unprecedented run of big cod has continued this week with two fish over the 40lb-barrier caught from along the south coast. Experts have claimed the past 12-months have produced the best sport for the species in several decades, and Dominic Camilleri backed-up this bold statement when he landed a 40lb 12oz specimen from Shoreham, East Sussex. The West Sussex-based ...
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- 28 January 2013
