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Keith Arthur heads to the Celtic Sea in search of sharks

Keith Arthur, 27 August 2010 14:00

Although it seems that almost every time I pick up a fishing rod these days it is for professional purposes, I have to say it’s a very long way from all bad. After catching some big trout last week, my latest quest was to catch something considerably larger and possibly even more beautiful. For a long time I’d admired the ...

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Keith Arthur heads to the Celtic Sea in search of sharks

Keith Arthur,
27 August 2010 14:00

Victims of angling theft may have been followed home

Angling Times, 27 August 2010 11:30

Anglers are being urged to take extra care following a spate of incidents in which individuals were followed home from matches before having their tackle stolen. One fisherman who was been hit particularly hard is Paul Barnes, from Peterborough, after £14,000 of top end tackle was stolen from his garage overnight. Paul, who believes he was followed home three times, ...

Expert anglers already searching for the next potential record carp

Angling Times, 27 August 2010 11:00

I know where there’s a carp already big enough to take the British record - and it’s being fished for now. These are the words of a high-profile carper this week following the death of the famous record-holding fish, ‘Two Tone’. The big-name angler wouldn’t give away the location of the venue, but was adamant that at the right time ...

Sea fishing legend Alan Yates calls for saltwater rod licence

Angling Times, 24 August 2010 12:29

“It’s time that narrow-minded sea anglers woke up and put their hands in their pockets!” This is the impassioned reaction of a former England sea fishing international following news that recent proposals for a sea angling rod licence have been rubbished by the Government. As previously reported in Angling Times, the proposals for the introduction of a licence to fish ...

Stalking rainbow trout offers a real buzz for Keith Arthur

Keith Arthur, 20 August 2010 16:30

I’ve fished for, and caught, a fair few rainbow trout since first picking up a fly rod, courtesy of Rick, Rachel and Emma at Tackle Up in Bury St Edmunds in 1992. Among them have been some real crackers, too; the best being 18lb 10oz from Lechlade and 17lb 12oz from Syon Park - a fish that currently resides in a ...

Chris Tarrant launches iPhone fishing app

Angling Times, 20 August 2010 16:00

Angling Times has teamed up with TV star and angling fanatic Chris Tarrant to launch its own fishing ‘app’, giving anglers instant access to a world of videos, tips and advice on their phone. ‘Fishing with Chris Tarrant’ boasts content from some of the sport’s most trusted brands and is available now exclusively on Apple iPhones at the introductory price ...

Otters now responsible for deaths of rare birds

Angling Times, 20 August 2010 16:00

The UK’s growing otter population is not only working its way through our freshwater fish stocks, but is now affecting the breeding habits of our birds, too. Angling Times can reveal that the RSPB’s own ‘poster boy’, the avocet, is having its breeding disrupted by the ever increasing numbers of otters in and around Norfolk’s Wensum river system, leading experts ...

Steve Partner: Cricket fan tried to tell me angling is dull

Steve Partner, 20 August 2010 16:00

I got stuck chatting to a cricket bore down the pub last weekend who said that he couldn’t comprehend what so many of us love about angling. “It’s so dull,” this Hooray Henry claimed, “all that sitting around and waiting. Nothing ever seems to happen. Where is the fun,” he dismissively concluded, “in that?” I nearly spat my beer out. ...

David Bird, ex-president of the NFA, has died

Gofishing.co.uk, 19 August 2010 16:09

David Bird, ex-president of the National Federation of Anglers (NFA) and Chairman of the Specialist Anglers' Alliance, sadly passed away on Wednesday 18th August. From Mike Heylin, Chairman of the Angling Trust - It is with the greatest regret that we have to inform you that David Bird a good old friend and a tireless Champion for angling and fisheries ...

Two Tone is dead: anglers mourn the death of Britain's record carp

Angling Times, 16 August 2010 10:05

Britain’s biggest carp has been found dead. The huge mirror, which was known as Two Tone and lived in Kent’s Conningbrook Lake, had held the record since 2001 when it was caught by Terry Glebioska at 59lb 7oz. It raised the bar a further six times over the next seven years, peaking at 67lb 14oz when caught by Austin ‘Oz’ ...

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