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River Thames opening day success for Keith Arthur

Keith Arthur, 25 June 2010 16:00

Almost everyone has ‘go-to’ words or phrases, things they say almost without thinking. I have two (at least!): ‘fantastic’ and ‘unbelievable’. However, on the first day of the season, June 16, both words were more than justifiable. Tight Lines invited ex-England goalie David Seaman to join me on the banks of the River Thames and we made an early start ...

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River Thames opening day success for Keith Arthur

Keith Arthur,
25 June 2010 16:00

Fish surveys are no use says Keith Arthur

Keith Arthur, 11 June 2010 16:30

Anglers can’t catch fish so assume they are not there. The EA surveys rivers and tells us they are. What is the answer? I repeat what I wrote a few weeks ago: if we don’t fish for roach correctly, or know how they are feeding and what they are feeding on, they might as well not be there. I have ...

Warm weather means fish have other things on their minds

Keith Arthur, 04 June 2010 16:30

Thanks to that fabulous weather, plenty of coarse fish have got a load off their minds - or at least their bellies. I’ve witnessed fish spawning before, but never with the intensity of last weekend.Driving home from TalkSport, my phone rang, hands-free of course, with John Gard telling me to: ‘...get down to the river by Hawkers - they’re going ballistic.’ The ...

Keith Arthur - Martin Salter deserves a medal

Keith Arthur, 16 April 2010 17:00

Unfortunately I couldn’t attend the dinner at the House of Commons to say goodbye and thank you to Martin Salter: prior commitments stood in the way. However, Martin knows how grateful I am for the dignity and authority which he has brought to angling representation at the place where it really matters. As far as coarse anglers are concerned, Martin ...

Where did the match fishing scene go wrong?

Keith Arthur, 19 March 2010 17:00

A comment on a Forum post had me scratching my head recently. A fishery owner commented that waters are stocked to excessive levels: “...because that’s what match anglers demand.” Is that truly the case? Do we really just want massive weights? I am not quite so sure, in fact I’ll go further than that and say it is the fisheries ...

Keith Arthur: No oxygen, no fish, no wonder!

Keith Arthur, 09 February 2010 11:12

Having already read about a fair number of fish deaths this winter, caused by ice, I wonder what other area of ‘animal welfare’ would get away with what some fishery managers or owners do? Imagine keeping caged birds and having an aviary-full of perfectly healthy birds die from cold, or allowing a horse to die of thirst because its water ...

Keith Arthur - stillwater barbel and chub will never break records

Keith Arthur, 15 December 2009 12:41

I see that some people are speculating that chub and barbel, now being stocked into commercial stillwaters as carp continue to perish thanks to KHV, may be providing record-sized fish in the future. Logic tells me there is more chance of me taking a holiday on Venus. We’re not talking about low-stocked waters where fast-growing strains of fish are fed ...

Keith Arthur: It makes sense!

Keith Arthur, 11 November 2009 15:09

The media, and even the public, seem these days to always make a negative out of any subject rather than take a positive line. The latest ¬ and remember, this is my opinion ¬ revolves around the decision by the organisers to make applications for Fish O’Mania tickets available only to members of the organising body, namely the Angling Trust. ...

Keith Arthur - we shouldn't just blame cormorants

Keith Arthur, 06 October 2009 14:48

For virtually 30 unbroken years I fished rivers almost exclusively, with the occasional canal during floods. I rarely ventured on lakes; nasty things that usually needed legering on in those days. If I’d taken a 10lb weight on June 16 and carried it with me until October I’d have won a great deal of money and a fair few matches. ...

Keith Arthur: These excuses just won't wash

Keith Arthur, 22 September 2009 14:03

I don’t know what planet AT emailer Malcolm Swinfen (AT September 15) is from, but his excuses for not joining the Angling Trust show he’s not a regular reader.Before he stumps up his £20, he wants to hear ‘the voice of angling’ speak about cormorant and otter predation and the ‘wholesale removal of fish for food, attributed to non-English people’. ...

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