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Environment Agency finally shows its teeth to fish smugglers

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Steve Partner, 09 March 2010 16:41

Last week their concerns were limited to little more than how many anglers were coming through the door. Now, though, their very existence could be on the line. A few of the nation’s thousands of fishery owners, I wouldn’t mind betting, are sitting slightly less easily than they were a few days ago. Why? Because the Environment Agency - the much ...

 

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Environment Agency finally shows its teeth to fish smugglers

rating is 4

Steve Partner,
09 March 2010 16:41

Last week their concerns were limited to little more than how many anglers were coming through the door. Now, though, their very existence could be on the line. A few of the nation’s thousands of fishery owners, I wouldn’t mind betting, are sitting slightly less easily than they were a few days ago. Why? Because the Environment Agency - the much ...

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Steve Partner: Are you being ripped off by fishery pellets?

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Steve Partner, 03 March 2010 17:25

It’s been described by some as angling’s biggest con trick. A rip-off so widespread and prevalent that it’s even spawned its own joke. A dry, sarcastic one but a joke nonetheless. ‘What,’ so the gag goes, ‘is the difference between fishery pellets and those you buy from the tackle shop?’ Punchline: ‘About £2.’ Yes, it’s fair to say that fisheries ...

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Steve Partner - Perch are the country's greatest species

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Steve Partner, 23 February 2010 14:47

A week after a matchman landed a shock 5lb-plus perch, Steve Partner explains why it was the latest example of why they must be the country’s greatest freshwater species… As fishing stories go, I still reckon it was perhaps the best I’ve heard in recent years. It might even rival the greatest ever. The ingredients were absolutely perfect. It took ...

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Steve Partner: Let's stop dodging the otter issue

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Steve Partner, 09 February 2010 12:19

You can’t blame Mark Simmonds for being angry. In fact you can’t blame him for being absolutely scream-in-your-face furious. His business, his livelihood, the very thing that puts food on his family’s table is slowly being destroyed before his eyes and, despite dedicating his entire life to the sport, he’s still made to feel powerless to do anything about it. ...

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Steve Partner: Stars shouldn't have to pay for this

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Steve Partner, 03 February 2010 10:09

When the cream of this country’s match anglers line up on Vicario Reservoir for the 2010 World Championships, the level of expectation will be as high as the soaring June temperatures in this desert-like region of central Spain. England, it’s safe to say, expects. Medals are given ¬ the only issue is the colour. It wasn’t always like that, of ...

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Steve Partner: Why all the cheers?

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Steve Partner, 19 January 2010 15:51

So Martin ‘Lucky’ Locke has lived up to his nickname by landing the world’s biggest carp at 94lb. Well done, Mr Locke,that is one serious lump of fish. If you need some reference point to help you establish just how big a lump, consider this. Even if you took Dick Walker’s old British record and doubled it, there would still ...

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Steve Partner: The dark heart of twitching

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Steve Partner, 13 January 2010 09:29

It's a story that I guarantee will ignite fury in every angler from Exeter to Elgin. And if it doesn't you've neither a sense of justice nor fair play. For the sake of those who missed it, let me relate the facts. No conjecture, no spin, no bias. Just the cold, clear and precise detail. Malcolm Rigby, under instruction from ...

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Steve Partner: Welcome to the future of river fishing...

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Steve Partner, 05 January 2010 15:54

It’s 5.55am on June 16, 2025. The gates to the fishery aren’t yet open, but the queue of anglers waiting to gain entrance is already snaking back up the road. The owner, rubbing his hands at the prospect of taking £50 off each of them, soon appears and the vehicles begin the process of filing into the purpose-built car park ...

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Steve Partner: Fearnley-Whittingstall - Angler and proud of it

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Steve Partner, 15 December 2009 09:00

As the camera continued to roll, the angler carefully ran his Avon float down the far-bank glide for the umpteenth time that afternoon, the orange tip still frustratingly visible as it bounced rhythmically in the flow. Only this time it suddenly disappeared. A whoop of delight accompanied the bent rod and within seconds a twisting flash of silver was safely ...

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Steve Partner: Has the sun set on big barbel fishing?

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Steve Partner, 08 December 2009 12:14

Despite being in the business of routinely breaking big fishing stories, it takes something momentous to bring the entire Angling Times office to a virtual standstill. But on an otherwise ordinary Wednesday morning in October of 2004 a distinct hush descended when the call was taken. Make no mistake, Britain’s first 20lb barbel was massive news. Looking back with the ...

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