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Sea fishing legend Alan Yates calls for saltwater rod licence

“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 ...

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  • 24 August 2010

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Pick up your gift of a fantastic Penn Captiva II 5000 sea fishing reel worth £57.99 when you take out an 18-month subscription to Sea Angler magazine by direct debit. The Captiva reel features the PENN Techno-balanced Rotor system to help eliminate wobble when winding and the Leveline line lay system ensures that every cast you make is the very ...

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  • 15 July 2010

How to catch more bass and rays with Sea Angler

Now's the time to target those bass and rays from the shore - and Sea Angler shows you just how to do it. In the very latest edition, on sale now at all good newsagents, you'll learn masses of new and exciting tips to help you land lots more rays and bass from your local mark. There's a huge 16-page ...

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  • 01 July 2010

Best bass fishery in Europe under threat from commercial angling

The battle is on this week to protect the best bass fishery in Europe from exploitation by commercial fishermen. A reshuffle in the Irish government has seen a new Fisheries Minister appointed who anglers fear is sympathetic to trawlermen’s calls to reopen a fishery which has been closed since 1990. The fight is being led by professional Irish bass guide ...

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  • 06 May 2010

Sea Angler magazine goes bass crazy with massive new section

ALL NEW BASS ANGLER INCORPORATED IN SEA ANGLER MAGAZINE! Read all about it in the bumper 164-page May issue (453), priced at just £3.35 and in newsagents and supermarkets near you from May 13 Here's what you get - 35 pages on bass fishing, another 36 on boat angling PLUS 55 pages on shore fishing along with news, the big specimen ...

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  • 04 May 2010

Around 20,000 mullet massacred during spawning season

Three commercial netting operations on the Isle of Man have captured an estimated 20,000 mullet, sparking concern over future stocks of this slow-growing species. The fish are thought to have gathered to spawn in the bay of Port Erin, but they are also being taken in large numbers from  Cornwall and Anglesey. Anglers on the Isle of Man are angered ...

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  • 17 March 2010

Missing fisherman found on Horden beach

Police have just confirmed that the man found on a Durham beach at 2pm yesterday afternoon is that of missing fisherman George Darbyshire, 61, from Blackhall. Mr Darbyshire had been missing since last Tuesday following a beach fishing session at Horden, near Peterlee. His fishing tackle had been recovered from the beach on Thursday. For several days officers from Durham Constabulary and ...

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  • 18 January 2010

Northumberland angler dies after cliff face collapses

A sea angler died yesterday after the cliff face he was standing on collapsed following severely icy conditions at Sandy Bay, near Newbiggin, in Northumberland. The angler, who has yet to be named, fell 50ft to the shore below and was subsequently buried under falling rocks and rubble. Coastguards and paramedics arriving at the scene pronounced the angler dead, but ...

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  • 07 January 2010

Census of marine life uncovers 20 million herring

A shoal of fish bigger than the city of Nottingham is just one of the breathtaking findings of a 10-year survey of the world’s oceans. The discovery of a ball of 20 million herring off the coast of the US covering more than 25 square miles ¬ the largest mass of living creatures ever witnessed on Earth - was made by ...

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  • 23 December 2009

Catch the right conditions to catch a big cod

Although now is the right time to be targeting a cod, you still need the right conditions to bag a big one. The run-up to Christmas is often the time when the big females will move inshore to fatten up before they head out into open water to spawn. When the sea is rough, the water will become coloured, and ...

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  • 15 December 2009

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