Conservation

22.06.09 British sea bed “trawled into a wasteland”
From The Sunday Times - Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor
Though still an island, Britain is now surrounded by desert. New research has shown that repeated trawling has turned much of the sea bed around the UK into a barren wasteland.
Scientists using deep sea photography and painstaking analysis of [...]

Match Fishing News

25 adult 4 juveniles ventured out for the first match .conditions were good with light winds and a calm sea.fileys own mick wright  was top rod with 2 cod for 5-8-2 fishing off filey brigg,only 13 anglers weighed in with most finding the fish difficult to locate
mick wright 5-8-2
martin dixon 5-3
john tindal 5-2-8
terry holmes [...]

Commercial Fishing

W. Stevenson and Sons Partnership Ordered to Pay £776,000 For Black Fish Scam
Newlyn fish auctioneers W. Stevenson and Sons were ordered to pay a confiscation order and costs totalling £776,633 by a judge at Exeter Crown Court on Wednesday June 17, 2009, for a massive “black” fish scam.
This hearing marked the end of a long-running [...]

Illegal Fishing

The Definition Of A Sea Angler
The Marine Committee of the Angling Trust meeting in June agreed that they would only represent recreational sea anglers. The meeting confirmed that the EAA definition of Recreational Sea Angling formulated in 2004 should be their criteria:
“Recreational sea angling is the activity of catching or attempting to catch fish, principally [...]

Kayak Fishing

Forum members: Glen, Mike, Dan and Damo had a days kayak fishing off Skinnigrove in East Cleveland. Find out how the got on there.

ANGLING TRUST - National federation Of Sea Anglers

22.06.09 British sea bed “trawled into a wasteland”
From The Sunday Times - Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor
Though still an island, Britain is now surrounded by desert. New research has shown that repeated trawling has turned much of the sea bed around the UK into a barren wasteland.
Scientists using deep sea photography and painstaking analysis of [...]

Boat Fishing

Day 4 Results
Geoff Saxton Rotherham - 13 02 Cod - Sea Otter 2
Phil Hogg Nottingham - 12 13 Ling - Trot On
Glenn Stocks Rotherham - 12 08.5  Cod - Sea Otter 2

Glenn Stocks And Geoff Saxton who are the festival sponsors. They love their fishing and as usual they have booked Pauls boat for themselves [...]

Bass Fishing

An interesting article by forum member Iain Sellors. The article looks at bass fishing from a kayak and examines the issues of casting, trolling, which lures to use, what time of year to fish etc etc ………..
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/kayak-fishing-for-bass.php

Sea Angling News

Well just arrived home from another enjoyable weeks cod fishing on Scotlands rugged east coast with good pals Martin Jackson and Alan Jackson aka (Big Cliff) Must admit the weather was unusally kind to us and the fishing was pretty hot too…. :yes: :yes: :yes:
Cant beat summer cod fishing beats getting blown off a rock [...]

Cod Fishing

Read Wildcard Boat Fishing Topics In Our Forum - Click Here
Alan Jackson the owner of Wildcard Charter Boat at Whitby is offering a prize of £10,000 for any angler who can break the UK Cod Or Ling record from their boat.
Alan says
We understand that anglers by nature are competitive in their outlook. For this reason [...]