The New Year’s special issue of Angler’s Mail, which includes a free pull-out 2014 wall planner, is packed with news, tips, features, great catches and interviews, including:

• Big chub go on feed at Christmas

• Great week for big pike – will 2014 see the record fall?

• John Bailey on the reasons why we go fishing

• Experts give their opinions on what 2014 will hold for UK angling

• The second half of our exclusive Dick Clegg OBE interview

• Best angling DVDs of the year reviewed

• Gary Newman heads to the drains for pike

• Pike Scene covers when to use livebaits and lures

• Carp World highlights ‘new year nevers’

• Where to Fish details new year hotspots around the country

• Regional match stars of the year named

• Detailed advice on carp rig components and how to use them

• Secret Lives on how to tell a fish’s sex

• Exclusive Preston Innovations Matchman of the Year leaderboard

• All The Answers covers cold-weather tactics for all species

• Latest match results in detail

Look out for the great pike on the cover, caught by Mail correspondent Brian Gay at Emperor Pallatrax Lakes in Devon!