FishingMagic Magazine

After being plagued by skimmers in her roach session, Emma has moved on to the next leg of her challenge, so what's up next?

Angler's Mail this week comes with a FREE tackle guide, FREE 1-day rod licence voucher to take a friend fishing and top money-saving deals on day ticket waters.

Yet more fisheries are set to benefit as the Angling Trust announces today (8th June) that an additional £50,000 is up for grabs later this summer as part of the hugely successful 'Fishery Improvement Fund'. The funding comes from the Environment Agency's rod licence sales: can your club benefit?

With angling becoming increasingly hi-tec and commercialized, your editor feels the need for something a little more genteel...

"YOU have the power to determine government policy on angling" insists Rod Sturdy: "3-4 million 'YOUs' can make all the difference - so get involved!"

The Angling Trust has stepped up the pressure to see the long overdue introduction of a 42cm minimum conservation reference size (MCRS) for both recreational and commercial bass fishing in order to allow the fish an opportunity to spawn successfully before harvesting. The present stock crisis is very much due to over-fishing on the spawning grounds as well as a minimum size which allows fishing for juvenile bass before they had the chance to spawn.

The European Commission has appointed the Angling Trust's Mark Owen to its new Invasive Alien Species Working Group, to represent the interests of anglers throughout Europe via the European Anglers' Alliance.

The Angling Trust is now inviting applications from young coarse anglers to enter the 2015/16 England Talent Pathway Programme. Talent Pathway events will begin in June and will take place throughout the country providing opportunities in the North, Midlands and Southern regions.