Angling TrustMarch 13, 2009 6:21 pm

This is just the first step

In previous posts I have encouraged everyone to get behind the newly formed Angling Trust. Here is a link to one of their press releases.

Fish Legal, the legal arm of the newly-formed Angling Trust, has taken decisive action against a team of poachers operating in Eastern England. The poachers were found guilty but were fined just £60 and had their equipment confiscated. Fish Legal’s lawyers have threatened the poachers with an injunction to prevent them returning.

Angling Trust chief executive said: “one of the priorities of the Angling Trust is to fight for better protection of fish stocks from poachers and other illegal activity. This action should send a clear message to all poachers that we mean business and will use all legal means to prevent them damaging our members’ interests.” [Read more…]

See I told you, they’ve started already! If you haven’t joined yet, why not?

Note: Any comments about the nationality of the miscreants will be immediately deleted!

If you have a moment and want to stretch our new found muscles visit this link and sign the petition. Remember it might be your fishery next!

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Catch reports, Places to fish 6:02 pm

More big Thames chub

As a result of my previous two posts I was sent a picture of this 7lb 4oz chub caught by Robert Waters from Molesey in Surrey.

Huge chub from Thames

He says:
It was caught on 6/3/09 on the river Thames at Chertsey Surrey on ledgered hair rigged punched luncheon meat to 6lb line at approx 7pm. I have caught large chub to 5lb 2oz carp to 10lbs and Bream to 7lb 10oz in the same swim previously. Bread use to be the bait here, but they seem to have developed a taste for plain luncheon meat recently.
Well done Robert, it’s great to know that someone else reads this rubbish.

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