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National Fishing & Boating Week begins June 6!
Hey, it's me Gil Blue – your native guide to fishing and boating. What? You never talked to a fish before? Well listen up, because you're not going to want to miss this. National Fishing & Boating Week is coming up. And I've got the five best reasons to get out on the water ...
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4. When you purchase a fishing license,
equipment or supplies, you help fund
conservation projects that keep our
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3. When you're on the water, you're not at work.
2. Fishing is the number one activity to get kids
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In search of a fish that will eat a steak
"In search of a fish that
will eat a steak"
By Lawrence Pyne May 31, 2009
Channel catfish don't leap like landlocked salmon, fight like smallmouth bass or taste like walleye. But if you want to catch a big fish in Vermont waters -- a really, really big fish -- then channel cats have no peer.
Five-pounders are runts; 10-pounders are nothing special; and 15-pounders are almost commonplace. It's not until the 20-pound mark is topped that most veteran catfish anglers start getting excited, with a 30-pound or better fish being a real trophy.
Yet, for decades the big bottom-feeders largely flewunder the radar of Vermont anglers, even though they are every bit as native to Lake Champlain as they are the Deep South, where channel cats rival largemouth bass as the No. 1 game fish.
That began to change in 1992, when the Lake Champlain International fishing derby introduced the "extraordinary species" category, which made catfish, carp and other big uglies eligible for derby prizes. The results were eye-opening.
Huge whiskered fish started showing up at weigh stations, starting a trend that continues to this day. Year after year, the heaviest fish entered in the Father's Day weekend derby are invariably fat cats, and even a 20-pound catfish seldom finishes in the money.
We're talking about fish with heads the size of a soccer ball, and wide, gaping mouths that could easily swallow a keeper trout. Fish that leave your rod hand cramped and your head shaking in disbelief. Fish that seem to come in only two sizes: big and enormous.
Outside of a few specialists, however, relatively few anglers target catfish. It's safe to say that most are probably caught by anglers after other species. That was the case when Hubert Dumas launched a canoe on Monkton Pond in search of bass.
Dumas' nightcrawler was inhaled by a catfish so large it towed his canoe across the pond, and, try as he might, left him unable to regain the line. Only by tying the canoe to the end of a long dock was he able to land the fish after a 45-minute tug-of-war.
Even though Dumas gutted the huge fish and waited two days to have it weighed, it tipped the scales at 34 pounds, 14 ounces, setting the current state record.
Monkton Pond is one of a handful of inland waters in the Champlain Valley where catfish have been introduced. But Dumas's fish notwithstanding, Lake Champlain remains the place to go if you want to catch a giant cat.
Catfish are found throughout the lake, and are particularly abundant in its northern and southernmost reaches, as well as the lower sections of its larger tributary rivers, where water temperatures are more to their liking.
Catfish love warm water. They don't begin actively feeding until the temperature reaches about 60 degrees, and they don't spawn until it climbs into the mid-70s. Both of which make the late spring and early summer prime time to land a big cat.
Doing so is simply a matter of using stout tackle and a big, stinky bait. Catfish will eat just about anything they can get in their huge mouths, dead or alive, and they have a keen sense of smell and taste, with thousands of taste buds covering their flanks and long, whisker-like barbels. The smellier the bait, the better cats like it.
Cut bait, such as half a bluegill or white perch, is a time-proven producer, although the new baitfish rules prohibit anglers from using any panfish other than yellow perch as bait, and then only if caught from the water being fished.
Other productive baits include chicken livers, nightcrawlers, cheese balls, and commercial stinkbaits, the ingredients for most of which happily remain a mystery, although it's safe to say they are nothing you would ever want to eat.
The best fishing is at night, when hungry catfish go on the prowl. Look for shallow, weed-free flats and bays adjacent to deep channels and holes where cats lay up during the day. If the area is fed by a small, fertile tributary stream, so much the better.
Leave your bail open so fish can run with the bait before ingesting it. Then pray that your line is strong enough to handle whatever ate your bait.
But the truth is, you never know when or where a big cat will strike. One of the most memorable cats I ever saw came during a Ducks Unlimited youth event several years ago at Mac's Bend boat launch on the Missisquoi River.
After the barbecue lunch, one of the adult volunteers impaled a large steak on a big hook and for laughs lobbed it out into the river. Twenty tense minutes later, he wrestled a huge 25-pound catfish up onto the bank as the assembled kids looked on in amazement.
"That was the most awesome fish I've ever seen," then state DU chairman Skip Thomas recalled. "It actually looked like a fish that would eat a streak."
Lawrence Pyne writes about the outdoors from his home in Cornwall.
Monkton Pond is one of a handful of inland waters in the Champlain Valley where catfish have been introduced. But Dumas's fish notwithstanding, Lake Champlain remains the place to go if you want to catch a giant cat.
Catfish are found throughout the lake, and are particularly abundant in its northern and southernmost reaches, as well as the lower sections of its larger tributary rivers, where water temperatures are more to their liking.
Catfish love warm water. They don't begin actively feeding until the temperature reaches about 60 degrees, and they don't spawn until it climbs into the mid-70s. Both of which make the late spring and early summer prime time to land a big cat.
Doing so is simply a matter of using stout tackle and a big, stinky bait. Catfish will eat just about anything they can get in their huge mouths, dead or alive, and they have a keen sense of smell and taste, with thousands of taste buds covering their flanks and long, whisker-like barbels. The smellier the bait, the better cats like it.
Cut bait, such as half a bluegill or white perch, is a time-proven producer, although the new baitfish rules prohibit anglers from using any panfish other than yellow perch as bait, and then only if caught from the water being fished.
Other productive baits include chicken livers, nightcrawlers, cheese balls, and commercial stinkbaits, the ingredients for most of which happily remain a mystery, although it's safe to say they are nothing you would ever want to eat.
The best fishing is at night, when hungry catfish go on the prowl. Look for shallow, weed-free flats and bays adjacent to deep channels and holes where cats lay up during the day. If the area is fed by a small, fertile tributary stream, so much the better.
Leave your bail open so fish can run with the bait before ingesting it. Then pray that your line is strong enough to handle whatever ate your bait.
But the truth is, you never know when or where a big cat will strike. One of the most memorable cats I ever saw came during a Ducks Unlimited youth event several years ago at Mac's Bend boat launch on the Missisquoi River.
After the barbecue lunch, one of the adult volunteers impaled a large steak on a big hook and for laughs lobbed it out into the river. Twenty tense minutes later, he wrestled a huge 25-pound catfish up onto the bank as the assembled kids looked on in amazement.
"That was the most awesome fish I've ever seen," then state DU chairman Skip Thomas recalled.
"It actually looked like a fish that would eat a streak."
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The European Beach Angling Championship 2010
The European Beach Angling Championship 2009 TV SHOWThis runs from Bridlington in the North down to Spurn Point in the south and is turning into a event for beach Anglers from all over Europe. Next Year 2010 the European beach Angling Championship 2010 for the first time will be held over three (3) days covering the same area so for your Diary you need to mark February 26th to the 28th for the 2010 European Beach Angling Championship . Further information is from European Beach Angling Championship 2010Start keeping an eye on past reports for this area and start planning now some of the fishing locations can be found on this Map if you have not fished this coast before and in some areas it is impossible to get down and more important get up the clay cliffs so safety first do a recce so you will be there for future European Beach Angling Championships.
All the Fish will be gone
Fifty Years Ago, Fish Were
Bigger; Fifty Years From Now,
They'll Be Gone
A treasure trove of historical evidence finds that the fish your grand-dad claimed was "this big" may well have been
Great white whales. Schools of fish so thick they slowed boats. Sea monsters that could swallow a sailor whole. The last one may still be the stuff of lore, but scientists are using a curious series of census tools to gather evidence of an ocean that, as recently as decades ago, fairly teemed with marine life, far bigger and more plentiful that what's found in today's oceans.
Alone, the shipping logs and menus, woodcuts and photos, don't amount to much. But as a whole, the hundreds of thousands of documents being amassed for the Census of Marine Life project are proving uncomfortably telling.
Processing of a Right Whale Carcass: Reproduced from an 1887 paper by A. Howard Clark, U.S. Fish Commission courtesy Census of Marine Life Take whaling, for instance. In most locations, humans have had an effect on local ocean ecology for millennia, even if they only started noting it a few hundred years ago. In New Zealand, however, humans didn't arrive until the late 1200s, so there's a relatively small amount of missing information. The team analyzed 150 logbooks and other documents spanning centuries of New Zealand history, and say (with depressing certitude of 95 percent) that within a hundred years of the introduction of whaling, the southern right whale population had dwindled about 500-fold.
Whaling is just a single piece of the puzzle. One researcher culled 50 years' worth of Key West fishing trophy photos to find that fish diversity and size has dwindled to a shadow of its former self (compare the photo above with the one below). Another pinpointed the point in time when equipment became technologically advanced enough for humans to make a major dent while on deep-sea expeditions -- the introduction of two-ship drag-netting in the 1600s.
And some of the documentation is just cool. A Sicilian text from 1153 mentions North Atlantic islanders who capture marine life so large they can build homes from the bones.
For years, scientists have been tolling the warning bell about sea life in general. One report marks 2050 as the end of sea fish. Whether that proves drastic or accurate has yet to be seen, but an understanding of the past may well be our best guide to the future.
"The History of Marine Animal Populations project gives a head start of decades and even centuries in anticipating trends -- both good and bad," says Jesse Ausube, director of the census project. "Forecasting and backcasting are two sides of the same coin."
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Narrated by Geoffrey Palmer, the programme takes us to Calverton Fish Farm, Brampton Fish Laboratory, plus we join EA teams on fishery improvement operations and we hook up with the EA's fisheries enforcement teams, night-sights, handcuffs, stab proof vests and all....
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Since our last newsletter we've added 14 new shows, including THREE new series that have begun on OnlineFishing.tv, including the only TV series for UK match anglers and sea anglers.
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We're delighted to have acquired the rights to screen some of the best programmes made by adventure angler Jakub Vagner.
You may have seen Jakub featured in Angling Times from time to time. He's a Czech Republic based globetrotter who travels the world targeting fish that are bigger than him, and with sharper teeth!
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Fishing in Tobago
For many families, a prime vacation time comes in March or April when schools close for a week or more. People will like to visit the Caribbean famous for its diverse ecosystem ranging from cloud forests to cactus scrublands. The most visited place in the Caribbean is Trinidad and Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago you can have the kind of holiday that dreams are made of.
Trinidad and Tobago is also famous for sport fishing and they have the TTGFA International Game Fishing Tournament which is held every year in Charlotteville on Tobago Island. The Trinidad and Tobago calendar is filled with exciting events. At any time of the year you can rest assured that there will be some activity in these Caribbean islands that you will enjoy. There are also water tours in Tobago for those who do not want to get their feet wet and would prefer looking at nature from the comfort of a boat. These are some of the exciting happenings every year on the Trinidad and Tobago calendar.
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Half Moon Blue is happy to announce their Special Summer Rates from June 1 to July 31, 2009. The rates start from USD90.00/Night for single occupancy, Blue Room and $120.00/N for Double Occupancy. Breakfast and all taxes included! If the stay exceeds 5 nights they offer the use of a Rental Jeep for one day at no cost. If stay exceeds 10 nights they offer a rental Jeep for two days at no cost plus 1x Dinner for 2 at the elegant Cafe Havana. Bookings can be made online at www.halfmoonblue.com (reservations). The bookings have to be made by May 21st, 2009
Check out the sites www.halfmoonblue.com and www.stayintobago.com for more details on the resort and the amenities. Also find out how easy it is to get to your spot in time for the festivities.
Dogs Used as Shark Bait
Dogs Used as Shark Bait on French Island
The small volcanic island off Africa's east coast is bursting with stray dogs—upward of 150,000, says Reha Hutin, president of the Paris-based Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis (the Thirty Million Friends Foundation).
Hutin sent a film crew to Réunion this summer to obtain proof that live animals were being used as shark bait. The goal was to expose the practice on the animal rights group's weekly television show.
It didn't take long for the film crew to find three separate cases, she said.
A videotape and photographs show the dogs with multiple hooks sunk deep into their paws and snouts.
"From then on everyone started to take the whole story seriously and realized it was true," Hutin said.
Photographic Evidence
A veterinarian successfully treated one of the canines, a six-month-old dog with a large fishhook through its snout (see photo), at an SPA (Société Protectrice des Animaux, or Animal Protective Society) clinic in Réunion's capital, St.-Denis.
Unlike most of the hooked animals, the dog was someone's pet, according to Saliha Hadj-Djilani, a reporter for the Thirty Million Friends Foundation's TV program. The dog had apparently escaped its captors and was taken to the SPA by a concerned citizen. Fully recovered, the animal is now home with its owners.
The other two cases uncovered by Thirty Million Friends were strays. They now live in France with new owners.
The foundation plans to finance a sterilization program on the island to reduce the stray overpopulation. But the job won't be easy.
Hutin said many locals view the strays as vermin. "There's no value to the life of a dog there," she said.
Stephanie Roche of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, another animal-welfare group in Paris, confirmed that live animals are used as bait on Réunion. But, she said, it is not a common practice.
The Bardot organization has been fighting the practice for a decade. But this is the first time Réunion politicians have reacted strongly and swiftly to stop it, Roche said
Last month, it became illegal for fishing boats to carry any live or dead dogs or cats.
The French Embassy in Washington, D.C., issued a written statement condemning the use of dogs as shark bait, emphasizing that such acts are illegal and will not be tolerated in the French territory.
The embassy maintains these are "very isolated cases and authorities on the island are closely monitoring the situation."
Earlier this month the first court case was held involving a person charged with using live dogs as bait.
Authorities had found a seven-month-old puppy on John Claude Clain's property in July with three fishing hooks in its paws and snout.
Clain, a 51-year-old bread deliveryperson, was found guilty of animal cruelty and fined 5,000 euros (U.S. $5,982), according to Clicanoo, a Réunion newspaper.
The amateur fisher said he did not use the puppy as bait. Instead, Clain said, the dog had been injured by a trap he had set to protect his hens, the paper reported.
Clain's case isn't an isolated one, said Fabienne Jouve of GRAAL (Groupement de Réflexion et d'Action pour l'Animal, or the Grouping of Reflection and Action for Animals), an animal rights organization based in Charenton-le-Pont, France.
"Lately, almost every week, one dog has been found with hooks on the island, not counting the cats found on the beaches partially eaten by the sharks," Jouve said.
Once fishers capture the animals, she said, the dogs and cats are hooked "the day before, so they can bleed sufficiently."
Some escape before being tossed into the ocean. Others aren't so lucky.
After hooks are plunged into their paws and/or snouts, the animals are attached to inflatable tubes with fishing line and dumped into the ocean, Clicanoo, the newspaper, reports.
To avoid detection fishers place their bait in the middle of the night, according to the newspaper account. In the morning the men return to see if a shark has been caught.
"Barbaric practices have no excuses, whatsoever, in the 21st century," GRAAL's Jouve said.
Walmart Bass Fishing League Event On Grand Lake
Buckeye Division
(May. 11, 2009 - St. Marys, Ohio)... B.J. Baxter of Delphos, Ohio, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Buckeye Division tournament on Grand Lake Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 7 ounces. The victory earned Baxter $4,235 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Kentucky/Barkley Lake Regional Championship in Gilbertsville, Ky., Oct. 15-17, where he could ultimately win a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.
Hines said he caught the majority of his bass on a tube in bays sheltered from the wind.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Keith Wheelock of Beaver Creek, Ohio (five bass, 13-1, $2,118); Gary Ginter of Maplewood, Ohio (five bass, 12-10, $1,413); Dave Fishbaugh of Sidney, Ohio (five bass, 12-2, $988) and Jake Poffenberger of Brookville, Ohio (five bass, 11-7, $847).
Jeff Rain of St. Marys, Ohio, took home the Boater Division Big Bass award, earning $590 for a 4-pound, 5-ounce bass he caught on a fire tiger-colored crankbait on his last cast of the day.
Scott Clark of Thornville, Ohio, earned $2,078 as the co-angler winner Saturday thanks to five bass weighing 12 pounds, 3 ounces. Clark said he caught the majority of his bass on a tube.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Steve Sorrell of Beaver Creek, Ohio (five bass, 11-15, $1,039); Bryan Hoffman of Stoutsville, Ohio (four bass, 10-3, $691); Keith Humble of West Liberty, Ky. (four bass, 8-10, $485); and Todd Owens of Middletown, Ohio (five bass, 8-3, $416).
James McWhorter of Hamilton, Ohio, earned $285 as the co-angler Big Bass winner with a 4-pound, 12-ounce bass he caught on a black/green pumpkin soft-plastic worm.
The next Buckeye Division event will be held on Indian Lake in Lake View, Ohio, June 20.
The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in each of the BFL’s 28 divisions at the end of the season advance to a no-entry-fee Regional Championship where boaters fish for a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck and co-anglers fish for a new Ranger boat. Seven regional championships will each send six boaters and six co-anglers to the no-entry-fee Walmart BFL All-American presented by Chevy, which features a $1 million purse and a top award of $140,000 in the Boater Division and $70,000 in the Co-angler Division. Anglers who compete in all five regular-season events within a division but do not advance to a Regional Championship are eligible to compete in the Chevy Wild Card, which will also send six boaters and six co-anglers to the All-American for a total of 48 boaters and 48 co-anglers advancing through BFL competition.
The winning boater and winning co-angler at the All-American will advance to the no-entry-fee $2.5 million Forrest Wood Cup in Atlanta in 2010. This event, featuring a top award of $1 million, is the most lucrative tournament in all of competitive bass fishing. In all, the BFL offers weekend anglers the opportunity to qualify for three no-entry-fee championships with total cash awards exceeding $3.5 million. Plus, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers from each BFL division may move up to the Stren Series for 2010 while All-American champions have the option to advance directly to the Walmart FLW Tour.
In BFL competition, boaters supply the boat and compete from the front deck against other boaters. Co-anglers compete from the back deck against other co-anglers.
As the nation’s leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Stren Series and ultimately the FLW Tour - bass fishing’s most lucrative tournament circuit.
Total awards are based on a full field of 200 boats in every tournament.
FLW Outdoors, named after Forrest L. Wood, the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, is the largest fishing tournament organization in the world. FLW Outdoors also is taking fishing mainstream with FLW Fantasy Fishing, offering the largest awards possible in the history of fantasy sports, $10 million in cash and prizes. Sign up for Player’s Advantage for only $10 to get your edge and win.
BLIND FISHING PORTA-BOTE
Blind Fishing Porta-Bote is the first of its type in the world. It was conceived and developed by Lawrence Euteneier, a person without sight.
Blind Fishing Porta-Bote incorporates mainstream and assistive technologies in a 12-foot fishing boat. The technologies coupled with Lawrence Euteneier’s extensive boating and fishing experience, allow Lawrence to navigate and fish on small bodies of water on his own.
Ontario Portable Boats contributed the 12-foot Genesis IV Porta-Bote.
The boat weighs approximately 70 lbs and can be folded flat to a thickness of 4-inches. In addition to the Porta-Bote’s obvious portability advantages, the boat was selected for its proven stability and strength. Its operating characteristics, construction materials and light weight also means it can be propelled and maneuvered safely and easily using either oars or a small electric motor.
Propulsion:
A Minn Kota Maxxum 40 stern mount electric outboard was provided by Johnson Outdoors as the means of primary propulsion. The Minn Kota operates almost completely silently, and has the strength and innovative design to maneuver the boat under all conditions — from ploughing through thick weeds to running into strong winds.
Fuel Source:
The Minn Kota draws its power from a deep cycle 12V battery. The same battery is used to power the various on-board electronics. Should the Minn Kota fail or the battery die unexpectedly, oars are kept aboard for rowing.
Charge Control and Monitoring:
A talking voltmeter from the source Circuit city (catalogue 2218202) provides on-going status reports on the level of available electrical power. A 120V battery charger is used to fully charge the battery between uses, and plans are in the works to include on-board solar panels to charge the battery while underway.
Navigational Aids:
GPS
Humanware Canada is a sponsor of the Blind Fishing Boat project, and provided their talking GPS system called Trekker Breeze.
Trekker Breeze serves as the principle navigation tool. It permits the operator to navigate independently from one point of interest (POI) to another by means of audible directions spoken aloud (e.g. 18 degrees right, 138 meters). The operator is able to record specific POIs, and then navigate back to them as desired. POIs can also be downloaded over the Internet from other GPS users making it possible to go directly to known fishing hot spots.
Sonar:
Sonar sensors used in the automobile industry as reverse indicators were encorporated into the Blind Fishing boat. The sensors were provided by Trilogix. These sensors are attached to the bow of the Porta-Bote and are active at all times. Three different audible warning signals are omitted when an obstacle in the path of the Boat is detected. Slow beeps signal that an object is detected at 8 feet. Short beeps sound when obstacles are within 4 feet, and a continuous beep sounds when an object is within one foot. The audible sonar assists with both navigation and collision avoidance.
Two additional sonar devices developed for people without sight called the MiniGuide were provided by Sendero Group.
These hand-held devices have been attached to the bow of the Boat and scan ahead and to the Port and Starboard. The MiniGuides can detect obstacles up to 25 feet ahead. Each MiniGuide is connected to a small speaker located on each side of the operator to provide audio feedback in stereo; the Port speaker means obstacles ahead and to the left, and the Starboard speaker for obstacles ahead and to the right.
The operator uses an additional hand-held sonar device called K-sonar. The device was developed for people without sight, and provided for use in the project by Bay Advanced Technologies. The K-sonar unit allows the operator to scan the environment 360 degrees to assist with navigating around obstacles such as docks, rafts, and other boats.
Lawrence in the back of the Porta-Bote Talking Digital Compass:
A Robotron Columbus Talking Compass manufactured in Australia, serves both as a directional indicator when the boat is stationary, and as a back-up navigation aid. Its primary purpose is to provide feedback when the boat is not in motion. While GPS provides geo-specific information all the time, it can only provide directional (compass heading) information when the boat is moving.
Depth Sounder:
Under the right conditions, the depth sounder will also be able to alert the operator to significant bottom structure in which fish may be residing. The depth finder also alerts the operator to approaching shallow water that the operator may not wish to traverse.
Locator Tags:
Locator tags are temporarily affixed to various stationary objects such as the doc and marker boys and rafts. The operator activates these audible tags with a wireless remote transmitter when the operator is within 25 feet. The tags then omit an audible beeping sound until the operator sends a second signal to the tag via the transmitter.
Communications:
Two VHF hand-held marine radios provided by “The Chandlery” are used for 2-way communications between the operator and the assigned spotter on shore. The radios are also used to listen to weather reports and the emergency channel. The radios allow for monitoring of three different frequencies at once. A cellular phone serves as backup and is stored in waterproof packaging.
On the open water in the Porta-Bote Emergency Equipment:
A small portable air horn, flairs and flashlight are carried for use in signaling for assistance, along with an anchor, bailing bucket and first aid kit. The operator and any accompanying passenger’s ware an inflatable personal flotation device at all times.
Additional flotation seats and night running and anchor lights are also kept on-board along with an 8-foot telescopic doc hook and two oars. Once again, The Chandlery was instrumental in ensuring that the Boat is properly equipped.
BLIND FISHING PORTA-BOTE
Blind Fishing Porta-Bote is the first of its type in the world. It was conceived and developed by Lawrence Euteneier, a person without sight.
Blind Fishing Porta-Bote incorporates mainstream and assistive technologies in a 12-foot fishing boat. The technologies coupled with Lawrence Euteneier’s extensive boating and fishing experience, allow Lawrence to navigate and fish on small bodies of water on his own.
Ontario Portable Boats contributed the 12-foot Genesis IV Porta-Bote.
The boat weighs approximately 70 lbs and can be folded flat to a thickness of 4-inches. In addition to the Porta-Bote’s obvious portability advantages, the boat was selected for its proven stability and strength. Its operating characteristics, construction materials and light weight also means it can be propelled and maneuvered safely and easily using either oars or a small electric motor.
Propulsion:
A Minn Kota Maxxum 40 stern mount electric outboard was provided by Johnson Outdoors as the means of primary propulsion. The Minn Kota operates almost completely silently, and has the strength and innovative design to maneuver the boat under all conditions — from ploughing through thick weeds to running into strong winds.
Fuel Source:
The Minn Kota draws its power from a deep cycle 12V battery. The same battery is used to power the various on-board electronics. Should the Minn Kota fail or the battery die unexpectedly, oars are kept aboard for rowing.
Charge Control and Monitoring:
A talking voltmeter from the source Circuit city (catalogue 2218202) provides on-going status reports on the level of available electrical power. A 120V battery charger is used to fully charge the battery between uses, and plans are in the works to include on-board solar panels to charge the battery while underway.
Navigational Aids:
GPS
Humanware Canada is a sponsor of the Blind Fishing Boat project, and provided their talking GPS system called Trekker Breeze.
Trekker Breeze serves as the principle navigation tool. It permits the operator to navigate independently from one point of interest (POI) to another by means of audible directions spoken aloud (e.g. 18 degrees right, 138 meters). The operator is able to record specific POIs, and then navigate back to them as desired. POIs can also be downloaded over the Internet from other GPS users making it possible to go directly to known fishing hot spots.
Sonar:
Sonar sensors used in the automobile industry as reverse indicators were encorporated into the Blind Fishing boat. The sensors were provided by Trilogix. These sensors are attached to the bow of the Porta-Bote and are active at all times. Three different audible warning signals are omitted when an obstacle in the path of the Boat is detected. Slow beeps signal that an object is detected at 8 feet. Short beeps sound when obstacles are within 4 feet, and a continuous beep sounds when an object is within one foot. The audible sonar assists with both navigation and collision avoidance.
Two additional sonar devices developed for people without sight called the MiniGuide were provided by Sendero Group.
These hand-held devices have been attached to the bow of the Boat and scan ahead and to the Port and Starboard. The MiniGuides can detect obstacles up to 25 feet ahead. Each MiniGuide is connected to a small speaker located on each side of the operator to provide audio feedback in stereo; the Port speaker means obstacles ahead and to the left, and the Starboard speaker for obstacles ahead and to the right.
The operator uses an additional hand-held sonar device called K-sonar. The device was developed for people without sight, and provided for use in the project by Bay Advanced Technologies. The K-sonar unit allows the operator to scan the environment 360 degrees to assist with navigating around obstacles such as docks, rafts, and other boats.
Lawrence in the back of the Porta-Bote
Talking Digital Compass:
A Robotron Columbus Talking Compass manufactured in Australia, serves both as a directional indicator when the boat is stationary, and as a back-up navigation aid. Its primary purpose is to provide feedback when the boat is not in motion. While GPS provides geo-specific information all the time, it can only provide directional (compass heading) information when the boat is moving.
Depth Sounder:
Under the right conditions, the depth sounder will also be able to alert the operator to significant bottom structure in which fish may be residing. The depth finder also alerts the operator to approaching shallow water that the operator may not wish to traverse.
Locator Tags:
Locator tags are temporarily affixed to various stationary objects such as the doc and marker boys and rafts. The operator activates these audible tags with a wireless remote transmitter when the operator is within 25 feet. The tags then omit an audible beeping sound until the operator sends a second signal to the tag via the transmitter.
Communications:
Two VHF hand-held marine radios provided by “The Chandlery” are used for 2-way communications between the operator and the assigned spotter on shore. The radios are also used to listen to weather reports and the emergency channel. The radios allow for monitoring of three different frequencies at once. A cellular phone serves as backup and is stored in waterproof packaging.
On the open water in the Porta-Bote
Emergency Equipment:
A small portable air horn, flairs and flashlight are carried for use in signaling for assistance, along with an anchor, bailing bucket and first aid kit. The operator and any accompanying passenger’s ware an inflatable personal flotation device at all times.
Additional flotation seats and night running and anchor lights are also kept on-board along with an 8-foot telescopic doc hook and two oars. Once again, The Chandlery was instrumental in ensuring that the Boat is properly equipped.
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The best Bass Fishing Lures
One of the best Bass fishing lures of all time has to be the Plastic Worm.
The plastic worm has probably caught more fish than any other kind of bait out there. The plastic worm lets you skim for fish or you can bottom fish as well with these handy lures.
These handy little lures range in size from 3 inches to 10 inches and can be any color. What ever the size or color they all have the same effect in catching fish, unstoppable! The plastic worm can be rigged in different ways. Some of the most known is the Texas style and the Carolina style. With a plastic worm you can certainly have fun when it comes to selecting what way you want to rig yours.
Another well known popular lure is a Crank-bait. They take a similar look to a crawfish. These handy little lures will work in all types of water conditions. This is one reason why there so popular.
Spinner-baits are known to catch a great deal of bass and they are very good bait for covering a lot of water quickly to find fish. In addition they tend to catch much larger bass than other lures on the market. They vary in style and come in an assortment of blades, colors and sizes.
If you are looking to catch some seriously large bass the jig could be the choice for you. A jig and pig is one of the best ways to catch big bass, allotted to fishermen worldwide.
A good percentage of tournaments are won with a jig and pig due to the fact that they catch very big bass. The lure resembles a crawfish when you are working the lure from the bottom and bass love crawfish and will eat them like there is no tomorrow.
The buck-tail Jig is your basic common fishing lure designed specifically to catch bass. This lure is so effective at catching bass; many survival kits include this lure and have saved many lives. Some of these come in a straight line and others come in a corkscrew type configuration. This lure catches bass under a wide assortment of conditions and very well could be your best friend if you find yourself in a tricky situation.
For excitement fisherman use Topwater Plugs for the fact that fish will nearly jump out the water for this lure. The splashes the fish make is exciting to anyone. You will find yourself depending on this lure the more you use it. These lures also come in a variety of colors and sizes.
If you’re going to be fishing in the deep waters then the best lure you’ll want for this will be a Tailspinner. These crafty little lures will draw the bass out of the deep water quickly. They also come in an assortment of sizes and colors.
It is clear that fishing lure’s for bass are just as various as the types and sizes of bass waiting to be caught yearly by fishermen who enjoy a good challenge every year.
All Carp to be killed in Portugal what is going on ???
 I am writing this in the hope that some of you will read this and sign the following petition. At the moment over here in Portugal, certain agencies of the government are planning to pass a law that if implemented will mean the killing of all the carp, (along with quite a few other species like pike, European perch, largemouth bass, wels catfish to name a few) in all the nations waterways.  They are planning to do this because they see carp (and the rest) as exotic species after reading some European report about environmental impacts caused by so called "exotic species". The following is a direct translation taken from a paper the ICNB (the Conservation Institute for Nature and Biodiversity) in Portugal have written up for the local government. "It's (the carp) responsible for the unbalance of structure or functionality of the fish communities in slow waters (still waters), in particular in the reduction of the aquatic plant diversity (Doadrio, 2001). The Common Carp has the tendency of destroying all the aquatic vegetation and making the waters murky. Through this they cause the destruction of the habitat for native species which need clear waters and vegetation in order to survive" This is a farce and it just shows to what extent the type of mentalities us anglers here in Portugal are up against. The main, if not the only, reason there is so little plant life in most of the lakes in Portugal is due to the fluctuations in the water levels during the year. After a good winter the lakes are full and once spring arrives the aquatic plant life starts to grow in abundance. The problem is that by mid July, early August it is so hot that the water levels have dropped so much and so fast that 90% of these aquatic plants are left high and dry. They simply have no chance is creating proper weed-beds. This in turn leaves the lake beds barren and in turn makes it easy for the lakes to become murky with just the slightest of wind current. To you, me and 99% of the rest of anglers this is all common sense, but to the so called "experts"... need I say more.
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Chris - 52lbs 13 | Just below this, in the same section they basically state that the carp are classified as one of the worst invading species in Europe. Please take a minute to sign the petition which can be found here: http://www.peticao.com.pt/carpa-e-achigaOnce on the page just click where it says "Assinar Petição" (Sign the petition), you will then be taken to a page requesting the following details: Nome (name) Comentários (comments) Email BI (ID number, Passport Number or Driving License Number) Localidade (Your Location, London, Liverpool etc). If they get away with doing this over here, you never know, other places here in the EU might follow. Imagine the impact on the tackle industry too. Just think about that for a second. Please forward this to anybody you think will sign this petition. It does not have to be a fellow angler, ALL SIGNATURES COUNT. All the best and long live the carp, Phil Rosa-Leeke, PORTUGAL
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The Fox Fishing Experience 2009
The Fox Fishing Experience 2009
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Fox International is pleased to announce the creation of a new and completely FREE event for 2009 - The Fox Fishing Experience. |
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Following the huge success of the Fox Carp Experience in 2008, Fox has decided to expand the 2009 event to cover all disciplines: carp, match, predator and even sea fishing!
The Fox Fishing Experience will also be over two days and will take place at the awesome Willow Park Complex, Ash Vale, near Farnborough. The dates are August 1 and 2.
Steve Cole, Fox International's media and publicity manager, feels the event will be a must-attend show for anglers all around the country: “The emphasis of The Fox Fishing Experience is to give anglers the opportunity to come along and learn more about fishing with the help of our top anglers. We'll have workshops, rig clinics and on-the-bank fishing demonstrations all aimed at helping you become a better angler.
“We'll also have a mass of new Fox tackle available for anglers to actually try for themselves in a completely non-selling environment! You won't have salesman trying to get you to part with your cash. This event is purely about letting anglers try a Fox rod and reel for themselves, with our anglers also giving them tips on how to cast further, for example.
“You can also expect loads of competitions taking place throughout the event, giving anglers as many opportunities as possible to walk away with some free Fox tackle!” explained Steve.
Fox's anglers in attendance reads like a 'Who's Who' of fishing. Expect to be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Ian Chillcott, Colin Davidson, Mick Brown, Bob Nudd, Alan Yates, Chris Clark, Mark Pollard, Mark Barrett, Chris Rose, Steve Spurgeon, Tom Maker plus many more!
Exact details of the many attractions planned for this two-day Fishing Show will be released in the coming months, but anglers can expect:
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Spodding Championship
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Fox Match Feeder Fishing Accuracy Competition
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PAC AGM
The next PAC committee will be unveiled for the first time at the club's AGM on
Saturday, May 9.
PAC chairman Colin Goodge said members were welcome to attend to give the outgoing committee, which has run the club since 2006, a send-off, and to welcome and give their suggestions to the new committee who will be taking over the reins for the next three years.
The meeting is being held at the Holiday Inn, Bostock's Lane, Sandiacre NG10 5NJ - this is off Junct 25 of the M1, between Nottingham and Derby.
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Thousands of Fish Die
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CHENNAI: Even as the 45-day ban on fishing in the seas off Chennai came into effect on Thursday, cat fish in the Kapaleeswarar Temple tank have been
dying in their thousands. Instead of the swish of whiskers, which glints almost like diamonds when sunlight falls on them, all now you see are bleached, white carcasses. Many of the dead fish were brought out of the tank by children using a rake or just their hands. "I fished out around 60,000 of them in the past three days," said Siva. His friends, Manikandan, Seetha and Muniandi laughed and chorused, "We did not count anything except the ten-rupee notes the temple authorities gave us everyday." They are from Mankollai, Chemmencheri and Kannagi Nagar, and there are others of their age, too, who live near the temple. While the children's laughter reflected their blissful ignorance of the seriousness of the issue, shop owners in the four Mada streets, flower sellers near the temple and visitors expressed distress. Perhaps for the first time, incense was seen burning outside the temple. It was the best way to ward off the stench. K Thiagarajan and T K Selvam, jewellers visiting the temple, paused outside to buy flowers, but others rushed inside, holding a handkerchief or cloth to their noses. "The smell arose the day after the Aruvapthimoovar festival. I make Rs 200 a day on average, but the past few days I have been throwing away flowers; no one wants to stop even for a moment to buy them," said Saroja, as fumes from the burning incense passed by her. Lakshmi Ammal, another flower seller, added that business had never been so bad during Chitirai'. The dead fish were being buried in the sands near the tank, said residents, who are now worried about the environmental impact. "Firecrackers were burst from inside the tank during the float festival a couple of months ago. That could have caused the slow release of toxins," they pointed out. Many said that floating plastic packets could have been another reason for the water getting polluted. Temple authorities, however, blamed the heat and overfeeding by visitors for the death of the fishes. Ecologists and residents are not convinced. "Cat fish are very sturdy, with huge appetites, and dwell at the bottom of the pond," said Ranjit Daniels, an ecologist. "It could be due to pollution related to the bursting of firecrackers; crackers contain toxins such as phosphorous." Maintaining that the deaths were caused by heat, M Devendran, deputy commissioner, Kapaleeswarar Temple, said that the water was being dredged and that things would get back to normal soon. |
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Storms return on Thursday
Severe Storms Return on Thursday
Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:03 PM
 
Here we go again. Another strong storm crossing the West before striking at the nation's midsection, and again, this parent storm system will spark an outbreak of severe thunderstorms over the Great Plains.
In this latest instance, the storm outbreak will begin in the afternoon over the western Plains from western Kansas, southwestern Nebraska and easternmost Colorado to southwestern Texas. The outbreak will continue overnight.
Greatest severe weather threat will stem from high and damaging straight-line winds.
There will be more potentially severe thunderstorms over the south-central region on Friday.
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Submit your photo of a live, healthy billfish in the water (or jumping out of the water) before Wednesday, May 6, 2009 and it could be chosen to be on the next cover of Billfish magazine. Please include a short description of when and where your photo was taken.
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Even if your photo is not chosen for First or Second place, you may still get the chance to see your photo used in Billfish magazine, on the website or in TBF promotional materials (with photo credit, of course!)
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Angling Trust 06 April, 2009 08:20:00
Recreational sea anglers have won crucial support from the government in the latest round of their fight to defeat an attempt by the European Union to extend its fisheries regulations to anglers and make them report every fish they catch.
Fisheries minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, weighed-in this afternoon (Monday, April 6) saying the proposals would be opposed by the government “…because of their potential impact on recreational sea anglers.
“I do not believe the EU Commission has made the case to support them and we will continue to seek further clarification and amendments,” he said.
His decision follows massive opposition to the proposed rules (known as Article 47) from Britain's one million anglers who comprise a £1 billion a year industry.
The Angling Trust which promotes all forms of recreational angling, has lobbied, all the 76 UK members of the European Parliament (MEPs), Westminster MPs with constituencies where recreational sea angling is a substantial part of the local seaside economies, and several senior civil servants in the environment department (Defra).
Stuart McPherson, the trust’s director for marine matters, said the UK government’s support for its campaign against “this iniquitous EU proposal” was a major step forward.
“Our next move is making clear to the Commission that recreational sea angling in the UK is quite different from so-called recreational fisheries in other parts of Europe, at which these proposed regulations are really directed.
“Our aim is to persuade the Commission to remove all UK recreational sea angling from Article 47.”
News of the government’s backing for anglers in their spat with the EU, was given in a letter to Martin Salter MP (Labour, Reading West), the Government’s angling spokesman.
The minister said that while he supported the general need for new controls for, and reform of, the EU Common Fisheries Policy, he believed the Commission needed “to be very cautious indeed in seeking to extend controls to recreational sea angling.”
The move is in the wake of two significant adjustments to the proposed rules by the EU fisheries commissioner, Joe Borg, since they were published in November (2008).
In February he admitted that it would be “crazy” and “ludicrous” to try to control millions of hobby anglers. Last month he said anglers fishing from the shore or from kayaks would be exempted but those in boats, both privately owned and charter boats, would be subjected to catch returns on certain species and could be limited to the numbers they caught.
“These ministers must understand that these ludicrous proposals (as Dr. Borg himself now calls them) would seriously impact the economies of our coastal communities where sea angling supports 19,000 jobs, according to government figures.”
“The Angling Trust continues to make every effort to persuade the EU Council of Ministers, who will have the final decision, to drop these overbearing restrictions,” Mr. McPherson said.
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FOX POLLACK CHALLENGE
Brighton Marina 6th April 09
The Fox sponsored Pollack Challenge was loosely based around the American boat bass fishing events with each angler allowed to landed five pollack, although it was the biggest fish that took the prizes. The event was organised by the Skipper of Brighton Charter boat, Brighton Diver, Paul Dyer and Brighton Marina tackle Shop owner, Dave Grinham. 15 boats took part including charters and privateers with Keith Arthur of Sky’s Tight Lines in attendance along with Fox Consultant Alan Yates who awarded the prizes. The anglers could fish anywhere they wished with an 8 hour duration times with all boats back on the dock by 4pm.
 Winner with a 15lb 12oz specimen pollack (14lb is the national specimen size) was Brighton rod, Nick Davies who fished aboard Channel Diver. His prizes included a Fox Tri Tip and a Fox 12-20lb boat rod, plus trophy and a bottle of Champagne. Second was a tie with fish of 15lb 2oz between John Mickleham on Starwalker and Frank Scott on Great escape. Fourth was Chris East on Morning Breeze with 13lb 10oz and fifth was Frank Humprey on his private boat Tailwalker, sixth was Perry Barclay on Great Escape. Best junior was Connor Boxnick with a fish of 10lb.
Top charter skipper was Steve Johnson of Channel Diver and best private boat Frank Humprey on Tailwalker.
Top lures proved to be a mix of jelly worms and shads with the winning boat, Channel Diver catching on the new Blue Tempest shads – Steve Johnson the skipper reckoned the trick was to change the drift regular to keep in contact with unspooked fish.
Tactics play a vital – part in match fishing from the shore and at this time of year fishing for the small fish in close at gutter range is a favoured tactic . However, plopping for rockling is not every angler’s favourite tactic and that was the case in my latest beach match at Hythe. I was determined to catch better quality fish and not lower my sights to rockling so I persisted in blasting bigger baits as far as I could throw it. Including a couple of fresh out yellowtail I pumped an hour before the match start. With a few minutes to go and only a whiting and dab in the bucket I realised I was on the wrong tactic when my short casting neighbour reported 11 small pout, rockling and dabs. But then the rod tip dipped and the line slackened and on the whistle a plump 2lb plus codling stole the show. The moral of this tale is that when it comes to tactics its better to make you mind up and stick with one than keep chopping and changing – A mistake many match anglers make!
If you want to know more about pumping lugworm then check out the next issue of Sea Angler magazine (439) The Masterclass feature goes into detail and better still tells you where to get one of the latest state of the art bait pumps. The new narrow bore stainless steel pumps are the bees knees and my current best single effort after four sessions is 120 worms – OK so its not a British record but I tell you what 120 worms for a fishing trip for me is plenty.
Alan Yates
Predators as Prey
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Saltwater Fishing License Update
Saltwater Fishing License
Update
Sunday April 5, 2009
Many - actually most - coastal US states have enacted a saltwater fishing license.
They have an out for anglers fishing from the shore in their home state - they don't need one.
Anglers fishing from the shore or from a pier are free to fish, as long as they are a resident.
But, now the economic situation is hitting everywhere, and many states are considering a change to their rules.
They now want to have even the shore bound anglers pay for a fishing license, and use the revenue to boost state coffers.
What's you take on it?
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OPEN DAY MEGA SALE!
OPEN DAY MEGA SALE!
SATURDAY 4th APRIL 9am – 3pm
20%* off EVERYTHING
Your chance to buy top brands at lowest ever prices!
Dear Customer,
We would like to invite you to our mega open day on Saturday 4th April, for one day only we are going to open our shop up so you can walk round and select from our superb range of Game, Sea and spinning tackle. We are offering 20% off everything with full rrp.
* cannot be used in conjunction with any products already on offer, all offers are only available on Sat 4th April and in the shop and not for mail order purchases.
There will be a fly tyer in store giving demonstrations, advice etc throughout the day. Not sure how to tie a particular pattern? Come along and ask and he will show you.
`TRY BEFORE YOU BUY` -we will have a qualified casting instructor on hand for you to try any rod before you buy, he will advise the best equipment for you.
PLUS .... ALL OF FISHING REPUBLICS CLEARANCE TACKLE......GAME....COARSE...CARP...SEA....SPINNING
Tight Lines
THE YGA TEAM
ALSO -up to 75% off selected lines and items in our one day mega sale!
We will have loads of offers and discounted products with upto 75% off, so don’t miss out and grab your self a bargain.
HUNDREDS OF YGA CRAZY PRICES!
20% OFF EVERYTHING
ALL TROUT FLIES WILL BE 5 FOR £1
UPTO 75% OFF SELECTED LINES
LESS THAN HALF PRICE CLOTHING & BOOTS
RODS FROM JUST £10
BULK BARGAIN MATERIAL PACKS FROM £2
REELS FROM JUST £5
VISIT: WWW.YGA.YORKS.COM
or Call our ORDER LINE on 01709 586878
100 Shows Up For OnlineFishing
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100 Shows Up For OnlineFishing
Onlinefishing.tv now has 100 angling programmes available to watch online.
True to our word we are continuing to add at least TWELVE NEW SHOWS A MONTH. What's more many of these shows are EXCLUSIVE NEW SERIES only available on OnlineFishing.tv. To browse our series CLICK HERE .
Since our last newsletter two more new series have started - Ian Russell's 'Carp Coach' and 'Ebro Maniacs' featuring Ian Chillcott and Mark Barratt - a truly arm-aching experience!
This month also sees the start of more series - 'Match TV' and 'Sea Watch UK' - the only TV programmes exclusively for the UK match and sea angling communities, and we are currently filming another new series for fly anglers, coming to you in May.
Ian Russell's 'Carp Coach' trailer- www.onlinefishing.tv/channel/preview/prog-1/low/
'Ebro Maniacs' trailer - www.onlinefishing.tv/channel/preview/chillys-first-catfish/low/ |
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Win A Dream Catfishing Holiday
To celebrate the start of our new series 'Ebro Maniacs', we've teamed up with Catfish Capers to offer the chance for two OnlineFishing.tv members to win the fishing holiday of a lifetime.
The prize includes include a week's guided fishing for giant catfish and carp on Spain's mighty River Ebro, accommodation, bait, tackle and licences.
To enter the competition, follow the link:
www.onlinefishing.tv/news/win-a-dream-catfish-holiday/ |
April Highlights
For a taste of what's coming up on OnlineFishing.tv in April - CLICK HERE to view our new four-minute trailer. |
Topmouth Gudgeon Survey
April also sees the broadcasting of another completely new show about where you rod licence money is spent. During our filming all over the country we discovered that the Environment Agency believes the biggest threat to our fishing is the tiny topmouth gudgeon, a fish that breeds faster than rabbits and can take over a venue in a matter of months.
The EA needs the nation's anglers to help them track down and eradicate the topmouth gudgeon before it takes hold. If have come across them or want to know what they look like, please take part in our survey HERE: www.onlinefishing.tv/survey/ |
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New Programme FREE Trailers
Some of the shows added since our last newsletter....
'Green Tide'
Episode 1: On The Rocks - CLICK HERE
'Fish Trails'
Episode 2: Beluga - CLICK HERE
'Improve Your Coarse Fishing'
Episode 6: Day Ticket Carp Tactics - CLICK HERE
'Best Of Carp TV'
Episode 9: Bait Kitchen And Bite Alarms - CLICK HERE
'Nick Hart's Fly Fishing School'
Episode 5: Carp And Pike On The Fly - CLICK HERE
'A Passion For Angling'
Episode 5: Midwinter Madness - CLICK HERE
'Barratt's Big Bite'
Episode 4: Norwegian Pike Adventure Part 2 - CLICK HERE
'Hooked With Paul Young'
Episode 4: Mayo Magic - CLICK HERE
'New Zealand Trophy Waters'
Episode 5: Fly Casting Tutorial - CLICK HERE
'Fishing Western Australia'
Episode 4: Esperance Especial - CLICK HERE
'Just The Ticket'
Episode 4: River Kennet - CLICK HERE |
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