Angling
More allegations that some of the nation's biggest pike are suffering at the hands of careless anglers resurfaced in the Norfolk Broads this week following the discovery of the corpse of a 42 inch long specimen on the bank.
A giant herring that was poised on the sharp edge of being cut up for sea fishing bait now seems set to be ratified as a new British record. This exceptional example of what used to be known as the silver darlings by Scottish trawler men until the species was decimated by over fishing, was caught by Norfolk angler Mark Colman while competing in the Dover two day festival.
WAVENEY VALLEY: Smaller commercials have been providing the best sport, with Thorpe Abbotts upper lake providing nice bags of silver fish dominated by healthy 1lb skimmers.
WEST & THE FENS: Hard's not the word for it. Despite the wintrier outlook to the weather, the pike fishing hasn't got out of first gear yet and there's not much else going on to get your teeth into.
Blackdyke Trout Fishery 07525 730447. With exceptionally clear water, anglers are reporting some very big fish. Best flies over the past week have been cats whiskers, yellow dancer, gold head damsels and orange blobs.
The Norfolk Anglers Conservation Association (NACA) in partnership with the Environment Agency held an angling taster day with free coaching last Wednesday on the River Wensum.
SEA FISHING: The low pressure and strong southerly winds that passed over the region last weekend seem to have encouraged more whiting inshore. Reports are full of fish from pin whiting to some quite reasonable specimens.
Open match and club match results and fixtures.
Question marks hung over the future of a popular winter fishery last night after King's Lynn AA confirmed it would not be renewing its lease on the River Wissey.
New fisheries legislation will give coarse fish greater protection without preventing predator anglers from using limited numbers of natural baits.
More than 800 responses were received to an Environment Agency consultation over replacing the current regional by-laws with national regulations.