I have been fishing now for about 1 year - carp fishing - and I joined Wigan DAA this year to fish heapy but there is a magnet in my head that is pulling me to the River Ribble for barbel. Please ...

Dek is fishing between two pubs on the River Ribble...and wants to know if the stretch between them is any good for barbel and chub. Mark from Bury asks... Have you ever fished the River Ribble for ...

THE Environment Agency is reminding anglers the ‘close season’ for coarse fishing in rivers comes into effect tomorrow (Wednesday). Every year the season for coarse fishing closes for three months to ...

While Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has been raising awareness about sea fishing with his Fish Fight campaign, it seems an opportune time to cast an eye inland to our native freshwater species: the pike ...

ON the rivers, coarse-fishing anglers report chub to 5lb from the Swale at Topcliffe, taken on bread crust with cheese paste. Barbel seem to be less active now, but Andy Fieldhouse had a fish on ...

In previous years we have reported many times how a number of fishing clubs had closed their stretches of river to help protect vulnerable stocks in the high temperatures and low-water conditions.

ALTHOUGH Low and clear, the River Taff is turning up some big fish. ALTHOUGH Low and clear, the River Taff is turning up some big fish. Steve Thomas caught three barbel to 11.25lb at Radyr while at ...