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Fishing club struggling to stay afloat after thieves ransack storage unit and steal £1,000 worth of equipment

28/12/2017

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Anglers have been left devastated after burglars pinched at least £1,000-worth of their equipment.
Members of Willenhall-based Boaters Fishing Club were left without any of their fishing gear after being targeted during a late-night raid.

Secretary Neil Powell said the club now faces months of hard work to persuade funding organisations across the UK to hand over more cash to keep the club afloat.

He said: "It was devastating really because we had worked so hard over the last few years getting grants to purchase this stuff, and the generosity of the public who donated. It's all gone.

"As a club, it just means we have got to do that hard work again to get the money to replace it all. Everybody is gutted but everybody is of the opinion that we are not going to let it beat us. One way or another we will carry on."

The criminals fled Willenhall Memorial Park with the club's equipment after snapping the lock to a storage unit the week before Christmas, Mr Powell said.

Seven sets of chest waders, 10 pair of new wellington boots, seven fishing rods, a tripod, umbrellas, maps and nets were just some of the items taken.

Self-employed angling coach Mr Powell said he will offer equipment he already has to the club until members are able to replace all the stolen gear. But without his help, Mr Powell said the club may have struggled to continue its sessions for children during the school holidays.

It has already provided about 200 sessions to 120 youngsters wanting to get involved with fishing since taking the club over from council bosses.

Mr Powell, who lives in Wednesbury, added: "It's heartbreaking. It's taken us two years to get to this point and the club is going really well. Locals are joining in."

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How to fish has just been launched to try to help absolute beginners take up the sport.

6/12/2017

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The How To Fish project is a joint venture from the Angling Trust and Sport England. sponsored by the Environment Agency.

It’s part of the campaign to get young people into more sports generally, and follows on from the successful Get Fishing initiative.

The idea for the films was the brainchild of BT Sport TV presenter and twice World carp fishing champion Rob Hughes.

Rob said: “I looked at the kind of material available on-line and in film and realised that it was all about improving your fishing, but virtually nothing about the very basics like how to attach a float and tie a hook to the line. Life has changed with children today often having no one around to help them learn the very basics of the sport, without which they might be deterred from giving it ago.
These days families are often so busy and there aren’t always granddads and uncles around to show them the very basics.

Hopefully these films fill that gap, and will cover all branches of the sport, game and sea as well as coarse fishing. Initially about 60 have gone up on the website but eventually there will be 120 in all that will be catalogued and easily accessible,” he added.

How To Fish delivers  basics – and will grow

Clive Copeland, head of participation at the Angling Trust said “Recruitment of new anglers is high on our agenda and our insight tells us that people want more information about the basics, such as where to go, how to do it and so on.

“Our ‘How to Fish’ campaign will help to address that issue and sits perfectly alongside our successful Get Fishing campaign. The aim is to provide information to absolute beginners, and even those that are interested but haven’t yet started, so that they can start their angling journey with confidence.”

The campaign will continue to expand and evolve as the library increases in size. The basics such as setting up, casting, licensing and angling etiquette are covered. Fish I.D., knots, as well as tactics for improvers are in production, and the ultimate target is to have a comprehensive video ‘tips library’ that will cover most angling situations, problems and solutions,” he concluded.

For more, visit the Get Fishing website.

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Rod licence evasion and illegal fishing victories for Voluntary Bailiff Service

4/12/2017

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‘STOP moaning, start phoning’ is the message for anglers concerned about rod licence evasion and illegal fishing.
Rod licence evasion and various forms of illegal fishing have incensed many anglers, but action is being taken around the country.

Following the creation in June of a formal system to record info, nearly 130 reports of suspected fisheries’ crime have been submitted to the Environment Agency by the Angling Trust’s Fisheries Enforcement Support Service.

This is headed by the Trust’s first national intelligence manager Gary Thomas who was appointed earlier this year.

FESS is funded by the EA from fishing licence income and includes the Voluntary Bailiff Service, formed to support the Agency and Police in the hard job of enforcing fishing licence compliance and protecting fish and fisheries.

With nearly 500 trained Volunteer Bailiffs across England reporting incidents to a high evidential standard, it was necessary to establish a legitimate and formal system to record and share incoming information with partners.

Former West Mercia Police detective inspector Gary has set up those systems and arranged an Information Sharing Agreement with the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit which went live on June 1.

To date the FESS has submitted 129 information reports since the start of June. All but eight have been suitable for submission to the EA Intelligence Unit as either an information report or an intelligence log. Of these reports, 52 per cent have come from the VBS, the other 48 per cent from the public.

Intelligence manager Gary said: “I only started work in January so I am both surprised and delighted at the number of reports we have managed to put together so far, and we are on target for 300 for the first year. They have ranged from information on possible licence dodging, to an incident of poachers using explosives in East Anglia, through to a possible stealing carp to order operation.
We don’t always get a lot of feedback on outcomes from some police forces but have developed close working relationship with individual police wildlife officers in local areas.
I am very hopeful that the number of reports will increase to enable more effective enforcement action to be taken, and better resources obtained,” he added.

Dilip Sarkar, the FESS national enforcement manager, said: “A big ‘well done’ to all our volunteers and staff from me personally.

“I cannot stress strongly enough the importance of intelligence reports in highlighting issues and taking action. In the whole of Lincolnshire last year there were less than 20 fisheries related reports to the police whereas the anti-hare coursing initiative produced 2,000. Only if we can increase the level of reporting can we bring attract more resources to tackle the problems. With the systems we now have in place there has never been a better time for anglers to pass on the appropriate information,” he concluded.

Anglers should report any incidents to the EA hotline on 0800 80 70 60 or police on 101.

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