Audio Wrangling

Dr. Mike Ladle discusses the divisions within angling keeping us from fighting for our cause on a united front rather than in the in-effective and fragmented way that is currently the case.

Recorded in 2014. Angling Trust board member David Kent talks about the problems with social media and not recognising the efforts of volunteers as they should be.

Recorded in 2014. Sea Trout numbers in systems draining to Scotlands west coast have slumped dramatically over recent years. Here Fly Fishing & Fly Tying editor Mark Bowler discusses the implications, and arguably the main reason behind the problem.

Recorded in 2014. According to Fleetwood charter skipper Andy Bradbury, it should be every anglers dream to ban gill nets as a means of improving and conserving inshore fish stocks. Here he puts his case.

A passionate plea to support local tackle dealers by Chris Ogborne.

Angling Trust board member David Kent talks about the problems with social media and not recognising the efforts of volunteers as they should be.

Declining fish stocks are a national problem. Here Eastbourne fishing tackle dealer Tony Kirrage discusses the pro's and con's as to whether the monies generated by a national sea angling license, if spent appropriately, would make any difference to the situation.

Recorded in 2014. In common with a number of sea anglers, Mike Thrussell makes the point that more needs to be done to get anglers, both boat and shore, young and old, away from computers and other house bound passtimes, and into sea fishing, which like all aspects of angling today, is seeing participant numbers slipping into decline.

Recorded in 2014. British Disabled Angling Association President Terry Moseley explores the problems of project funding from the availalable Environment Agency funding pot.

Dr. Malcolm Greehalge has a good old moan about vandalistic habitat destruction, not learning to fish properly by serving an apprenticeship, and the creeping Americanisation of British game fishing through inappropriate angling attire.

Recorded in 2014. Get Hooked on Fishing is a national charity aimed at getting young people with a variety of disabilities and domestic problems into fishing as a means of helping them cope with their lives. But as always, there are funding issues, as project manager Bridget Dawson explains.

According to the British Record Fish Committee, all alien species including Carp should be removed from both the record list and the country. Tommy Flower expresses his view on the subject.

Recorded in 2014. Anglers sometimes get a bad name through their own doing. Inflaming the situation in the other direction, the public at large often doesn't help, not to mention conservationists wanting to protect destructive predators such as Otters at any cost. Danny Parkins has his say.

Recorded in 2014. There is nothing more frustrating than ariving at an unfamiliar launch site ready for the off only to find out that all the necessary paper isn't in place. Wouldn't you think then that in 2014 the requirements would or should be the same regardless of where in the country you take your boat. Anglers get get equally hot under the collar when existing facilities are denied them regardless of having all the necessary certification.

Recorded in 2014. Unless something is done quickly to prevent over-cropping of our seas, lakes and rivers by EU migrants and commercial fishermen, Brian Harris is of the view that for the future, angling as we currently know it is doomed, if not in some cases already so.

Unless steps are taken, sea angling participation looks set to decline almost into oblivion once the current generation hangs up its rods. Here Jim Whippy discusses practical ways to reverse that trend.

Sea angling, as with all participation interests, relies heavily on newcomers to offset losses through natural wasteage. But according to Paul Maris it isn't getting that, and if something doesn't change soon, it could evcentually go to the wall.

If it wasn't for the involvement of anglers in fisheries politics, there would be little in the way of fish left to conserve. Here Leon Roskilly talks about concerns regarding the EU and IFCA's.

There is nothing more frustrating to a boat angler than relying on a weather forecast which then turns out to be wrong. There are potential personal dangers in there too. So why do forecasters sometimes get coastal forecasts wrong. Met Office meteorologist Chris Almond explains.

Victorian Piers in their various forms have for the most part stood the test of time. But for various reasons, including damage and poor preventative maintenance, fishing is either restricted or even prohibited. Yet the powers that be say they by like to promote outdoor activities. So somewhere along the line the correct messages are not getting through.