As the Environment Agency trumpets so-called crackdowns which have netted casual pleasure anglers without rod licences over the Bank Holiday weekend, a different picture emerges from South Wales.
Anglers there are mounting their own patrols, claiming the EA has done nothing to target poaching gangs.
Story here.
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The Pike Anglers' Club of Great Britain was formed in 1977 as a direct result of changing attitudes toward pike. For far too long pike had been regarded by fishery owners and some anglers as vermin, to be killed and removed at all costs. Since it's inception, the PAC has done much to drastically change this mistaken attitude and pike are now widely regarded as a positive element in the natural balance of any fishery.
Pike fishing has without doubt become one of the most specialised branches of coarse fishing. Not least in the methods of handling, unhooking and safe return of the fish once caught.
The PAC works continually for the benefit of all pike and pike anglers, we seek only to further the opportunities for pike fishing, whilst preserving all that pike fishing is all about.
We strive to protect pike from persecution by those who do not understand, or choose to ignore, the facts about the important role the pike plays in the balance of nature. We also work to promote pike conservation through safe practice by anglers.
Pike fishing has without doubt become one of the most specialised branches of coarse fishing. Not least in the methods of handling, unhooking and safe return of the fish once caught.
The PAC works continually for the benefit of all pike and pike anglers, we seek only to further the opportunities for pike fishing, whilst preserving all that pike fishing is all about.
We strive to protect pike from persecution by those who do not understand, or choose to ignore, the facts about the important role the pike plays in the balance of nature. We also work to promote pike conservation through safe practice by anglers.
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- Pesticides in rivers on the increase
- PAC on hand at Norfolk angling open day
- Vigilante anglers target poachers
- Menteith date confirmed for November
- New jet-propelled fishing boat unveiled
- EA launches "Devon blitz"
- Rutland Water event update
- New badge celebrates 30 years of PAC
- A gadget too far or the next big thing...?
- Salmon beat for sale - at £10,000 a fish
- Canadian study shows how temps affect pike
- Scottish livebait ban quietly becomes law
- Devon dailies report on tagging mystery
- Pike blamed for disappearing cygnets
- Italian angler nails 50lbs pike - claim
- New war of words over Roswell Pits
- Mixed messages over canal sell-offs
- Boats are selling fast for Rutland bash
- Loch Fad dates confirmed for February
- Bill Palmer is Pike Angler of the Year
- Loch Fad November dates changed
- Media highlights illegal pike taggers
- Reserve a slice of pike fishing history
- PAC Raffle: Did your number come up..?
- PAC grows but more work ahead, AMM told
- EA launches TV advertising blitz
- PAC members meet for club's AGM
- EA in new bid to protect Broads fish
- Watch out for set lines in Northern Ireland
- Kennet "record" claimed on YouTube
- Rutland applications - please note
- Cranes return to the Fens
- Fill your freezer with deads on us
- Have we found another Blithfield, asks Eric
- Illegal tagger targets Devon canal
- Tactics from Canada for 'pressured' pike
- Broads should recover from salt tides - EA
- EA offers fish survey maps to help anglers
- New group to protect Westcountry rivers
- Loch Fad added to PAC events calender
- Pikers meet in Nottingham for PAC AGM
- We want action over Beg, say NI pikers
- Metric U-turn saves piking tradition
- Northern Ireland Region meets in June
- Marina fear over Fens predator haven
- There's still time to win a boat on us...
- Pike to benefit from River Don rescue plan
- Time running out for the eel, Minister warns
- There's gold in them there lures...
- EA pours cold water on burbot bid
- Burbot set to make a comeback
- EXCLUSIVE Pikelines sneak preview
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