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2014-09-28T07:52:00.000+02:00

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Freeze-up threatens Menteith event

2010-02-18T01:20:00.001+01:00

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MP lobbied over zander killing row

2010-02-18T01:17:00.001+01:00

More here.

PAC Convention venue revealed

2010-02-15T20:41:00.002+01:00

Details of this year's brand new venue for the PAC Convention were revealed tonight.

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PAC Disabled angler event

2010-02-03T12:03:00.001+01:00

OAKLAND WATERS SPECIMEN LAKE, Nr. GOOLE
Sunday March 14th 2010

Event for disabled anglers and anglers with limited mobility.
PAC Members only.
£10 per angler, 2 rods.
Nylon coated wire must be used.
Deadbaits only (coarse allowed).
No Lures.
This is a small venue and limited to 13 fishing Places.
Wheelchair accessible swims, car parking adjacent to most swims.
Contact Mick 07971 637950 for any further information.

PAC Diary dates

2010-02-03T11:52:00.003+01:00

Here are a few dates for your diaries.
Application slips will be published in a future Pikelines, so don’t ask before please.

Friday 17th September
Rutland Water
Lure only
No more details yet

Monday 27th September
Esthwaite
Lures Only
14 boats, with electric motors £31 per angler

Saturday 6th November
Menteith
Lure only
£30 per angler

And of course the Piking 2010 event on September 25th

Boddington Reservoir announces new rules

2010-01-28T16:13:00.002+01:00

Boddington Reservoir announces new rules try try and prevent a repeat of the tragic events of last year.

Details here

Mark Barrett & Denis Moules at RA26 Notts Region

2010-01-25T00:06:00.002+01:00

Well known and highly popular pike angler's, Mark Barrett & Denis Moules will be the guest speakers at RA26 Notts Regions next meeting on Tuesday 9th February.
The pair have entertained members at various regions around the country with their talk which was launched at the PAC Convention last September, along with their release of their book 'Fenland Pike'
The meeting will take place at the Function Room, Potters Social Club, Kirklington Road, Rainworth, Near Mansfield, Notts, NG21 0JR. Meet in the bar area from 7:00pm, with doors opening to the function room at 7:30 pm and closing at 11:00 pm. The talk will start at around 8pm, and is not one to be missed.
Cost of entry is £2 for members, whilst non-members will be charged £3. Juniors are allowed in FREE.

RA13 - Devon

2009-12-17T10:23:00.002+01:00

Newly reformed Region 13 - Devon, have announced their inaugural meeting to be held on Friday. January 29th 2010 at the Barge Inn, High St, Halberton, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7AG.
Their first Guest Speaker will be well known pike angler Julian Chidgey. The 27 year old Devon-based Korum consultant, who took a new personal best lure-caught fish of 32lb 14oz back in late October has caught 40 pike over 20lb in his career; 10 of which have been taken this season.
The meeting starts at 7.30pm, with the talk commencing at 8.00pm. Cost of admission is £1.50 for P.A.C. members and £2.50 for non-members.

Free Sea Safety CD-Rom from the RNLI

2009-12-08T20:53:00.004+01:00

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) are issuing a Free booklet and CD-ROM on all apects of Sea Safety. This package is of especial interest to all pike anglers that boat fish the larger and wild open waters of Britain & Ireland.

"This guide covers all of the RNLI's safety messages in an easily accessible format. The booklet provides top-level safety information that is generic to everyone. Integral to the booklet is a CD-ROM that allows you to obtain customised information covering topics such as flares, sea survival and navigation."

http://www.rnli.org.uk/what_we_do/sea_and_beach_safety/sea_safety/request_a_guide

Separate cards on Life Jacket maintenance and Outboard motors are also avaliable from the above link.
If you require more than one copy of this publication, then please call 0800 328 0600.

http://www.rnli.org.uk/

RA13 Devon to restart

2009-12-03T12:30:00.001+01:00

RA13 is starting up again with joint RO's Ian Nadin and Dominic Garnett

http://devonpac.blogspot.com/

First meeting will be sometime in January at the Barge Inn in Halberton

Graham Slater to give talk in Yorkshire

2009-11-30T23:26:00.002+01:00

PAC General Secretary Graham Slater is to give a talk and slide-show for the Yorkshire Regions on Friday December 11th. The talk will be held at the Redoubt Rugby Club, Broadway, Wakefield, WF2 8AA. The show starts at 8pm, and entry costs just £3 per person.
Further information from Pete Green on 01924 782705.

RA 31 - Mark Barrett Talk

2009-11-29T11:21:00.004+01:00

Mark Barrett will be the guest speaker at Region 31 Lancashire on Wednesday 2nd December. The venue will be the Caledonian Public House, Bolton Road, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Near Wigan. Meet in the upstairs function room from 8pm onwards. There is a Free buffet, and a Prize raffle.
Entry is £4 for non Region Members, and £2 for Members. All are welcome to attend.

PAC Forum

2009-11-26T21:38:00.002+01:00

Due to technical problems caused by server issues outside of our control, the PAC forum has been un-available since yesterday (25th November). It is sincerely hoped that these problems will be resolved as soon as possible, and that we will have the forum back up and running as quickly as is possible.
Thank You.

Barrie Rickards funeral

2009-11-19T11:58:00.003+01:00

The funeral is arranged for Monday 23rd November at 2pm in the Chapel of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The service will be followed by a reception/wake in the college.

A cremation will follow at Cambridge Crematorium for family and close friends.

Flowers and/or donations via Richard Stebbings Funeral Service, Kendall House, Cambridge Road, Impington, Cambridge CB24 9NU

Donations to St Johns Ambulance or Cancer Research UK.

There is very little parking in the centre of Cambridge and what there is, is expensive!

Those travelling from out of the city are advised to use one of the 5 park and ride sites. These are situated on Milton Rd, Madingley Road, Trumpington Rd, Newmarket Road and Babraham Road.

Buses run every 10 – 15 minutes and stop directly outside Emmanuel College.

Link to map of Emmanuel College
http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v4/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=2075;yy=910;mt=c;ms=180;tl=Em...

Park & Ride map Site Map
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/parkandride/

Thanks to Colin Brett for the details.

Chew Valley Lake - pike research

2009-11-12T16:06:00.001+01:00

The PAC were made aware of the research that Bristol Water are carrying out by the use of catch and release means with regards to the diet of the pike, trout and other fish prior to the Angling Times’ limited expose of the facts.

The research will be carried out over three years and the PAC have been assured by Bristol Water staff that any decision as to the fishery’s future will be made after the scientific data and options available have been carefully analysed.

The PAC will be in further contact with fishery management to see if we can provide any information which could help.Trout fishing returns have apparently been poor this year from others of the major low land reservoirs.

Whether this is as a result of a downturn in angler numbers due to a lack of finances, the last summer’s weather conditions or other factors, remains to be seen.

The Club welcomes the fact that Bristol Water have not had a 'knee jerk' reaction to the figures and that they value the pike in their waters. The PAC looks forward to seeing the results of this long term study as it can only help to get a better understanding of our misunderstood quarry.

NACA and an evening with Mark Barrett and Denis Moules

2009-11-11T18:02:00.000+01:00

A bit of regional news - a great talk and well worth seeing.

The Norfolk Anglers Conservation Association (NACA) are please to present

‘An Evening With’

Mark Barrett and Denis Moules on the history of Fenland Pike Fishing

Thursday 19th November 2009
Bawburgh Village Hall
Stocks Hill
Norfolk
7:30pm start

NACA members £3.00 Non members £4.50

A bar will be available plus a fund raising raffle

Mentieth anchor rules

2009-11-11T17:49:00.001+01:00

A quick reminder for those fishing Mentieth this year; only certain types of anchor are allowed.

Allowed
Suitable anchors are Bruce and Danforth style with a maximum weight for this type of “front” anchor of 7kg or 16lb. alternatively the use of clump or mud anchors will still be allowed however they must also conform to certain standards. The preferred option by the fishery is to use CLEAN 5 Litre containers filled with concrete. However large dense weights or buckets that are completely filled level with concrete will be allowed. There will be no weight restrictions on these and the denser and smaller the better they will work.

Not Allowed
The Fisherman, Grapnel and Plough style
Anglers must provide their own anchors, the fishery will not.

Mick Crisp becomes new events organiser

2009-11-11T17:44:00.003+01:00

The PAC are delighted to announce that Mick Crisp has become the new events organiser.

Mick said of his appointment "I am pleased , honored and somewhat surprised to be invited to join the PAC committee and more than a little nervous!I am a 54 year old ex-Firefighter turned kitchen fitter.

I was taught the ' Art of Angling ' by my father and caught my first pike at the age of 8 from the Golden Gate Lake on Wynyard Estate , in the North East of England where I was born.I am grateful for this opportunity to put something back into the hobby, passion, call it what you will which has over the years given me so much pleasure."

Guy Micklewright steps down from the role due to work constraints. He will however continue to advise the PAC on all things legal-profession related.

The passing of Barrie Rickards

2009-11-07T10:17:00.003+01:00

The PAC committee were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Barrie Rickards and would like to send their condolences to family and friends.

Pike Angling and the Angling world will be a much poorer place and will be forever in his debt.

Colin Goodge, PAC chairman said of Barrie

"Barrie had been a great friend, our friendship went back to the sixties I feel very privileged to have been a friend, his inspiration to me personally and to others through his books and many talks will always live on, to have been chairman of such a great club started by such a great man has truly been an honour, thank you Barrie RIP, a true friend to all Pike Anglers."

EA Consultation results

2009-10-26T16:22:00.003+01:00

The Environment Agency (EA) have published their consultation findings and their proposals for new national byelaws regarding the taking of fish by rod and line.

During the summer of 2009, the EA consulted with various organisations and the wider public via a questionnaire about the future of taking coarse fish by rod and line. The results of this consultation have been published online.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/fishing/112102.aspx

The EA have also published their proposed byelaws following this consultation.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/A1_Byelaw_Consultation_Feedback_-_Removals(2).pdf

The main sections within this document that affect pike anglers are:

STILLWATERS

"We propose a byelaw that prohibits the removal of coarse fish from stillwaters, except with written permission of the fishery owner/occupier. "

This effectively sets a zero limit on the taking of all coarse fish from stillwaters without permission.

RIVER FISH
"Allows a limited number of small (maximum size limit) fish for bait, possibly of listed species;"

This effectively allows livebaiting to continue.

"allows a limited number of pike up to a maximum size; "

The size limit would be put in place to protect large pike and the important fisheries these support.

There is further discussion taking place with the Angling Trust amongst others, so this is not necessary the final byelaw. The final words, including sizes and limits will be available in December this year. We will keep you informed as soon as we know more.

PRESS OFFICER

2009-10-20T16:21:00.003+02:00

A hard act to follow, that’s how this committee always described Chris Bishop as Press Officer. Chris was single handedly responsible for making the role his own and developing it from scratch, utilising both his journalistic experience and seemingly endless list of contacts. What a tremendous job he did too.

From publicising the conference to exposing such things as the plans for the Cambridgeshire Lodes. He dealt with them in all with equal thoroughness and tenacity. I’m not sure I’d have wanted to be a wrongdoer with Chris on my case! All good things come to an end however and, as with any committee role, at the end of the three and a half year term he opted to step down and handover the reins. I have expressed my thanks for a job well done in private but, on behalf of the committee, I do so again here in public.

Cometh the hour cometh the man as the saying goes, and that’s certainly what happened in our case with the arrival of one Andrew Stagg on the scene who very generously offered to fill the void and take on the role of Press Officer. For those of you not familiar with Andrew then a little background may help.

Based in Bristol Andrew currently runs a photography business as well as owning half of a PR company, although he comes from a background in sales and marketing in both the UK Australia and Russia. As well as fishing Andrew is a passionate wildlife enthusiast and is fortunate that the area he currently resides in affords the opportunity to combine both.

Andrew tells me he is looking forward to getting his teeth into not just strengthening the voice of the PAC in our crowded media but also promoting the aims, aspirations and above all enjoyment that we gain from the sport.

The committee are delighted to welcome Andrew on board and are confident that we have succeeded beyond our wildest hopes in finding the right man for the job, please join us in welcoming him to the post.

Graham Slater
General Secretary

18th International Pike Championships

2009-10-15T12:18:00.000+02:00

The 18th International Pike Championship’s between Great Britain and Ireland took place recently on the fish rich waters of the Somerset Levels.

The two day event saw Ireland come out as victors after a superior effort on day 1 left the British some 70 lbs behind. A great deal of effort on the Sunday saw the British start to strongly pull back on the Irish lead, but after the initial first few hours of hectic action, the bites dried up and Ireland hung on for the victory with a winning margin of 44 lbs 11 ozs.

A total of 191 pike with an average weight of just over 4 ½ lbs were caught during this two day 1-rod roving event, with the largest pike of 13 lbs 07 ozs falling to the rod of Mike Skipper (PAC Webmaster and British Team Manager). Two Bream of between 5 & 6 lbs in weight were also caught, one on wobbled smelt and the other taking a Mepps Ondex spinner.

Next years International will take place in October 2010, possibly on the Rivers Suck and Shannon around the Ballinasloe area. Anyone interested in taking part in the next British Pike Selection Final, then please contact the Team Manager Mike Skipper on 07525 828296 or via email at britpikeskip@googlemail.com

Exclusive new leatherbound PAC30

2009-10-07T09:28:00.001+02:00

For a limited period, the PAC are pleased to announce that a small run of leather bound copies of PAC 30 will shortly be made available. On a strictly first come first served basis these books will be available at just £190.00 Email products@pacgb.com to reserve your copy.

Menteith draw results...

2009-09-30T13:46:00.002+02:00

Here is a link to the Menteith draw results drawn at the convention.
Apologies it is only in PDF format at the moment. It will be formatted and posted here for all to see as soon as possible.

Menteith Draw