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| December
4th 2002 Read the PAC's submission here. If you haven't yet made an individual or group submission, you have until 20th December to get them in to:
Or by email to: For
further information please use the contact details above. Walton
on Thames Region have a new website being develeoped. Every autumn the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology undertakes a pike netting programme for research on Lake Windermere, Dr. Ian Winfield of the CEH has kindly issued a statement for this website explaining the reasons behind the continuation of the netting. The statement can be read here. He
has also asked us if any members have recently noticed lesions/ulcers on Windermere
pike. The Environment Agency are to be asked to look into this and reports of
dead pike being found washed up on the lake during the late summer. In the meantime
if anyone has come across any affected pike on Windermere please contact the PAC
Secretary (secretary@pacgb.co.uk) who
will pass the information on. The
National Angling Alliance has released an updated version of the original SACG
Code of Conduct for Specialist Coarse Anglers. The revised Code covers all branches
of coarse fishing and includes a section for beginners as well as covering care
of the environment, anglers' behaviour and safe angling practices and rigs. The
Code was prepared by the Specialist Anglers' Alliance on behalf of the NAA with
PAC providing input on pike related matters. The Code has a cover price of £1.00,
but will be avialable free to all PAC members from the Secretary on receipt of
a stamped addressed envelope (A5 size). PAC
member Wayne Gorringe has sent us news of the British Pike Squad's latest exploits
in Ireland. You can read his report here.
Thanks to Chris Bishop for the following report on the match which took place today: A premier predator match raised more than £1000 for cancer charity - despite being called off after just two hours. Eighty anglers braved hurricane-force winds to fish the Marie Curie Cup, organised in conjunction with the Pike Anglers Club on the Great Ouse at Ely. But officials ordered the all-out barely half way through the match for safety reasons, after watching competitiors struggle with gusts of more than 60mph. Rods were blown from rests and umbrellas turned turtle in winds which made standing on your feet a battle. Just two fish were landed, both by juniors. Leanne Bradbuy, 13, from Wainfleet, near Skegness won the overall event and the biggest pike, with an 8lb 2oz fish on a dead roach. Local lad Scott Verdon, 12, came second with an 8lb zander, which was also the biggest - and only - zander caught. Before the prize giving Dick Culpin, regional organiser for the Pike Anglers Club, told competitors: "I think you were bloody marvellous to stick it out as long as you did." Melanie Ford, from Marie Curie Cancer Care, said: "We've raised over £1000, which is just fantastic. "It's such a shame it had to be the worst day of the year, but everyone's been really generous." Marie Curie Cancer Care has decided to make the event a national one, with a final on the Great Ouse next November after a series of qualifying heats around the country. Qualifiers are provisionally arranged for: 2002
2003 Dates
to be confirmed Further
information from Melanie Ford, on 01223 416405 or go to www.mariecurie.org.uk/predator The Central Fisheries Board is conducting a review of the current pike policy and strategy for the management of pike and pike angling in Ireland. The terms of reference are:
The PAC will be making a submission, but as submissions are invited from all interested parties and the general public this is your chance to help give Irish pike a brighter future by writing to:
Or by email to: Submissions
to be received by 20th December 2002. For further information please use the contact
details above. The
Specialist Anglers' Alliance, along with PAC and the eel fishign groups, are seeking
to challenge the ban on freshwater fish baits in Cumbria. The announcement can
be read here. Congratulations
to Martin Godliman of Surrey who is the lucky winner of the Sea Nymph boat package
supplied by CP Boats drawn out at Piking 2002. For
those of you who didn't send an objection to the EA regarding the new Bye Laws,
and who won't have received the EA's information leaflet outlining what is and
isn't permitted, the information can now be found on the EA Website. Cambridge PAC now have a website listing their forthcoming events and more. If
any ROs are interested in having a page on this site devoted to their region,
please contact webmaster@pacgb.com. Check out the Manchester
and Soar Valley pages linked below to get an idea of what can be done to promote
your region. Details
of the winter meetings of the Manchester region can be found here. Details
of the winter meetings of the Soar Valley region can be found here. August
7th 2002 The
special badge commemorating 25 years of the PAC is now on show in the Products page. |
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