Fishing News Roundup 131
Good morning, Happy New Year, and welcome to this weekend’s newsletter, the first of 2024. Another compact issue today. Please let us know what you think and let’s also have any ideas, comments, and fishing stories you might have. You can get in touch HERE.
Here’s today’s roundup
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Five to ditch and five to try: what fish should we be eating in 2024?
The Guardian
Story: Karen McVeigh
In a year of record-breaking temperatures and marine heatwaves threatening our already depleted seas, conservationists, supermarkets and even musicians, including Icelandic singer Björk, have spoken out over dwindling wild fish populations. Read more…
Message in a bottle, new Vaila owner, fishing course and more…
Shetland News
Story: Hans J Marter
A MESSAGE in a bottle thought to have been thrown in the sea more than ten years ago has washed up in Yell. The bottle was found in Burravoe in Yell on Monday (1 January) – and it included a brief note and a 20p coin. Read more…
Donegal angler hooks Ireland’s, and perhaps Europe’s, first salmon of 2024
Donegal News
Story: Jerome Hughes
A Donegal angler, having landed the inaugural salmon of 2024, not only claims the Irish crown but potentially secures a European one as well. James Kenny, who made the catch from River Lennon near Ramelton on New Year’s Day, told Donegal News it came as a complete surprise. Read more…
2024 salmon fishing season starts badly on New Year’s Day
The Impartial Reporter
Story: Chris Donegan
New Year’s Day marked the start of the salmon fishing season, although apparently no-one told the fish. Or maybe somebody did, and the salmon – being wily, clever creatures – decided to keep their head down and mouths zipped closed, for fear of ending up on the dinner plate of some hungry hallion. Read more…
Tying a Coq de Leon Quilled Gordon by Davie McPhail
Davie McPhail
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