When the Predator Tour announced that live sonar would not be allowed at the 2027 edition in the Netherlands, the angling world reacted fast. Opinions flew in every direction. Yet one number says a lot: after the announcement, the tournament booked out in record time. Whatever people think of the rule, they clearly still want to fish it. What the organisers announced Predator Tour says the 2027 event returns to classic, traditional fishing methods. They are careful to say they are not against...

Everything European anglers need to know about the new REACH restriction on lead sinkers and lures, the deadlines that matter, and why tungsten, and FiTU in particular, is the smartest switch you can make. The short version The EU has agreed to ban the sale of lead fishing weights and lures under REACH, the bloc’s chemicals law. It is a sales ban, not a use ban. The deadlines are phased. Lead fishing wire and drop-in sinkers go first (6 months after entry into force), then sinkers and lures...

There is something special about arriving at a completely new coastline with nothing but a few marked spots on Google Maps, a car full of fishing gear and the hope of finding bass. After moving away from Brighton and the English Channel, I had been seriously missing the sea. So after months away from saltwater fishing, I packed the car and headed towards the Atlantic coast for a multi-day bass fishing explore on Île d’Oléron, one of the most famous islands on the French west coast. What...