Broads Lake Review Project

The Broads Authority is currently engaged in a wide reaching review of all it’s lakes with an aim to restore them back to their former glory and ability to support both recreation and wildlife. A recent workshop attended by a wide number of stakeholders heard the potential plans initially focussed around Hickling Broad and the material and outcomes…

Major Broads Fish Survey from CEFAS

CEFAS are planning to undertake a major survey on Smelt stocks across the Broads.  They will be conducting an acoustic tracking study of smelt in the Broads from March 2015. Starting with the tagging commercially caught smelt on the Waveney and tracking their movements throughout the broads area, covering the major waterways from Breydon water upstream. …

Species An Introduction

There are many freshwater species, some more difficult to catch than others. As a beginner into angling, it’s always rewarding to catch something rather than wondering what you were doing wrong and go home with a blank on our early trips to the bank side. The species below are listed in the easiness to catch. Roach…

New Swims at Buckenham

Rod licence money is helping to make the popular Buckenham Broads river venue accessible to all. Following our recent trip out with EA Broads fisheries lead Steve Lane, here’s a look at the work in progress by the Environment Agency to improve this popular Broadland river venue. We’re going to be working closely with the…

Thurne Water Quality Report

For people interested, this is what is sustaining the healthy fish stocks seen and reported in recent years across the river Thurne, despite many of the measures actually failing and continuing to decline within the Broads themselves. This report describes the state of the waterways and compares them to where we need to be for…

Lee Kerry promoting the Broads

England International angler Lee Kerry catches up with the EA’s fisheries technical specialist Steve Lane on the banks of the River Yare to talk about the important work being done for anglers on the Norfolk Broads. To learn more about fishing the Broads and how the Agency and the angling community work in partnership to…

BASG at the Broads Forum

Tony Gibbons BASG representative on the Broads Forum assisted by Kelvin Allen and John Currie attended yesterdays (30th July) Broads Forum, in spending an hour presenting the history of BASG and both it’s achievement and more importantly the challenges facing angling within the Broads. In a well attended forum made up of local stakeholders from across the…