Close Season Fishing Quiz!

• In what year was the traditional nationwide close season abolished?

  199519961997

• Which county used to have a 'stolen fortnight' where fishing could restart on June 1?

  LancashireNorthumberlandYorkshire

• In June 1995, who caught a new British-record carp from Duncan Kay's Mid Northants Fishery?

  Lewis PorterRoddy PorterAlex White

• On waters with a traditional close season when must you reel in?

  11.59 p.m. on March 1611.59 p.m. on March 1511.59 p.m. on March 14

• The Royal 40 was a mirror often known to come out on June 16. In which royal park did it live?

  Richmond ParkWindsor ParkRegent's Park

• The last of the national close seasons were administered by the NRA, a prerunner to the Environment Agency. What did NRA stand for?

  National Remit for AnglersNational Rivers Authority National Restocking Agency

• What day of the week is June 16th this year?

  SaturdayTuesdayWednesday

• At which venue did A Passion For Angling begin filming on June 16th, 1989?

  Frensham Great Pond Redmire PoolThe 'Secret Estate Lake'

• For fishing-byelaw purposes, England is split into how many regions?

  SixEightTen

• Chris Yates' capture of a Redmire 50 came on opening day in which year?

  198019811982

• The close season was incorporated into law in the Freshwater Fisheries Act of which year?

  168817981878

• College Reservoir was one well-known carp venue that allowed year-round fishing in the 1980s and 1990s. Where was it?

  CornwallSomersetDorset

• In 2018 more than 5,000 anglers responded to an EA survey on abolishing the close season on rivers. What percentage agreed it should be scrapped?

  15.6%49.6%78.6%

• Terry Hearn caught a Yateley resident on March 31, 1995, thought to be the first 'close-season' 40. Which fish was it?

  HeatherBazilArfur

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