A restructured Angling Trust is committed to supporting inshore boat and shore anglers in the fight to prevent further dumping of dredged material from the Tamar estuary and other areas in South East Cornwall's iconic Whitsand Bay.

It follows an announcement by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to conduct an independent review of the problem. D

avid Mitchell ,who has taken on the Trust's role of Marine Environmental Campaigns manager, was with me at Rame Head overlooking the dumping site when Steven Gant, the MMO's chief executive officer met with interested parties and announced the good news.

Before the election the then Shadows Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon said that if elected, a full enquiry would be carried out in advance of the granting of new licences to dump material dredged from the Tamar on behalf of the MOD and commercial interests with planned projects in other waterways within the greater Plymouth area.

Diver and angler Dave Peake has been in the forefront of a campaign over many years to put an end to all dumping in Whitsand Bay. He has witnessed and filmed at first hand the damage caused to the seabed and the wrecks of the Scylla and James Eagan Layne, noted as among the finest recreational diving sites in UK waters.

Plymouth boat angler Bill Bassett meanwhile triumphed yet again in the National 'Bus Sports Association's Championship, this year fished off North Wales Rhyl. He chalked up his third success with a bag containing at least ten species, among them all the varieties of gurnard.

Other members of the Plymouth-based team found success, Dave Dixon and Kevin Taylor winning their individual boats and Ray Sleep having the best round fish.

Good boat catches are only being achieved at considerable distance from the coast. Plymouth skipper Aaron Lidstone took Happy Days to the great gash of the Hurd Deep some 60 miles from his home port and the near four-hour run at 20 knots paid off.

Cod to 27lb, ling up to 25lb and pollack the heaviest a cracking summer fish of 20lb 8oz, were accounted for.

The Creedy Manor Fishery report contains news of yet another huge day aggregate of carp by Cullompton's Jonathan Soanes.

He banked 27 fish which together weighed 455lb and in the bag were commons of 23lb 12oz, 21lb 6oz, and 20lb 4oz along with two 19s, five 18s a similar number of 17s and a trio of 16lb class fish.

Melissa Green had a personal best common that tipped in at 27lb 5oz along with another low 20 and a pair of 15s.

Local rod Mike Izzard who is having an amazing season, built a 16-fish aggregate topped by a common of 24lb 4oz, his best this year, and this brought his total of 20s since March to 24.

A stunning ghost carp of 22lb 5oz was the best fish reported by Town Parks Fishery. Taken by Geoff Townsend visiting from Birmingham, it was taken at peg five on crayfish and mussel boilies placed towards the central bar.

His day session produced a total of five fish including a common of 16lb 5oz.

Bob Ineson was fishing worm on very light gear intended for a perch or bream but found himself in a 20-minute fight to bank a 10lb 2oz catfish.

It led him a fair old dance and put in several screaming runs that must have tested the 6lb line and lighter trace to the limit.