Illegal fisherman caught hiding salmon up sleeve 
By Adam Hale UK Source: BBC News 7/18/2024
Adam Hale
Credit: Natural Resources Wale
An angler has been ordered to pay more than £2,500 after "handling salmon under suspicious circumstances" and being caught with a 79cm (31in) fish sticking out of his sleeve.

Stephen Samuel, 64, was spotted by an angling club member catching and taking the salmon from their fishery on the River Teifi in west Wales after using illegal tackle.
 

Another angler confronted Samuel, who was trying to slip away while hiding his catch - only for the fish's head to be seen protruding from the arm of a coat slung over his shoulder.

 
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