Angler who posed with giant salmon for proud Facebook picture is netted for illegal fishing and fined nearly £1,000

Angler who posed with giant salmon for proud Facebook picture is netted for illegal fishing and fined nearly £1,000

By Ed Holt

Source: Daily Mail

3/16/2024

Credit: Daily Mail

An angler who posed proudly on Facebook with a giant salmon he caught has been handed a fine of nearly £1,000.

Rolands Bartkevics, 29, caught the big fish in a river close to his home in Meifod, in Powys and has now been ordered to pay a fine of £984 at Welshpool Magistrates Court.

Fellow anglers who spotted his post on social media then reported Bartkevics for unlicensed fishing after he was spotted with his rod on a beauty spot waterway where salmon are protected.

Any salmon caught on the 19-mile long River Banwy in Powys, Mid Wales, must be released back into the water due to dwindling stocks.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and officers from Dyfed-Powys Police searched Bartkevics home and found evidence of illegal salmon handling.

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