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ANGLERS risk fines of up to $2200 if they fish illegally in the Hunter, because of a shortage of fishing licences.

HO, HO, HO and a merry christmas to one and all. Santa has turned on a very festive fishing season, according to Tony "Mad Man" Lane, the Lake Macquarie fishing guide. "There's lots of whiting in the channel, along the beach and on the breakwall at Blacksmiths," Mad Man reported. "Live..read more

Fishing Lines with Eddie ``Seagull" Taylor does not appear in today's sports pages of the Mercury.