FOUR anglers have been fined for fishing illegally.
Gareth Buckley, 29, of Bucklebury Close, Swindon, was caught fishing without a licence on May 1 at Wickwater Lakes, South Cerney.
He admitted the offence when he came before magistrates sitting in Cheltenham and was fined £65 and ordered to pay £127.47p costs.
He was caught as part of a county-wide clampdown on illegal fishing which also resulted in three other people appearing in the dock.
Stewart Corbiere, 28, of Four Acres Close, Bristol, was found to be fishing without a licence at Neigh Bridge Country Park, Somerford Keynes, on May 1.
The case against him was proved in absence and he was fined £220 and also ordered to pay £127.47p costs.
Jay Groves, 26, of Summerlea, Priston, near Bath,was also fined £220 with £127.47p costs for the same offence at the country park on the same occasion. The case was also proved in absence.
Michael Wedler, 32, of Stearman Road, Brockworth, Gloucstershire, was given a six-month conditional discharge after he pleaded guilty to fishing for freshwater fish in the close season at Bredon, on the River Avon, on May 7.
He also admitted fishing without a licence and was ordered to pay £127.47p prosecution costs.
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