Angler forced out of fishery after complaints from 'bitter' rivals over bait He normally 'baits-up' an area of the lake by throwing chunks of it in and this attracts the fish towards his rod and line. He said rival anglers he competes alongside are 'purists' who use worms and maggots to try and catch fish. Mr Newell, a carpenter from Redditch, said: "I fail to see what my bait has got to do with them one iota, as long as it is in the rules. In the last six years I have developed a method of throwing mashed bread between six to 10 metres out into the lake. The fish come to it like a shoal of piranha and I have been extremely successful in the competitions, I probably win about half of the ones I enter. There is a group of regulars who are purists and they use different types of worms, maggots and fish meal pellets. They stand around the venue in a huddle and take offence because I have won on a fairly regular basis. They have become quite bitter and have now convinced the fishery owner that me winning is keeping people away from the venue. They haven't got any business moaning about my bait, which has been perfectly legal and acceptable with the fishery owner up until now. I have now been told that the throwing in of mashed bread isn't allowed from next March. They have stuck a big spoke in my wheel. The fishery owner suggested that other anglers didn't like my method and that people are being put off from fishing here because they can't compete with me. I am absolutely fuming. They have connived and contrived to get my bait banned. Open fishing competitions at Tunnel Barn Farm fishery involve anglers fishing for five hours and the one who catches the biggest weight of fish in that time wins a sum of money of around 90 pounds. Mr Newell's biggest haul has been 242lbs of fish, mainly carp that weigh between 20lbs to 20lbs. A spokesman for the fishery said: "We have made this decision due to the number of match anglers that do not like this method. These anglers have voted with their feet and have opted to fish elsewhere. The attendances on our open matches have dropped dramatically. The ultimate effect of the loss of anglers is a significant drop in revenue to us. Bread will only be allowed as hook bait, no loose feeding of bread will be allowed in any form. We are hoping that by introducing this rule some of the anglers that have left will return.