Canton NY – Hundreds or young people from around world are expected to join British teen actor Tom Felton in search of the biggest carp in the St. Lawrence River. The St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce have announced the first ever St. Lawrence International Junior Carp Tournament and I Love NY Carp Fishing School…

“The catch of Irish Salmon is on a fast downward spiral. The total catch has fallen from an annual 1600 tonnes in the seventies, through 1152 tonnes in the eighties, to 630 tonnes in the nineties and lower still today. This trend will lead to the extinction of Irish Wild Salmon by the end of…

For speed fishing on Chew, when it is right, you cannot beat the dries. Page 2 For speed fishing on Chew, when it is right, you cannot beat the dries. Page 3 For speed fishing on Chew, when it is right, you cannot beat the dries.

As most of you will know, carp generally move around a lot less in winter than they do in summer. So the usual advice is to fish as close to them as possible, and keep your groundbaiting patterns, if any, very tight.

Seven years have passed since my family and I moved out of suburban Manchester into the wilds of rural Cheshire. At the time it seemed like a good idea – but I hadn’t bargained on the cost, and we are still recovering. However, it was a good move fishing wise; only ten miles from the…

In one way I am very pleased that it is one less lad left on the street corners; bored and directionless but I do have this selfish nemesis within me crying out, pleading that Ive tied enough hooks for others and answered enough questions already to put adequate numbers on the slippery slope of fishing…

This is particulary so with collecting lob worms after dark. Most fishing books concern themselves with a few paragraphs about picking up worms from grass at night, but few go into any real detail as to what to expect under different conditions. If I start with the absolutely best conditions you could possibly hope for,…

Best get to the serious fishing bit rather quickly now; I can sense the editor is getting twitching alreadymiserable sod! The saying Its not what you know, its who you know has paid dividends for me this month as Im friends with the hard working chaps that run the Mid-Kent fisheries. These guys have worked…

4th September 17th September 2003 Arrived at our resort on the West coast of Antigua to find it was surrounded by water _. Our accommodation was right on the beach with about half a mile of sand and surf to the left and right of us. Behind us were 2 large saltwater lagoons separated by…

It was a bit of an accident going there in the first place. Originally I had intended to take Belinda to Cape Town, but at this time of the year it is too cold. We then thought about Eritrea, but once again, at this time of the year, down on the coast it is too…