Gary Dolan’s 51lb catfish from Marsworth Reservoir, caught Saturday 2nd June 2001 at 5pm. Gary took the monster moggie on bolt-rigged luncheon meat on a size six hook.
Nothing beatsseeing a fish chase a muddler as you strip it across the surface. Oftenthe fish will be half out the water and it will still want to eat your muddler. I anchored the boat some twenty five to thirty yards from the foamswept shore line. Having cast the muddler some seventy feet I started…
While moonboots are an absolute Godsend to those hardy souls who venture out in cold weather, its no secret that they can be a real liability if you plan to do more than an absolute minimum of walking: they flop around; they make your feet ache; and your socks ride down and gather in painful…
Trophy Room for Graham Coles Specie: pike Weight: 17.2 1b Location: river Avon near BristolI catch pike like this most weeks from a cut off the river Avon near Bristol. This one was caught on Sprat dead bait in still water 4ft deep. She was 17.2 1b and put back alive and well. The week…
You may recall that last month I told you about a couple of successful practise sessions I’d had on the Severn at Shrewsbury. After doing so well in practise, I couldn’t wait to get back on the venue on the regular winter matches held there from October onwards. Before I get onto the recent matches…
The lateral line is also extremely well developed.Pike can pick up vibrations from tens of meters awayand home in to the source with great accuracy. The one sense which is often not appreciated in pikeis their acute sense of smell. All pike, butespecially those which grow large, feed to a largeextent on dead fish. If…
There’s Murphy – whose family live there and whose guests we are – Dicky, BG and me. The Headford and District Anglers hold their annual competition on the Lough at this time of year and we were determined to take part. We planned our arrival for the day before the competition so that we’d have…