You cannot beat simply watching the water for signs of carp movement for getting

Specie: Pike Weight: 22lb 12oz Location: Local Club Water, nr. Aylesbury, Bucks. I saw a long dark shape in about 3′ water about a 6′ from the bank, I dropped a small herring just in front of the shape and it just took off. After about 10 minutes I managed to net it. A beautiful…

Threats to disrupt the opening of the grouse shooting season failed to materialise, police said yesterday.Hunt saboteur groups were expected at moors across the north of England, as the Glorious Twelth dawned on Saturday.But Durham, North Yorkshire and Northumbria Police all said there had been no reports of trouble.Only a handful of moors in the…

These fleets include Pangas. These are smaller 18 to 20-feet open craft, usually US designed centre console boats, with big V4 outboards that cruise down to the inshore grounds at high speed. They are ideal for two guys to fish from and have tarp covers if needed to shield you from the sun if the…

On Tuesday I fished the match at Woodland View and drew peg 21 on the front Deans pool. A combination of chopped worm, caster and sweetcorn pole-fished on the bottom and in the margin brought me a 36.10.0 return and a section win. The match was won by team mate Norman Carpenter on the back…

Through the 1960’s almost up to the present time there have been three main approaches to catching barbel in terms of bait. One is to preoccupy them by using large quantities of small food items, such as maggots, casters, hemp, corn or small pieces of meat. Another is the big bait approach, using for example,…

With this in mind I had planned during autumn to return to the river Churnet which, being close to my home, can be fished as and when conditions are favourable for the ever challenging roach. The recovery of this river over recent years has been fantastic, after continuous pollution incidents during the 1980s and early…