East Coast Tackle

First of all they were hit by the Foot and Mouth crisis, then they had early algal blooms (which fortunately didn’t last too long), this was followed by incredibly hot weather which put the fish off feeding and so culminated in rapidly diminished catch returns. Finally, the waters have dirtied up again and there is…

It was all very wild, wild enough to claim the lives of many a would-be hero, bent on discovering the source of this or that river, or hoping to make his fortune by re-discovering King Solomon’s lost diamond mine. Africa can still kill you, if you’re stupid enough to venture up places like the Congo…

Trophy Room for Andrew Rawlingson Specie: houndfish Location: Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoAlthough not the largest fish I have ever caught, this has to be my favourite picture. This houndfish was caught on the last morning of a month long backpacking/fishing trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. It took a free-lined chunk of tuna cast into its…

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As I pulled in off the road it was as if nothing had changed since my last visit in November. The stroll down the hill was the same but the lake looked stark and lifeless and the strong southwesterly wind ruffled the surface as it pushed down to the dam. Now, where to fish? I…

Trout fisheries, it seems, have finally woken up to the fact that pike anglers are prepared to pay big money for good quality pike fishing and more and more of them are taking advantage of it. Sure, some of these places have a rather one sided view of the situation and only use pike anglers…