Southend Angling Centre

Species that appreciate warmer water, particularly carp and tench, go from being just about catchable to ‘well up for it’. For tench in particular the difference between one week and the next can be incredible, and so it was for us this year. Normally I find it difficult to maintain my interest in a water…

Like many winter anglers, grayling fishing, for me, conjures up crisp, cold days on the river bank. Over 2/3rds of my grayling have been caught in the winter with February alone accounting for a quarter. When high pressure brings iron hard frosts and finger numbing cold, grayling are often the only fish that can be…

mullet [Species Menu] [mullet articles] Common name: Grey Mullet Latin name: Mugil labeo, Mugil capito, Mugil labrosus Mullet make an interesting target for the shore based angler, not least because the largest specimens and best fishing is often found only a few feet from the shore! This is reflected in the record weights with the…

The water was very cold and clear, so much more like winter, with the end of the season now visible on the horizon now was the time to put some concentrated effort in, as I knew the carp would soon start moving and would be hungry. The winter on this lake had been a poor…

From my experiences at the waterside during the winter months, I feel we will get off to a good start this coming season, especially if the weather is mild. All the rain we had through the autumn and winter will have done wonders for our rivers. When you take a look at the bed of…

Considering that I had just one day on the Ballynahinch, it was a piece of serious luck that I’d drawn Beat One of the Ballynahinch Castle Hotel water which took in the pool immediately below the lough. (A German guest at the hotel, indeed, sidled up to me and wanted to know how much I’d…