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Bream [Species Menu] [Bream articles] Common name: Sea bream Latin name: Six species are found in British coastal waters, the most common being the black bream , Spondyliosom cantharus, and the red sea bream, Pagellus bogaraveo. Record weight: Sea bream are relatively small fish, although make a sporting alternative for the light line enthusiast. The…

In the summer months the brook is often just a mere trickle but with all the extra water we’ve had lately it has been transformed into a fish holding haven with all types of species seeking refuge from the main torrent that has been the Severn recently. I fished a swim just back from where…

The blue-green algae now had a firm grip on the water, and had reduced visibility from around ten feet, to just two or three inches. It looked as if someone had tipped hundreds of gallons of turquoise paint into the water, and with no signs of fish anywhere, I began to think it a waste…

Articles by John Olliff-Cooper John Olliff-Cooper John started his writing career with Angling magazine in the late 1960’s, since when he has contributed to most of the better-known hard copy magazines. Flirted with modernity for a few years, then panicked at the shallow hype of it all, and fled through 180 degrees. Having been properly…

So much has happened in a short time that I am struggling to keep up with things. Everything is just so new and exciting! Last weekend Peter Hayes, the brains behind the company called “Tasmania’s Premier Trout Guides”, invited me to go with him to Ballarat, a town about an hour north of Melbourne, as…

Being able to find fish on a lake before you even put your boat in the water is key to a successful day on the water. Looking at a map and being able to read the bottom of the lake and determine the migration route the fish will follow to and from the feeding grounds…