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Brown trout [Species Menu] [Brown trout articles] Common name: Brown trout (sea trout) Latin name: Salmo trutta Record weight: Natural record is 25lb 5oz 12 drams, captured in 1996 from Loch Awe. Larger fish have been artificially reared and the cultivated record now stands at over thirty pounds. Distribution: Brown trout are amongst the most…

Bass are predictable, and never more so than in the April to late Juneperiod when they move inshore over the rough ground beaches.The trigger for this inshore migration is governed by the first flushof peeling shore crabs. The crabs shed their old shells and are softfor a short period until their flesh hardens into a…

Apparently – despite fervent pleas from the police, MAFF, and farming leaders – these idiots who are protesting against Huntingdon Life Sciences are going ahead with a protest in rural Suffolk, despite the significant risk they might introduce Foot & Mouth into Suffolk. The reason? Apparently they “see no reason” why their protest should not…

Drift your boat into a feeding shoal of fish and it isn’t long before rod tips are nodding with hungry fish stripping hooks of their bait. Often these fish seem to have a charmed life as anglers continually strike to gain a hookhold, but it seems that the strike is against fresh air, only rarely…

Address: Blackwool Farm, Colhook Common, Northchapel, Petworth, Sussex.Phone; Bruce Savage on 01428 707258Location; Take the A3 from London to past Guildford. Turn off at Milford and take the A283 towards Petworth. After passing through Northchapel, travel for another 2 miles. The fishery is signposted on your left-hand side. If you reach the petrol station on…

A couple of pals had called me to join them on an overnight/ all-day trip but I couldn’t make the night session as Maggi and I had tickets to a concert. Instead, I lay in bed till 8.30am when the phone rang. It was the boys. They wanted to know when I was arriving and…