Colchester Bait & Tackle

There are four main waters here, three low stocked un-pressured large waters and one better stocked, pressured lake. Firstly, The Ash Tree Pit that I had fished heavily the previous season, and a water I’ll be detailing in the final part of this series. A very large, untapped, broken-up lake of massive potential for big…

Anglian Water have announced the opening dates of the four trout fisheries for the coming 2002 season and with Easter very early all four will be open before the 1 April. Ravensthorpe Friday 1 March Pitsford Water Friday 15 March Grafham Water Saturday 23 March Rutland Water Thursday 28 March A range of six Season…

As I drove through the gate the rain was falling again but I could see something was wrong. All round the edges of the lake there were white areas of ice showing. The water level was still falling and what had happened was that the ice was still there but as the water level fell…

Roach [Species Menu] [Roach articles] Common name: Roach Latin name: Rutilus rutilus Record weight: 4lb 3oz taken in 1990 by R. N. Clarke from the Dorset Stour. Distribution: Found throughout England, Ireland, Wales and Southern Scotland. Very common across the whole of Europe, where several sub-species and closely related species are also to be found…

Trophy Room for Trevor Mordle Specie: Common Carp Weight: 22lbs 8oz Location: Sumner ponds, large lake at Barns Green, W. Sx.My friend Mr Terry Dawson and I had been method fishing for about 3hrs, when I decided to put two really black casters on the hook. Bingo! this little beauty, was hauled in. GO BACK

Specie: chub Weight: ? Location: nr Doncaster The Chub and the Barbel were both caught on the same mission. They do like luncheon meat! What weight do you think they are, as I didn’t have any scales about as I was travelling light moving up and down the river with the perfectly visible fish. They…