In between losing tackle I did manage to catch 14
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Address: Trilakes Fishery, Sandhurst, Berks. Phone: 01252 873191 Lakes: two mature lakes covering 13 acres. There is also a short stretch of the River Blackwater. Day ticket: £7.50 Season: 1st April to 31st October open daily. Weekends only from 1st November to 14th March. Opening times 8am to 7.30Om or sunset if earlier. Facilities: WC,…
I was in two minds whether to venture back as I had caught all the bigger carp and as they say, you can never go back. However the pull was too much and the car, by autopilot, found itself back in the car park. The water had been subject to extreme flooding for the whole…
August sunshine still shone down on the lake with not a breath of wind. The majority of the lakes population of carp hung about sunbathing, their backs glistening in the sunlight, teasing me as they pushed their shoulders out now and again. The obvious thing to do was try to get them to take off…
Specie: Carp Weight: 15lb 4oz Location: Ham Green Lake , Salford. The first carp was 15lb 4oz & it put up a good fight for 15 mins. It was at Ham Green Lake in the spring last year on the top lake. I caught it on luncheon meat. You can get the carp on brad…
The depth of water was varying between 70 and 80 metres and most of us were fishing superbraid lines because in this depth of water the use of braid with its ultra thin diameter enables sinkers half the weight of those used with comparable breaking strain nylon monofilament lines to be employed. Which naturally means…
This obsession started 4 years ago. It is the direct result of some friendly rivalry with my life long angling pal, Paul Goulbourn and its origins can be easily traced .Late evening of the 20th September 1996 Paul rang me up in an excited state – I knew he’d caught and caught big. Paul had…
