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Pollack [Species Menu] [Pollack articles] Common name: Pollack Latin name: Pollachius pollachius Record weight: One of the larger members of the cod family, although larger fish are only found off-shore. This is mirrored in the difference in the records with a boat caught best of 29lb 4oz and a shore caught best of 18lb 4oz….

Perch [Species Menu] [Perch articles] Common name: Perch Latin name: Perca fluviatilis Record weight: Five pounds nine ounces caught from a Kent pond in 1985 by Mr J. Shayler. Distribution: Common in rivers lakes and ponds across Europe. Naturally found in England and introduced to Ireland, Scotland and Wales where it has now become widely…

The Falklands represent all that is good about fishing wild places and the lessons learnt there can be applied anywhere.I am a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force. I came to be there on a four month tour on a mountain radar site on the north west tip of the West Falklands at a place…

I went back to Poole Hall fishery last Wednesday and had a really good four-hour workout on peg 25. By the end of the session I reckon I’d taken around eighty pounds of fish with more than three-quarters of the weight made up with tench!

Another blessing in disguise is my ability to think like a simpleton. It never fails to amaze me some of the questions Im asked (Im leaning more towards fellow anglers rather than the wife or the police here!) Some things I find simple and straightforward when trying to put a carp on the bank are…

September has certainly been very dry, most rivers are down to bare bones especially in the north of England. As I have said many times, our rivers in the north of England need two good days of rain a week. I don’t feel we can have too much rain, when the rivers are carrying a…