Location: nr Doncaster

From Cornwall to Scotland, and especially around the Irish coast, the numbers of gurnards inshore within easy boat range has escalated with good fishing continuing right through to Christmas in some areas. What is also obvious is that the fish staying later tend to be bigger. If you lack a specimen gurnard in your species…

A pair of rods supported by a tripod aim skywards on a stoney beach. They look like big, tasty rods, maybe a pair of heavy beachcasters? Hung beneath them are a matched pair of multipliers loaded with strong line, 50lb braid by the looks of it. The rod tips nod gently with the current as…

POINTED HEADS These lures come in a variety of shapes ranging from the original Green Machine to some of the more modern jet-heads from Melton. As a rule of thumb, for blue marlin there are very few lures in this category which are part of a traditional lure-fishermanís arsenal. Exceptions to this rule include some…

Barnes Pond is a small, roughly circular pool on the outskirts of London, surrounded by common land and Georgian town houses. Laid end-to-end, I would guess that a couple of football pitches would over-lap the banks, around which generations of teenagers had, after closing time at the Sun Inn on the Northern shore, also been…

Trophy Room for Matthew Deakin Specie: Wels Catfish Weight: 28lb 8oz Location: the Nest in Winteringham, North lincsCaught from the Nest in Winteringham, North lincsThis is my first ever catfish, It is the lake record and there are less than a dozen in the whole lake GO BACK

It was a day of bright sunshine and blue sky with a temperature about 80°f, perhaps even higher. A day when animals, birds and sensible anglers sought out a cool shady place to rest or fish. I chose the spreading branches of an oak tree that conveniently leaned out over the river, I couldn’t have…