Lostock Tackle Box

Unfortunately though, long stay fishing means that many anglers miss out on the joys of watching a bite develop on a delicately weighted piece of quill or plastic. Make no mistake though, in the right hands float fishing can be one of the most effective ways of dealing with heavily weeded stillwaters. Like all methods,…

You don’t have to charter a fast offshore cruiser to get the best from Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Most if not all the fishing camps and hotels running the length of the East Cape of Baja have their own boat fleets, swelled by hired privately owned boats. Needlefish Roosterfish Macfly These fleets include Pangas. These…

shark [Species Menu] [shark articles] Common name: Blue shark, Porbeagle shark, Mako shark Latin name: Prionace glauca, Lamna nasus, Isurus oxyrinchus Record weight: Sharks are the largest fish commonly encountered in the inshore waters of the British Isles, and this is reflected in their record weights. Blue sharks are the smallest and commonest of our…

I had come to this Seychelles out-island partly to relive an astonishing encounter with a vast population of huge bonefish and giant trevally which lived in abundance on a neighbouring island, only reachable by boat and under the tutelage of expert local guides. But most importantly, I wanted to see if I could catch fish…

One of the best baits there is, is bread. Now, I’m not going to talk about big bits of floating bread for carp or anything like that, I’m going to talk about little tiny bits of bread, the biggest about an eighth of an inch size, and the bread punch.When I was a youngster, a…

River Ribble – Good chub and barbel being caught on pellets and meat bait Anglers fishing with Muddler minnow in the fast broken water catching some nice chub.A perch of 3lb 3 ounces reported from Balderston by Manchester angler on three gentles fished on a size 14 hook but not confirmed. Sea trout being taken…