Florida’s Space Coast Report One Hour East of Orlando Captain Rodney Smith for Florida Guidelines (888) 800-9794 An exodus of fingernail length silver minnows swarmed around my legs like I was a mooring buoy in a rough sea. But the ocean was mysteriously calm, so calm in fact, the sky and beach seemed one. Barefoot,…

Rutland Water Best fish of the week, a superb rainbow weighing 7lb 8oz, was taken by Phil Hall from Maidenhead while boat fishing the main basin. Phil’s fish fell to a Diawl Bach on a floating line. Best brown of the week fell to Derek Edwards from Dolgellau in Wales. This fish also fell to…

v NGOs call on Ireland to match restraint shown by Greenland v Mackerel by-catch may help explain declines in wild salmon v Demands to eradicate lethal parasite in Norway The 19th annual meeting of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO – see note 1) in the Faroe Islands June 3-7 agreed reduced quotas for…

GIBRALTAR TOURIST BOARD UK WELCOMES NICK HANCOCK & MIKE THRUSSELL OF BBC RADIO’S ‘FISH OF FIVE LIVE’ Visit of the BBC Radio 5 Fish on Five programme organized by the Gibraltar Tourist Board. This programme was broadcast last Saturday (20/04/02) and will be repeated in prime time over the coming weeks. Full text available on…

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,…

At Warren Park you will have a lodge situated at the edge of the New Forest. All the lodges are about 25 yards from the lake where a hundred pound plus bags are not that uncommon. Accommodation: is in one of four purpose built lakeside lodges with two bedrooms. In high season, lets run from…

A quick look in my local newsagents reveals around a dozen. I reckon that with the internet and regional magazines there are probably over thirty. That is around four hundred articles each month, something like FIVE MILLION words each year! Add to that catch reports, match reports, venue guides, editorial, and all the other bits…

Species that appreciate warmer water, particularly carp and tench, go from being just about catchable to ‘well up for it’. For tench in particular the difference between one week and the next can be incredible, and so it was for us this year. Normally I find it difficult to maintain my interest in a water…

Upon my arrival the sun was shining brightly and the stroll around the banks was quite a hot one. In a sheltered bay there was a sight I had not seen since last September; carp were basking on the surface, around a dozen of them, none of any great size but they were a welcome…

Over the years, my shark traces have evolved into a fifteen foot length of 400 pounds breaking strain monofilament, usually Japanese Momoi because it is the best. A heavy graspable swivel at the reel end and a 400 lb Berkeley Crosslok or 400lb Sampo Coastlok at the other. The three-foot hook-length is traditionally soft stainless…