In the distance I could see the birds wheeling and diving into the clear blue waters of the Gulf. I shouted to Hussain “Birds diving at two o’clock lets go” Hussain a young Filipino smiled then nodded as he did so the bows of the 28 foot Crayfish with its big Volvo engine lifted from…

As most of you will know, carp generally move around a lot less in winter than they do in summer. So the usual advice is to fish as close to them as possible, and keep your groundbaiting patterns, if any, very tight.

The classic McNab, in case you didn’t know, is the term used to describe the bagging of a stag, a grouse and a salmon in a single day. The Grand Slam, to a saltwater flyfisher in the tropics involves the capture of a bonefish, a tarpon and a permit over the same period of time,…

We have a calendar at work that gives you a ‘thought for the day’ on each page, some witty, some poignant, mostly naff. Today’s message warranted repeating though I thought, it read, “Give someone a fish and it will feed them for a day, give someone the knowledge to fish and you will feed them…

Crayfish pick up the wrong signals Scientists are using the pulling power of pioneering ‘sex traps’ to lure invasive alien crayfish from British waters. In an innovative research project sponsored by the Environment Agency and English Nature, alien North American signal crayfish are being tricked into thinking they’ll be shown a good time if they…

Trolling is a method much used by inshore artisanal fisherman as the modern parlance likes to call them(Euro speak). In other words full time professional fishermen who use small boats handlining for mackerel, trolling for bass and pollack combined with a bit of potting and sometimes even a bit of netting. I have no argument…

Rigging bait so that it swims in a most natural manner or flutters enticingly in the tide is a skill much developed in other more exotic parts of the world, but it seems to be skill which is relatively undeveloped in our waters. Reading some words of “wisdom” recently in a UK paper magazine about…

During the Summer months the wee small hours can take on a chill which belies the daytime temperatures and the perishing Winter months…. well… we won’t talk much about them.Home comforts can turn an otherwise quiet night into a memorable experience. Bacon Butties at two in the morning spring to mind or a simple Pot…

They search the back eddies and rip tides for sandeel’s, gobies, baby pollack as well as tasty morsels such as prawns, soft crab and worm.It is wonderful to be on a beach or rock mark in a pair of shorts and a light shirt on a balmy summers night, but nice as these conditions are…

Take the current trend amongst certain groups of anglers for using huge amounts of bait. A new technique? No, the professional barbel anglers of the Thames half a century and more ago habitually baited with many stones of groundbait and thousands of worms to keep the best lays filled with fish. The old pro’s were…