Specie: striped bass Location: Plum Gut, Long Island, New York This 21lb 8oz striped bass was caught out of Plum Gut, Long Island, New York. A truly scary place to fish in a small boat. It took a drifted live eel and provided one of the most persistent, dogged fights I’ve yet encountered. I would…
Specie: pike Location: river Severn Here’s a pic of a pike I caught out of the river Severn last winter… Had no scales with me damb !! I’d appreciate a guess at the weight. I keep looking at photo’s to compare it but I still would’nt like to have a guess..
Specie: barbel Weight: 12lbs 2oz Location: River Kennet I last seriously fished for barbel a couple of autumn/winters ago. That season was a very successful one and amongst the many barbel I had was this one of 12lbs 2oz, from the River Kennet. This was a “last cast” fish – there was one swim I…
Specie: chub Weight: ? Location: nr Doncaster The Chub and the Barbel were both caught on the same mission. They do like luncheon meat! What weight do you think they are, as I didn’t have any scales about as I was travelling light moving up and down the river with the perfectly visible fish. They…
This free fishing venue is a mixed fishery that appears to be improving every year. It is very much a river that has come back from the dead. Typical River Crane chub A fair net of River Crane roach A small barbel-stocked by the Environmental Agency into the River Crane View from the Meadway bridge…
DreamLakes Address: Gone Fishing,81 Villa Road,Colchester,Essex CO35RN Tel: 01206 76 75 76 Fax: 01206 56 44 82 Web: www.DreamLakes.com DreamLakes, probably the best known Carp Waters in France, offer package trips and self-drive holidays to suit novice and experienced Carp Anglers alike. DreamLakes 1 & 2The package trip includes security parking at the departure point…
Scaliscro Lodge Spectacularly situated overlooking the sea and just 22 miles from Stornoway, the Lodge has fine views to the hills of Harris and Lewis. Family run and comfortably furnished, the Lodge has 3 double/twin en-suite rooms, 1 single and 5 double/twin rooms served by 3 bathrooms. A set price ‘a la carte’ menu using…
Unusually, pike, perch, zander and other normally fresh-water species are caught not only in the lakes and rivers but also in the brackish water of the Baltic Sea, including the Stockholm archipelago. In 2000, for example, the Västervik area on the east coast produced record pike of more than 20 kg (44 lb), bream of…
Into August and the promised hot summer weather had arrived. I made my way on the long walk round the lake. I was worried that there might be a massive increase of weed but this seemed unfounded as a huge part of the estate lake that had been weedy seemed to have cleared. It was…