Penge Angling (Rayleigh)

Some people in the Walton PAC region may remember a small (but perfectly formed) friend that used to attend meetings and functions with Brian and I some ten or so years back. His name was Tony ‘Stumpy’ Smith and he was a major part of ‘Fishing with the Family’, as we call our piking adventures…

Kimberley – now there’s a name to conjure with. Almost exactly a hundred years ago, during the Boer war, my Grandfather was treading these parched hills at the time of the siege of Kimberley. Well I remember sitting on his aged knee to hear scary tales of how the British defenders ate rats, and hard…

Last Saturday saw me at Carr Mill Dam near St.Helens on the Kamasan British Open final. This match was for anglers who had scored twenty or more points in the Kamasan Matchman of the Year league last term. In all around seventy anglers competed and to say most of us struggled would be an understatement….

Specie: Carp Weight: 15lb 4oz Location: Ham Green Lake , Salford.The first carp was 15lb 4oz & it put up a good fight for 15 mins. It was at Ham Green Lake in the spring last year on the top lake. I caught it on luncheon meat. You can get the carp on brad as…

Bass [Species Menu] [Bass articles] Common name: Bass (sea bass) Latin name: Dicentrarchus labrax Record weight: Although bass of over 25 pounds have been captured by commercial fisherman, the shore and boat records are remarkably similar at 19lb and 19lb 9oz respectively. Distribution: Bass are found right around the coast of Europe from Scandinavia to…

The fishery in question was Barford Lakes, near Norwich. A well known, busy commercial fishery that has been around for quite a number of years now. Not the kind of place I would normally fish, as I prefer the pursuit of specimens rather than catching a bag of fish. But we needed a venue where…