I went back to Poole Hall fishery last Wednesday and had a really good four-hour workout on peg 25. By the end of the session I reckon I’d taken around eighty pounds of fish with more than three-quarters of the weight made up with tench!
Talking with many farmers up and down the country, in my job as an environmental correspondent, it seems we might not get any fishing on our rivers or streams at all this season because of foot and mouth disease. Many still waters are closed. Those that are open, the weather hasn’t been so good and…
Dormont Lake Coarse Fishery Dormont Lake Coarse FisheryDormont, Lockerbie, DumfriesshireDumfries and Galloway, Scotland, DG111DJTel: 01387 840 222 or 01387 840 363Fax: 01387 840222 Email: Carruthers.Dormont@btinternet.com 1 Lake Special provision for the disabled. SettingA former amenity lake in a part of Dumfriesshire with ancient historical connections opened in 1999 for coarse fishing.The site of the new…
His progress was hampered because he was carrying something heavy and the rain had affected his glasses, so that he had only the most general view of his surroundings. The lack of any close range detail meant that he continually stumbled over tussocks of grass and slipped in cow dung. Even at a range of…
Bass are predictable, and never more so than in the April to late Juneperiod when they move inshore over the rough ground beaches.The trigger for this inshore migration is governed by the first flushof peeling shore crabs. The crabs shed their old shells and are softfor a short period until their flesh hardens into a…
Address: Rose Park Fishery, Trezibbet, Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall.Directions: Take the A30 from Launceston towards Bodmin. Turn off for Altarnun and follow signs to Aitarnun. Travel through Altarnun passing the church. The fishery is sign posted on your left.Phone: 01566 86278Fishery: The fishery is in a valley surrounded by trees. There are two lakes in the…
IrelandTench in Ireland are perhaps more legendary than they are in England. Although Ireland still officially has to produce the amount of 10lb plus specimens that England has, without doubt they are there. The big difference with Ireland is that there are few gravel pits. The majority of tench fishing takes place in natural loughs…