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Loch Katrine – 8 miles long, around a mile wide, and surrounded by slopes clad in marvellous mixed woodland of oak, birch and rowan, backed by mountain peaks with mysterious Gaelic names; Beinn Chabhair (933m), Stob a’Choin (869m) and Ben Venue (727m), to name but a few. The scenery is literally legendary – immortalised by…

Specie: Spanish Mackerel Weight: 55 lb Location: Great Barrier Reef 55 lb Spanish Mackerel caught on board ‘Orca’ off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, October 1999. At the time this was the biggest fish I had ever caught. I was a very happy man. We ate it raw

As we crept slowly across the flat in about 15 inches of water, we could see tailing bones rooting about in the soft bottom or around the mangroves, for crabs, shrimps or any other food item they could find. After about eighty yards Chuck whispered “Good bone Martin at fifty feet 11 O’clock” However hard…

Tiernan Brothers Tiernan Brothers offer complete service for salmon fishing on The River Moy. Wild brown trout fishing on The Great Western Lakes. The Tiernan’s have been involved in game angling in the west of Ireland for many generations (first noted in Hi Regans book ‘How and Where to Fish in Ireland’ – first published…

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…

A shout for a Butt Pad will often send the Charter boat skipper and maybe one or two anglers in the charter party rummaging in the bottom of tackle boxes and bags to try and find a pad for the poor unfortunate who is hanging over the stern, rod bent double and a fish of…