SATURDAY21st October 2000

Dropping a paternostered livebait into each slack along a given stretch of river will often produce at least one hungry pike. The fact that the river is in flood will mean that the pike will be pushed into a relatively small area so a catch of several pike from one spot can not be ruled…

Any trout angler would be happy with fifteen trout on the fly and every pike angler would be equally happy with a 26 pound pike so, as you can imagine, Gordon Grace and I were both very impressed with our 30 trout up to 2 pounds AND a pike of 26 pounds ! The technique…

Articles by John Young John Young John Young has been fishing since 1972. He started by drowning maggots for anything that came along but soon donned a floppy green hat and joined the specimen hunting scene. In the late 1970s he started pursuing carp and soon caught his first 20lber on diced potato. Years later,…

Specie: Wels Catfish Weight: 28lb 8oz Location: the Nest in Winteringham, North lincs Caught from the Nest in Winteringham, North lincsThis is my first ever catfish, It is the lake record and there are less than a dozen in the whole lake

Atlantic salmon [Species Menu] [Atlantic salmon articles] Common name: Atlantic salmon Latin name: Salmo salar Record weight: One of the oldest records on the books, and one that is very unlikely to be beaten in the future. The Atlantic salmon is the second largest fish (behind the wels catfish) found in British freshwaters with a…

On with the tale, Redmire pool is not just a couple of words, it is a dream: an experience, a Mecca for anyone who had heard of carp before Kevin Maddocks explained how to catch this uncatchable species. It is a magical place of amazing natural beauty, incredible really as it’s so close to Wales!…