SATURDAY21st October 2000
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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 still hot but there was a gentle easterly wind, which…
Whereas some anglers can fish for a single species constantly for years on end, I came to the conclusion a long time ago that my attention span was too short to allow me to do this. This realisation turned me from being a carp angler to fishing for a number of species and has certainly…
The counties surrounding Woburn Abbey had become a bit of a catfish stronghold and Herts., Beds. and Bucks. were known collectively as ‘catfish country’. Most other areas of the UK were devoid of the species. The British record at this time was held by a fish of forty three and a half pounds which had…
My body was tanned a nice mahogany colour from being at the waterside in the very warm sunshine day after day. The seven weight rod hooped over for probably the twentieth time in as many casts, so good was the fishing. But beware of the Queenfish, it has several spikes situated around its body and…
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.Both the Greater Weever and the Lesser Weever are capable of inflicting a sharp and painful sting from the spiny rays of the first dorsal fin. What the books often don’t tell you is that there are another set of spikes on the side of the gill plates, which can also inflict a painful sting….
