SATURDAY21st October 2000

Catfish [Species Menu] [Catfish articles] Common name: Wels catfish Latin name: Silurus glanis Record weight: Weight recognised by the British Record Fish Committee is 62lb caught by Richard Garner from Withy Lake in Bedfordshire in 1997. This fish is unlikely to be ever beaten as although several much larger fish have been caught the record…

Not so on the coarse fishing competition held on the Århus River in Århus, by the local Brabrand fishing club. The number of entrants were not very high, as Denmark was playing in the world cup the same day. But the winning catch was a record catch for the third year in a row. The…

I did do one session but there were three members down for the day fishing various swims and making far too much noise and when they had finally had gone two more guys turned up for the night. I settled for a swim near the car for convenience, rather than anything else, and not surprisingly…

There was a big doubt after long time sponsors John Smiths pulled the plug on their sponsorship that the event might not be on this year. However, the tackle trade has rallied round, loads of anglers have entered the qualifiers, and competition organiser Dick Derrington has worked hard to ensure the weekend is on again….

Well funnily enough it’s quite appropriate for this piece for a variety of reasons. What I want to tell you about is a technique for pike fishing that I’ve been using for several years now. One which, like the old Spike Milligan song from which I took the title, is a little bizarre but which…

At that time, as a boy of nine, I used to spend all my summer holidays with an Aunt and Uncle on a Shropshire farm mid-way between Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock. Almost fifty years on I cannot remember why, but I was given a fishing rod and reel and made plans to begin a new…