SATURDAY21st October 2000

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The senses of fish, like so many other animals, are more highly tuned to their environment than our own. From a highly developed sense of hearing (sounds carry just as far under water), to colour vision (in coarse fish), to their ability to detect vibrations via the lateral line system, fish are quite capable of…

I did one session at the lake early in the week on another sunny day, those lucky enough to get down during the day, i.e. unemployed or on swervy long term sick, had found the secret I found last season, get the place to yourself and the carp will respond. It was not worth me…

Still, I should be able to find a little bit of time to fit in a few evenings chub fishing. Like all specimen angling though, catching big chub consistently is about preparation. I have done my home work and I have a good idea of where to fish, which in itself can take a long…

We went to Malindi, and, of course, the reason that I’m writing about it, is because of the fishing. We were quite lucky with the weather because the rainy season has just begun, and as far as the fishing is concerned the monsoons have also begun, but although we had one or two showers, on…

Barbel [Species Menu] [Barbel articles] Common name: Barbel Latin name: Barbus barbus Record weight: Nineteen pounds, taken by Tony Gibson from the River Great Ouse at Kickles Farm in the Spring of 2001. Distribution: Naturally found only in the rivers of Eastern England, which it entered during the last ice age. At this time the…