Sloans of Inverurie

Pike fishing is a fairly well explored subject. After all, the choice of methods is fairly limited. If you are one the of the huge majority who bank fish, and who fish with baits rather than lures then what is there that is new? Well, there are still a few little wrinkles that can catch…

To actually see the carp coming up to the surface and taking baits really gets the adrenaline going. Then, when a carp moves towards your bait, the tension can be almost unbearable. However catching carp off the surface is not always as easy as it appears. On hard fished waters they can be very cautious…

That’s an easy one to answer but I’m not going to here and now. Instead I want to natter about the quality and type of hooks we all use. I’ll help shoot down the anti’s in another word battle elsewhere no doubt.We all use hooks but we don’t use ‘just’ hooks. Generally, for the most…

Most pike waters have only limited spawninghabitat for the pike and if you are not in one ofthese places your chances of catching are severelyreduced. So my aim this week is to try and point youin the right direction. With a little bit of effortthe Spring haunt of the pike can be quite easy to…

On days when there has been little wind and some cloud cover the fish have been feeding avidly on the huge hatches of buzzers that have been in evidence. I have had a couple of guiding trips this week and thoroughly enjoyed both the company and the fishing. On Monday I took my client to…

Perch [Species Menu] [Perch articles] Common name: Perch Latin name: Perca fluviatilis Record weight: Five pounds nine ounces caught from a Kent pond in 1985 by Mr J. Shayler. Distribution: Common in rivers lakes and ponds across Europe. Naturally found in England and introduced to Ireland, Scotland and Wales where it has now become widely…