Specie: common carp

Derrypark Lodge Angling Centre Derrypark Lodge Angling CentreTourmakeady, County Mayo, IrelandMayo, IrelandTel: +353 (092) 44081Fax: +353 (092) 44081 Email: bjoyce@fishing.co.uk 1 Lake Traditional stonebuilt fishing lodges situated on the shore of Lough Mask amidst superb mountain scenery. World famous wild brown trout fishing and specimen pike hunting. Professional gillies and quality boats and motors. Two…

Gravel pits that have been excavated in the traditional fashion are relatively easy to ‘read’. Plateaux, bars and islands, flooded trees and gullies all attract fish and fish attract pike. However, locating pike is not all about finding feeding pike and I would go as far as to suggest that you’ll do much better if…

Tincas Afloat – BILL RUSHMER Bury Hill with its 12 acre estate lake is a terrific mixed fishery with a good head of tench. First Cast: At the River – GEOFF MAYNARD Fishing abroad features fairly strongly in this months edition of FISHING.CO.UK. especially Scandinavia. To the woods, touchdown in Sweden – JOHN COOPER As…

First off – wreckfishing. How about loading a big fixed-spool reel (say an Emblem 6000 or similar) with 20lb braid, matching it to a heavy-duty 7í spinning rod (say an UglyStick) and banging your pirks and hopper-rigs far beyond the wreck as you drift down on it, similar to what many Europeans and Yanks do,…

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…

You know the bloke I mean. The one who turns up for an hour or two, knocks out more fish than you’ve had in a week and then buggers off! Every venue has one and they can be very annoying, particularly if they are cocky with it! Most of the time though there is no…