It was a shock when I caught This 9lb.8oz Ghost. I was floating crust by some flotsome, then just about to reel in when a mouth came out of the water and took the crust.
Gudgeon [Species Menu] [Gudgeon articles] Common name: Gudgeon Latin name: Gobio gobio Record weight: 5 ounces caught by Mr D.H. Hull in 1990. Distribution: A common little fish in Europe, where it can be found from the Pyrenees right through to Scandinavia. Like so many coarse fish, gudgeon are only naturally found in the South…
Salmon are scarce (aren’t they always?) the best of grayling is almost over and the brown trout season has not yet begun. Happily in my neck of the highland woods, it can still be classed as a good fishing month for February 12th sees the start of the sea trout season. On Orkney and Shetland,…
Live sandeel baits are probably the deadliest bait known to sea angling in British waters. Properly presented as a freelined bait, fished under a float or legered on a long leader, they will catch just about all of our major sporting species including cod, pollack, bass, plaice, turbot…… and so the list goes on.Keeping sandeel…
You can certainly be sure of a warm welcome at Waterside Farm Fishery near Galston ; Springwater Fishery near Dalrymple ; and Cowans Law Fishery near Moscow ( the Ayrshire village, not the Russian city ! )Waterside Farm has built up quite a reputation for its jumbo rainbows, with a most impressive tally of 20lb…
“The catch of Irish Salmon is on a fast downward spiral. The total catch has fallen from an annual 1600 tonnes in the seventies, through 1152 tonnes in the eighties, to 630 tonnes in the nineties and lower still today. This trend will lead to the extinction of Irish Wild Salmon by the end of…
Canton NY – Hundreds or young people from around world are expected to join British teen actor Tom Felton in search of the biggest carp in the St. Lawrence River. The St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce have announced the first ever St. Lawrence International Junior Carp Tournament and I Love NY Carp Fishing School…