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.
Common skate grow big. They regularly weigh over 150lbs and 200lbers are caught every year. Commercially caught common skate have exceeded 400lbs. There are rumours of post WW2 skate to 600lbs from Icelandic waters, though these giants are mostly associated with the 1930’s -before stocks were reduced through commercial exploitation as technology improved catch rates…
Articles by Russell Symons Russell Symons Russ Symons has been an angling Photographer/Writer for over thirty years, the last twelve of which, writing about and photographing the sea and its fish being his full time occupation. Progressing from a black and white darkroom in the attic of his Plymouth home, to the exacting colour requirements…
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…
To re-cap, there were three pairs of anglers fishing for what was hailed as sports smallest trophy – the Golden Maggot. Points were awarded for the number of different species you caught in a more or less sleepless 72 hours. And, to add to the fun, dirty tricks were allowed.I was partnered with Gareth Edwards,…
You know the score, The weekend comes round, and by the time you have done that little list of jobs that the good lady has compiled for you during the week, youre lucky if you get half a days fishing in before it’s Monday morning and you are crawling in snail-like traffic, breathing in the…
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