floating bread, with a lead running bomb.
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…
There was a big doubt after long time sponsors John Smiths pulled the plug on their sponsorship that the event might not be on this year. However, the tackle trade has rallied round, loads of anglers have entered the qualifiers, and competition organiser Dick Derrington has worked hard to ensure the weekend is on again….
I will start by looking at canned meat balls before moving onto special home made flavoured meat balls. The later are an advanced bait that under the right circumstances can produce good results when other baits fail.Possibly the most commonly used meat ball is the canned “Campbell’s meat ball”. They are convenient to use as…
Trophy Room for Jim Hickey Specie: mirror carp Location: FranceA large mirror caught on a second chance/IAC fundraising trip to France Specie: carp Weight: 34.02My UK personal best at 34.02, this fish was caught in the most extraordinary circumstances, still thats fishing with my mate Ginger. Specie: catfish Location: FranceMy first catfish caught just after…
Without doubt the very best winter roach fishing is when the river is high and coloured as long as this condition is not caused by snowmelt water. We need to start looking for the roach where we would expect to find them in summer and then look around to see where they would move to…
This is an old, well established, pretty fishery with a reputation for good sport. I had not fished the lake for a number of years but was impressed when I last fished it, in a N.A.S.A. London Region fish-in for Cancer Research that raised over £6000.