Gary Dolan’s 51lb catfish from Marsworth Reservoir, caught Saturday 2nd June 2001 at 5pm. Gary took the monster moggie on bolt-rigged luncheon meat on a size six hook.
In reality the political scene, whether related to angling or any other topic, has not changed. Politicians and their lackeys promise everything to everyone, but very little ever gets done and so nothing really changes when anglers want improved fisheries and the environmental necessities that would guarantee those improvements.This was brought home to me recently…
According to reports, backed up by fisheries staff, the reservoir was fishing well with trout being caught from a number of areas. Recent stocking had distributed fish all over the lake, so we hoped that it wouldn’t be the usual Llandegfedd trick of all thirty boats drifting into the dam just in front of the…
Rudd [Species Menu] [Rudd articles] Common name: Rudd Latin name: Scardinius erythrophthalmus Record weight: The oldest coarse fish record on the books. Currently held by a fish of 4lb 8oz taken in 1933 by Rev. E. C. Alston from a Norfolk Mere. Distribution: Found throughout Europe, but absent from Iberia. Extends into Northern Asia. Found…
. Catering for both boat and bank angler, the water is one of the first in the country to open after the winter shut-down, having a prestigious official opening day each February. This is always quite a ceremony, with pipers piping and whisky flowing and famous faces popping up all over. But this particular February…
For many British boat anglers, there is no greater thrill than to go afloat on their own boats. To be master of your own destiny, to decide when and where to fish and to enjoy the sense of satisfaction and solitude that comes from being out on the ocean on a small vessel is, for…
Grayling [Species Menu] [Grayling articles] Common name: Grayling Latin name: Thymallus thymallus Record weight: Despite a record weight of only 4lb 3oz, caught in 1989 by Mr S.R. Lanigan, the grayling is known to grow much larger than this in Europe. Fish of almost ten pounds are possible in some rivers in Northern Europe! Distribution:…