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As I write, I’m looking out of my office window down on a perfect looking river Severn that I can’t fish again until June 16th. The powers that be decided to keep with the traditional shut down, despite research that indicated there was no real reason to do so. In my opinion the three-month break…

flounder [Species Menu] [flounder articles] Common name: Flounder Latin name: Platchthys flesus Record weight: As an inshore species, both the boat and shore records for flounder are very similar with weights of 5lb 11oz 8 drams and 5lb 7oz respectively. Distribution: Flounder are very common in shallow coastal waters around Europe. These small fish can…

Specie: Common Carp Weight: 15 lb Location: Firswood Road My name is Blake Harrison & I am 16 years old.I was fishing on floating bread and I was getting a lot of nibbles but no big bites. I just looked away for a second and when I turned back I saw a huge mouth slowly…

Anglers older than myself tell me that rudd were once common, yet nothing could be further from the truth now. Where they do survive, it is likely that you will find them in all the waters in a locality. It would seem that pure alkaline water is almost essential for rudd, and as the water…

Leo said it all, stumbling through he door of the hut, rubbing his hands, shuffling as close to the wood burner as possible for it does get cold early in Mongolia. “Ive kept count of everything today. I never moved more than a hundred yards from ten oclock till, what is it now, six or…

?tspecialist tackle shops sell pike flavourings amongst their vast range of carp bait additives. These flavours include smelt, tuna, grayling and freshwater eel. All of these flavours work well throughout the year as they are not oil based, though they contain glycerol which acts as an emulsifier for the colder waters. Smelt is a personal…