The Carp Shop

The telephone shrilled loudly across the darkened room. I struggled to pull myself from the living room chair that had been my bed for the night in the attempt answer it. Another figure lay slumped half on, half off the sofa, male by the look of it. I breathed in stale tobacco ridden air as…

Location: From Exeter take the A30 to Okehampton. In the centre of Okehampton turn right at the lights on to the A386 to Hatherleigh. At Hatherleigh turn left on to the A3072 Holsworthy/Bude road. Travel for 7 miles then turn left at the sign “Chilla 2 miles”. Kingslake is 3/4 of a mile along this…

The first session down the Colne Valley pit started quite mild and I was well confident with the PVA bags of trout pellets and crushed boilies landing in perfect spots. However at around 7pm the sky cleared to reveal the stars and by 10pm a film of ice was on the car. I settled in…

Rutland Water finished the season on a high with catch returns for the period 15 to 22 December showing that 222 anglers took advantage of the mild conditions and caught 682 fish. Giving an excellent rod average of over three. Fish had been seen moving in the surface all around the lake, close in, taking…

Trophy Room for Ian Wakeford Specie: pike Weight: 23.6This is a late sumer pike from a local gravel pit of 23.6, I was tempted into a weeks carp fishing by a friend, but after two days got bored and went piking. I’m glad I did. Specie: pike Weight: 32.10This pike weighed 32.10, and is my…

Trolling is a method much used by inshore artisanal fisherman as the modern parlance likes to call them(Euro speak). In other words full time professional fishermen who use small boats handlining for mackerel, trolling for bass and pollack combined with a bit of potting and sometimes even a bit of netting. I have no argument…