The last article in this series ended with my saying that these days most of my daylight hours after small river barbel are spent in preparation of swims, and as soon as the light begins to fade, the actual fishing begins in earnest.
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…
What we found was very different to that which we had been led to expect, and very different to anything that we had experienced in the past.The Gambia is a tiny country of less than four and a half thousand square miles, and with a population of little more than a million it is significantly…
Pollack [Species Menu] [Pollack articles] Common name: Pollack Latin name: Pollachius pollachius Record weight: One of the larger members of the cod family, although larger fish are only found off-shore. This is mirrored in the difference in the records with a boat caught best of 29lb 4oz and a shore caught best of 18lb 4oz….
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In fact, it had a devastating effect – I was unable to visit any of the rivers that I normally fish for roach, as the various authorities forbade access, whether or not there was any livestock in the area. I can understand a need for caution but I have to say that in some cases…