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Specie: pike Weight: 17.2 1b Location: river Avon near BristolI catch pike like this most weeks from a cut off the river Avon near Bristol. This one was caught on Sprat dead bait in still water 4ft deep. She was 17.2 1b and put back alive and well. The week before i had a 15.6 1b and a friend took a 18 1b. |
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Whereas some anglers can fish for a single species constantly for years on end, I came to the conclusion a long time ago that my attention span was too short to allow me to do this. This realisation turned me from being a carp angler to fishing for a number of species and has certainly…
Carp were in evidence as soon as I turned up. A stockie mirror leapt out of the water just as I arrived. I wasted no time getting the baits back out to the two same spots and as evening drew on I was very confident. The bait near the island was in an especially good…
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The first session of the week there was a strong westerly wind blowing and as I walked across the dam I noticed a dramatic change had affected the lake. The weed, previously so thick and reaching the surface so it looked more like a golf course, had now sunk down so that the lake looked…
Bass [Species Menu] [Bass articles] Common name: Bass (sea bass) Latin name: Dicentrarchus labrax Record weight: Although bass of over 25 pounds have been captured by commercial fisherman, the shore and boat records are remarkably similar at 19lb and 19lb 9oz respectively. Distribution: Bass are found right around the coast of Europe from Scandinavia to…
It was about this time I decided I wasn’t fishing enough. A night in a bivvy in near hypothermic conditions was warmer than the frosty reception I could ever expect at home. Unfortunately the venue I had decided to concentrate my efforts on was not renowned for its summer captures and, anytime past October, you…