WEDNESDAY25th October 2000

Specie: carp Weight: 19lb 2 oz ” I was invited to fish a coporate fishing day at BIRD’S GREEN, ESSEX which involved fishing from 10.00am to 117.00pm. During the match ( I caught eighteen carp smallest being a 6lb 2oz mirror carp upto this fish which weighed in at a clossal ( for me that…

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Rutland Water fish week 157 (season 47159) returns 110(14464) rod average 1.42 (3.26) Season ticket holders John Wotherspoon from Stamford and Peterborough’s Brian Flack had a cracking day last Friday with ten fish up to 4lb, as did Cleethorpe anglers Ray Garrod and Jim McNally who recorded twelve fish. Ten year old Ben Farnsworth and…

Bear with me, do. There are so many writers talking about bagging-up, donkey sized fish, and ‘seriously wicked’ rods, that I feel it’s necessary to offer a bit of balance.Just yesterday, I walked down the lane leading to the river, with a very nice middle-aged chap, balding (like me) who was intrigued by my minimalist…

Few fish caught were less than half a pound and some were of a very good size. Pete actually took two fish which looked to be well over 2lb. We don’t usually weigh grayling, it wastes time to be honest. There is so much fun in catching these delightful little fish on fine tackle that…

Presuming that you have found the fish then big rudd aren’t particularly difficult to catch. In all, there are four tactics which I commonly use for them, some pretty much text book stuff, others a little different. Never follow one method slavishly, each is designed to catch fish in certain circumstances and only those circumstances….