WEDNESDAY25th October 2000

Zander [Species Menu] [Zander articles] Common name: Zander Latin name: Stizostedion lucioperca Record weight: Despite growing to over twice this size in Europe, the British record has only slowly increased to 19lb 5oz 8 drams. This huge fish, caught by D. Lavender from a Fen Drain in 1998 is by far the largest zander ever…

Live sandeel baits are probably the deadliest bait known to sea angling in British waters. Properly presented as a freelined bait, fished under a float or legered on a long leader, they will catch just about all of our major sporting species including cod, pollack, bass, plaice, turbot…… and so the list goes on.Keeping sandeel…

Articles by Dr Paul Garner Dr Paul Garner Despite being born in central London, Paul Garner comes from a family who’s history has been intertwined with angling for generations. During his teens Paul spent most of his time match fishing with local clubs, travelling to such exotic venues as the Hampshire Avon and Great Ouse…

The Agency’s Regional Fisheries, Ecology & Recreation Advisory Committees (RFERACs) will be discussing the survey results at their meetings this month. Thirty five per cent of anglers who’d fished for coarse fish in 2002 favoured scrapping the close season but 50 per cent wanted it to stay. And there was even more support for keeping…

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The companys founder Malcolm Grey, left that famous company House of Hardy to set up Greys: interestingly, his company has recently rejoined the Hardys fold, and it is presumably this merger that has allowed Greys to branch out into reel production. To their credit, theyve taken the brave step of introducing an original design of…