Specie: pike
Weight: 17.2 1b
Location: river Avon near Bristol I 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.
Well, let me assure you that it is just not true; yes, spring may indeed herald the start of thornie fishing in some areas, but down here, if you really went for it, you could quite feasibly catch thornbacks all year round. In the areas that I fish I would go as far as to…
Thorpe Park Ski Lakes Mixed coarse fishery where Personal Best’s come true. Day ticket water open from March 15th to November 1st, 2000. Probably one of the best untapped specimen lakes around. The ski lake is just under 100 acres of water next to M3 at Chertsey and until October 1999 had not seen many…
How many times have you seen anglers pile into the bar afterwards muttering things like “Oh it was far too – bright – windy – calm – hot – cold” (insert appropriate words and others unprintable!)Of course this may be a deliberate ploy to cover up shortcomings, after all what goes on above our heads…
Specie: pike Weight: 50lb Location: south of Ireland This pike was caught on a trolled Rapala Supershad and 50lb braided line towards the end of February 1998. The location was an undisclosed lake in the south of Ireland. It weighed in at 29lb 8oz and is my personal best.
I was not expecting the level to be quite so high, so the waders were back at home in the garage and I was hampered by how far I could wade out to flick the baits back to the clear spots. I was eager to get a bait in the same spot that I lost…
This is Lesley’s 5th book. It’s well written with lots of excellent photographs and is packed full of knowledge gained from her many years working as a trout-fishing guide in the wilds of the Caithness area of Scotland. Pick up the Trout Fishers Handbook and the first thing that strikes you is that it is…