You cannot beat simply watching the water for signs of carp movement for getting

SEAWEEK: Reel Repairs – RUSS SYMONS The Reel Doctor! Carp Diary Ė JOHN YOUNG Another week after my target mirror, it had been very quiet without a sighting of it for a few weeks, sulking and growing I hoped. Would this week get me any closer? Weekly Diary – DAVE HARRELL A bit of a…

Specie: Spanish wels catfish Weight: 80-something pounds Location: river Ebro A giant Spanish wels catfish from the river Ebro. This one of many large fish that my friends and I have taken from this river. We have finally cracked how to catch them but only after a long hard struggle. This fish weighed 80-something pounds…

As I write, I am surrounded by 2000 or so fishing books, plus many others on wildlife and travel. Fishing titles going back to the 1700’s on big game fishing, coarse, sea, trout and salmon angling. Some are ‘How to do it’ titles, others author tales of travel, adventure and the fighting big fish from…

On Monday I went to the Poole Hall complex on a feature for Match Angling Plus magazine. After discussing the venue at length with fishery owner Sid Matthews I settled in on peg 66 on the main match lake, Heron Pool. What followed was a fabulous days fishing with tench providing most of the action….

I think I have mentioned in earlier articles about the heavier stocking that has been going on at Chew and Blagdon; recently the effort by the fisheries staff has begun to bear fruit. I had a couple of trips to Chew Valley Lake this week for teaching/guiding sessions and the amount of trout seen there…

The angler was an old hand at this, reeling even faster to keep the deep sunk lure sending out its enticing vibrations, his intuition borne of long experience told him that his lure had tempted a fish from the shoal which was painting a dream picture across the face of his echo sounder.Deep beneath the…