An angler fishing in a pond at Folkestone (darn sarth in Kent) caught a 1lb 4oz Red Bellied Piranha. The owners of the lake said someone had been spotted emptying a bin into the lake some time earlier and it is thought that this fish may have just grown too big for the owners tank, [...]
Not that it will mean much to people not local to South Yorkshire but I just found out one of my local tackle shops has gone bust, namely Tigra. I guess there will be more as the recession bites. For the first time in a while syndicate places are becoming more readily available as people [...]
Well some one is but its not me! Ive had another blank since my last post but earlier in the week eight 30′s came out of the lake! Bad news is they are looking like they are about to spawn and the weed is getting up so it would be nice to get back on [...]
My Job is seriously interfering with my home life at the moment with weeks on end away from home I feel a bit guilty spending the odd day off I do get fishing. Still, guilty or not, yesterday was the first day I have had off since my new ticket became valid so I headed [...]
Due to my extremely limited fishing time right now this site seems to be evolving into a DVD review site for fishermen. That said I am in the process of trying to get on a local lake to me, it is full of 50lb + carp! The latest one is the NASH 2011. It seems [...]
I’ve just got back home from my last session at Cemex’s Brewery lake near Coningsby. I’m feeling a little bit sad about it if I am honest, not so much because I really like the place but not only will I not be renewing my ticket for the Brewery I won’t be renewing my ticket [...]
Nash obviously feel the need to give something away in the hope that it might encourage you to part with your hard earned wonga. Slightly different from the usual Korda style of ramming the products down your throat, this DVD is sort of aimed at just tying rigs up, using Nash bits of course. It [...]
To catch a fish you really have to go fishing, something I haven’t had the time to do lately, thanks to work. So now I have the money to pay to go fishing and buy bait and all those other nice shiny things we like to buy when we visit the local shop but no [...]
Its been too long away from the rods and even longer away from the waterside. So this afternoon I met up with mr Crabtree alias Hursty for an afternoon on the banks of that litter bin also known as the Dearn. Hursty very kindly let me catch a couple of nice chub. Thanks mate
The famous carp of Coningbrook has died. The news even made it onto the BBC, along with the usual journalistic crap that you would expect.