BAC team member/Korum sponsored angler Shaun Hodges enjoyed a great days fishing on the Kennet yesterday, he managed to catch lots of Perch including a 2lber, 3lb6oz, 3lb8oz and a whopping 4lb4oz PB. He also braced a couple of Jack Pike which was good fun on light tackle. Lob worms and Chopped Dendrobaena worms were the chosen method. Shaun also...
I always look forward to this weekend, its 4 days away with my Dorking team mates, we always have a good laugh, even if the fishing is not very good. This years practice days were a struggle, the first practice day on Thursday we fished on 'the greens' and I had a couple of pounds of roach on bloodworm and...
Saturday was the fourth round of this league and the canal looked in great shape, for the first time this year it had colour in it and was flowing, all previous rounds had been still and clear and a lot of people struggled. I had my breakfast in McDonalds at Fleet and there were 3 other anglers in there and...
Lately, every Wednesday I've been travelling to Gold Valley to fish the midweek open, this Wednesday started off with a frosty morning, on the way up we pass a complex of gravel pits around Reading on the M4 and they were all frozen, so when I arrived for the draw I was surprised to see that none of the lakes...
Saturday I fished the teams of four league on the Basingstoke Canal at Ash Vale, I was standing in for Will, who was over in Poland working for Daiwa. The past three years I have always fished this league and the fishing has been excellent, the first year I fished it my lowest weight was 5 and half pounds, thats...
This was fished Thursday and Friday, no bloodworm and joker, carp don't count and the winner would be decided on total weight over the two days, everyone was pegged on Gold Lake. The weather was similar to what it has been all week, cold, cold and very cold, with winds usually north easterlies, Gold lake was partially frozen with a...
Last week I was catching loads of fish, the recent icy blast has really 'chilled' the fishing. On Wednesday, I fished the mid week open at Gold Valley, the weather was warm enough for January but the weather forecast was for strong winds with even stronger 'gusts'. Despite the forecast I was really looking forward to this match, Gold has...
Tuesday, I did a feature at Larford Lakes with Des, when we arrived the lakes were partly frozen and we did not know what to expect, the object of the feature was to demonstrate the finesse and feeding needed to catch shy feeding fish in cold water, and it was COLD, the feature should be out in the March issue...
Todays match was the first back after the xmas break and I was 'guesting' for Bathampton AA, this 72 peg match was pegged from Darlington Wharf to out past the George, thats a lot of water for 72 pegs, but with so many boats moored you need a lot of towpath to get everyone in. I had drawn C10 which...
The New year started with a bang for the Bristol docks regulars, the Xmas match was good, but it fished even better for the new years day 'bash'. The match was fished at the Police Launch and Redcliffe Wharf, the water was a perfect colour after the recent period without any rain. Top rod again, was Pete Sivell, who caught...
