Last Saturday was the first round of the Basingstoke Canal Winter League, I always look forward to fishing this league, its well run matches and the fishing is good, last years series I caught between 5 and 11lb in every match, this years league bloodworm and joker is banned which is a bit of a shame as I enjoy fishing...
There is one more match to go in the Bristol Docks Thursday evening series being fished on the Mud Dock and Police Launch stretches and things are tight at the top. This weeks match had perfect conditions except for the water being a bit on the coloured side and as happens quite a lot at this time of the year...
The last match of the year, on the docks, looked like it was going to be a cracker, conditions were perfect and everyone was expecting to bag up. The colour was spot on, very mild with a gentle breeze yet it fished awefull.Top rod on the night was John Macey with 5lb 2oz of roach and skimmers caught on the...
Thursday evening match was a struggle for most, the anglers may have been full of festive spirit, but the fish certainly wern't. The colour from the recent heavy rain was starting to drop out and the water was a nice 'fishy' colour, there was very little tow or natural movement and the fish didn't seem to be in a feeding...
The annual Docks Xmas match was a sell out, as it always is, and the whole of the docks system was pegged, The anglers were well spread out and it fished ok for the time of the year. The day before the docks was clear and everyone was expecting the liquidised bread feeder to dominate but overnight the docks system...
I cant wait for this weather to sort itself out, this weekends fishing was one of the worst I can remember, with the lakes frozen for most of the week, from an icy blast, followed by a mild spell that caused a rapid thaw and then more rain. The poor fish didnt know what was going on, the Koi in...
Will Raison has signed for Old Ghost, he's no longer sponsored by Sensas. Old Ghost is a massive Japanese Company who have 70% share of a market that caters for 90 million anglers, a serious player.Will will be involved with product development and producing a range of bait to suit the UK market place.Watch our for there new range of...
The docks system has cleared after all the heavy rain of recent, the rivers that feed the docks have gone down and colour dropped out. This weeks cold snap has seen the water go clear, but the fishing remained reasonable for the time of the year.The clear, cold water has brought about dramatic change of feeding approach, this is the...
This years Garbolino sponsored Silverfish Festival had a real european feel about it as anglers from France and Holland took part. Jack Valkenburg, a dutch Van den Eynde distributor and Baptiste Cortellemont a french under 23 international, had come to sample the great fishing.My practice for this week started on Saturday when I fished peg 28 on Twin Oaks, the...
Thursdays evening match saw a real change to the weather, with the recent high winds, heavy rain and mild air temperatures suddenly a cold frosty front saw the air temperature drop to minus 3, the lads who fish these matches are really dedicated, or mad!!The water was still coloured due to all the rain water coming down the rivers, which...
