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...
Bitterwell Lake at WesterleighHas been fishing well through all the recent bad weather, the carp are still active and the Silverfish Open yesterday was won with 14lb of skimmers and roach, Liquidised maggots potted in, and a maggot hookbait over the top produced the goodsMost of the skimmers are being caught on a long pole and the roach are being...
Saturday was the first round of the new format CIPS league, last year was just one league, this year the league has been split into regions. The North has a division being fished on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal and the East has a region fished on the fens.The Midlands and South League which was being fished on Barston and...
Former World Champion Clive Branson has his own website called Angling News Weekly, it is kept up to date all the time and it covers all thats happening in the angling world, with in depth coverage of the welsh angle.It is a very popular and busy site, As a former world champion he covers and keep up to date with...
The final round was a low weight affair, heavily coloured water and a flat calm evening made the fishing really tough and tense, as the top 3 in the league battled for every bite.Pete Ellis was the top rod on the night with 6lb 1oz of skimmers and eels using groundbait and maggot on the pole, this result and last...
Thursdays evening match was a real 'winter' affair, November really started with a cold and wet spell, it never stopped raining all night. The water was heavily coloured from the recent rain and it was a night for trying to catch a big fish instead of lots of small ones.Top rod on the night was Alan Healey with 10lb 10oz...
Thursdays night match at Bathurst Basin had a real winter feel about it, a cold strong wind had the regulars reaching for the 'thermals'. The docks was a nice colour, and had it not been for the wind the weights would have been a lot better.Top rod on the night was Aaron Britnell with 9lb 15oz which included a 2lb...
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