Here in mid Wales, over the years, I’ve come to realise that the end of March is the true change over from winter to spring. We can get snow as late as May on the mountains, but generally by the end of March spring is well and truly on the land. This year, even though [...]
I was recently up in Oban, Scotland with my son Mike Jr. We’d booked a couple of days for some pleasure fishing with Ronnie Campbell who runs the charter boat Laura Dawn from Oban. We were fishing with 4 other anglers and the target would be giant common skate, one of the largest fish a [...]
I’ve a busy couple of weeks coming up. This weekend, 26/28th February, I’ll be at the European Beach Championships based in Bridlington. In 2009 well over a thousand anglers fished the event, and this year we’re told the event will be even bigger with a large contingent of European anglers joining those based in the [...]
In this, the second part of our Fluorocarbon line feature, we look at its fishing advantages and the situations where Fluoro carbon gives us the most advantage. WHEN AND WHERE TO USE FLOURO CARBON LINES Due to its refractive qualities making it far less visible to fish in clear water, it is a major advantage [...]
This the first of a two part feature on the benefits and advantages in using Penn Fluoro carbon line. This first part explains what Fluoro carbon is and how it works. I’ve been using Fluoro carbon lines since it was first introduced and it immediately improved my overall results in many fishing situations when used [...]
January through to early April produces some huge pollack from the offshore wrecks situated in the English Channel. Fish well over 20lbs are likely, but any fish over 16lbs is considered a good one. This is fishing you can enjoy on light tackle such as 12lb or 15lb class rods and reels for maximum sport [...]
I tend to spend some of my Christmas holidays planning next years fishing schedule and this year will be no different. I’m already looking forward to a February trip to Scotland targeting common skate and black mouthed dogfish, the latter a possible new species for me. That said I will be out during the days [...]
After weeks of wet and windy weather which had severelyrestricted any chance of fishing due to what can only be described as overlydangerous seas, the forecast high pressure weather system set to edge acrossthe UK suggested conditions would finally be right for a trip after roughground conger. High pressure in the winter means cold, calm, [...]
I’m not long back from a terrific trip to Cobh, Co Cork in Ireland.The trip gave me some incredible general fishing, but what really stood out werethe amazing numbers of bass inside Cork Harbour and all alongthis southern Irish coast. I’d teamed up with Mike Hennessey, Angling InformationManager with the Southwest Regional Fisheries Board and [...]
I spent a great weekend recently in Guernsey in the Channel Islands where I attended an open weekend at Mick’s Fishing Supplies working alongside the counter staff, chatting to customers and helping with general sales. Based in St Sampson’s Mick’s, stocking ABU, Penn and Shakespeare products, is the main hub for Guernsey locals, also visiting [...]
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