Angling Tips and Advice

Spinning is a popular and successful method for catching predatory fish in Britain, including pike, perch, zander, chub, trout, sea-trout, salmon and eels. “Angling” entails presenting a bait or lure that is likely to appeal to the quarry and, in the case of predatory fish, this usually means something that looks and behaves like a small fish; spinning is a way of achieving exactly that. It’s a very active method of fishing, because it entails casting and retrieving, searching the water, time after time, until a fish is located and, hopefully, hooked. Spinning tackle should include a selection of appropriate lures, a trace that ...  Read the complete review

Forget Pike the predator to fish for is the wels catfish - silurus glanis to give it its Latin name. The fish is known by several naems across the continent such as the Waller, Silurus, Silure. In Russia fish of over 700lbs have been caught by trawlers. In the uk the former record stood at 62lbs but has now been discontinued although fish to over 100lbs have been caught in this country and recently a fish of 250lb was caught in Italy. In Spain many fish over the 150lb weight are caught each year. Tackle required for fishing for wels catfish in the UK For the majority of catfishing in the UK i would recomend that most standard pike and carp tackle is ...  Read the complete review

The Pike, This species of fresh water fish is at the top of the food chain in its surrounding habitat. Pike is the common name of several species of carnivorous, freshwater game fishes characterized by elongated bodies and bill-like snouts. These two characteristics play an enormous part in the way that the pike catches its prey. The long powerful body, gives the pike incredible speed, agility, and above all enables it the element of surprise upon its prey. They large tail fins allow the pike to sprint at short distances and the their slim bodies keep down the water resistance. So they have adopted a very stealthy method of catching the surrounding water ...  Read the complete review

Im big, BIG into my fish KEEPING now. Once upon a time I was BIG into my fish CATCHING. Its only recently that I realised its not nice being forced the wrong way through the water with all of your bodyweight dragged along by a hook through your lip. Still as a teenager, I caught some great Carp. There are 4 types of Carp really in the UK. Crucian Carp are much smaller than their 3 big brothers, the Mirror, the Leather and the Common Carp. To hook the Crucians out, you simply need a bit of sweetcorn on a golden hook and bobs your uncle. Early in the season, you can catch the smaller carp of the top with dog biscuits. I used to ...  Read the complete review

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