Catch Reports
Shows are enjoyable graft sometimes. I was ‘hatched’ locally to Sandown where I have a lot of old friends that I rarely see. I knew I would have 2 days of hyperactive gibbering and relentless playfulness (in amongst the customer liaison of course), so it wasn’t too bad for a [...]
At the start of the year I was at a bit of a loss as of where to fish, and with no tickets acquired for the coming season, I decided to spend some time fishing day ticket venue Hollybush Lakes on the Hampshire/Surrey border. I really enjoyed my fishing on the venue, catching [...]
My last ‘proper angling trip’ was back in early October if my memory serves me well and I decided to take the Friday off work and do my best to get on the fish. Keen as mustard, I was down at Swan well before first light and after a thorough lap looking and listening [...]
Towards the end of the summer I fished several sessions on Hardwick Smiths at the famous Linear Fisheries complex. I had yet to fish Hardwick Smiths and knew very little about the place, so after speaking to a couple of people I had been convinced to give it a go. I finished work on [...]
For the past few weeks, I had been telling my friends that the bigun was well over due, and in the back of my head I had a feeling where she might come from. The swim that I had in mind had been in top form throughout the previous few months, so I knew [...]
It’s been a while since I last went crucian fishing. In fact, looking back I realised that I hadn’t fished for them since last season, so I thought I would go for a quick 48 hours chasing them at my favourite local venue, Enton Lake (aka Johnsons on the Godalming AS ticket). I love [...]
I can’t remember having a more enjoyable Spring/Summer of fishing as this year. Usually by September I try to move on to another water just for the autumn and early winter, partly as a change and a recharge as much as anything, but this year it has all been about one and I couldn’t [...]
I got down to my local syndicate around midday and walked over to a mate of mine that was had done the night before, he was kind enough to tell me which swims looked good and where he had seen the fish. It was a nice clear day with a South Westerly wind blowing [...]
Just of late I’ve really struggled to get the time I’d really like to dedicate to my angling. It’s one of those things and due to my work and family commitments. In turn, this has put me on a fair few blank overnighters but when you do get amongst the fish it makes it [...]
Name: Dan Handley Where From: Berkshire club water Capture Details: Arriving for a quick day session I managed to get in a swim I've been baiting for the last few weeks on the Berkshire club lake I'm currently targeting, I fished over to the bottom of the adjacent marginal shelf, I'd prebaited with about [...]
Name: Dan Handley Where From: Berkshire club water Capture Details: with the weather forecast high pressure and the temperature due to drop, it wasn't looking great for my two nights down at the Berkshire club lake I'm currently targeting, a cold north westerly was blowing down the lake when I arrived it felt chilly [...]
As the new season became ever closer I received a call from a friend who invited me to a really special syndicate and it was an opportunity I couldn’t refuse. The six-acre lake in question was close to the Longfield site and offered angling unparallelled to anything I’d ever experienced. With only 10 members, [...]
Name: Dan Handley Where From: Berkshire club lake Capture Details: Caught on an overnighter from a Berkshire club lake, I set up on the end of an easterly wind fishing to the adjacent marginal snags where I had seen a fish show, a sticky krill pop up on a semi stiff hinge rig over [...]
It actually frightens the life out of me when I consider the duration of my association with the compact little complex of Colne valley lakes named ‘Longfield’. I was recently reminded that it has actually been over 11 years since I first opened the gates to what I consider to be a fantastic [...]
Over the last few weeks the fishing at the Park Lake has been sketchy in the extreme. With the prevalent NE wind stream that we endured, which knocked the water temperatures back all of a sudden. Those HUGE GREAT Welly CARP stopped showing and gave few (if any) clues to their whereabouts. I [...]
Name: Dan Handley Where From: Berkshire club lake Capture Details: On a recent overnighter on a water in going to be targeting this winter I fished to a silty gulley in between two gravel bars using semi stiff hinges over spodded are of whole and chopped sticky krill, a few fish were showing in [...]
After a crazy 4 months at work, it felt great to finally get the rods out again during my long holiday. I arrived at the lake late Monday evening, the air pressure was sky high and the sun was blazing down. Pegs 1 & 9 both allow access to the Road Bank, which is [...]
Name: Ryan Grogan Where From: LE'tang Nior, France Capture Details: 39lb 13oz Gardner Products Used: All the cover bits and bobs to make up the ronnie rig, and the lead clip system
Name: Lee Fraser Where From: Local club water Capture Details: fishing tight to the trees and the amazing Ronnie rig made with Gardner products Gardner Products Used: 15lb mirage and the amazing Ronnie rig
Name: Geoff Rivett Where From: Wisbech Capture Details: Common carp 20lb 4Oz caught at woodlakes using a Ronnie rig made from your tutorial. Bait was a 10mm cell popup Gardner Products Used: Mugga hook size 6 and quick change swivel. Gardner gt HD 15lb
