In the first of our three-part guide to winter fishing Dave ‘Michael Fish’ Woodmansey shows how to maximise your chances by keeping an eye on what’s happening in the sky AT THIS time of year the weather can be the single biggest factor in deciding if you’ll have a good day’s fishing – or suffer a bad one. Weather conditions ...
THE next time you hook a bait remember one thing – the fish you’re trying to catch will probably be able to taste the metal it’s made from! To help you understand this amazing ability, in this feature I’m explaining all about a fish’s sense of taste… How fish taste Some people find it difficult to separate the senses of ...
Fisheries scientist Dr Mark Burdass has a warning for you – fish might not have ears that you can see but they can hear almost every noise you make. So tread lightly... MOST anglers are aware that fish can pick up vibrations because they have both ears and a lateral line which can pick up any disturbance. The problem for ...
John Weeden’s silverfish pole fishing tactics and the pole fishing rigs he uses really are bizarre! Incorporating a rig with a three-foot pole ‘float’, the Maver match ace regularly takes roach bags well in excess of 30lb. Crude-looking, highly unconventional, downright strange, but devilishly effective when it comes to catching rudd and roach, John’s three-foot float rig is actually a ...
Stuart Walker and Bob Roberst have travelled half way round the world chasing big fish. From the Cauvery river in southern India to the Nepalese border in the Himalayas; from the Nubian desert to the Canadian Rockies, they’ve chased fish and shared untold adventures. Here's their story concentrating on the life of river barbel, told by Bob Roberts It was on one ...
Catmeat is one of the most effective summer commercial carp baits. Everything that we anglers dislike about catfood – the smell, the mess, greasy and oily texture – is absolutely adored by fish. Especially carp. Add this to the fact that catmeat comes prepackaged in fantastic carp-attracting flavours like pilchard, tuna, salmon and sardine, and it’s easy to see why ...
It's not how quickly you land the carp you hook that makes a difference to your catch, it's how long you have to wait for you next bite. Here's how to make sure the fish are lining up waiting for you... Fishing shallow on the pole is a tactic that will account for some really big weights over the ...
I DIDN’T know whether to laugh or cry. We’d already cancelled this feature once because the lake was frozen over but, as I was setting up my tackle, conditions could hardly be said to have got much better. As I was battered by gale force northerly winds that cut to the bone, squalls of heavy rain were ripping across the ...
Ask anyone who fishes with popped-up bread and they’ll tell you it sinks after a few minutes. How long? Five minutes, 10 minutes, something like that. Well how about the fact that it doesn’t sink at all. So why, during a recent match, did every bite take exactly 12mins to come? I’ve got a few theories… This winter popped-up bread ...
IT’S all about pulling off one great big confidence trick. It is a sham, a fraud, a total con but it is also one of the most exhilarating ways to catch a fish. If you have never tried it before, or only had a half-hearted dabble in the art of this trickery, then it’s time you became a fully fledged ...
