With the close season is well and truly upon us and it was now time to start thinking about a spring stillwater campaign. I have spent the last four springs targeting big bream on a low stock Berkshire pit. The water contains around a dozen fish which can mean things can be a little slow at times. Having fished over 100 nights on this water, culminating in a ... (read more...)

With the end of the season looming and a lovely mild spell of weather I just had to have a concentrated effort on my local River Loddon in search of monster chub. Tactfully I had saved some holiday especially for the occasion and I hoped that this would pay off in spectacular style. A big chub was firmly in my thoughts and with this in mind I started priming a swim ... (read more...)

The weather at the start and middle of January has been exceptionally mild and when we look back to this time last year it couldn’t have been anymore different. This month has again seen me targeting different species and I started by trying to bag a few carp from a local water fishing short evening sessions after work. When the weather begins to chill the fish ... (read more...)

What a month December has been and compared with last year the weather couldn’t have been anymore different. The mild weather and lack of frosts has meant the fish have stayed active and feeding.  Luckily I have managed a bit of time on the bank this month, but not as much as I would have liked. I have tried to keep things varied like normal and in December I ... (read more...)

After catching a big perch last month I was a little lost on what to target next. I had planned to visit the venue most of the winter and with the long drive back and forth I was expecting a long haul. It was great to get this fish off the ‘hit list’ and there would be no more perch fishing this winter that was for sure! I had a week to ten days with no fishing ... (read more...)

At the beginning of October I spent the first three nights I had available back on the big Bream lake hoping that a monster might put in an appearance. Waking on the third morning of the session without so much of a bleep I knew it was time for a change. I was still enjoying my time fishing for the Bream but I felt my fishing was becoming a little stale after ... (read more...)

I really enjoy fishing venues for the ‘unknown’, so when a ticket came available at the end of July to do just this I couldn’t resist. I just couldn’t wait to get going, and the thought of 96 acres of untapped potential on a complex that has produced monster fish of various species sounded too good to be true.

After ... (read more...)