A quick morning session to mark the start of the 2024 pike season, and if I’m being honest, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. Early season pike fishing on unfamiliar river stretches is a bit of an unknown quantity. Link in bio #fishing #pikefishing #lurefishing
Commercial fisheries were getting slightly boring, and I wanted a challenge. What could be more challenging than targeting the water ecosystem’s natural apex predator? Link in bio. #fishing #pikefishing
The venue of choice was Sutton Bingham Reservoir – a local water that, if I’m honest, was something of an unknown quantity to us (at the time). We had no idea what to expect, apart from a handful of reports, but sometimes that’s half the fun. Link in bio. #fishing #carpfishing #feeder #suttonbingham
I had never actually fished Cary Lake myself before today. I was well aware of its reputation, though, it’s known for housing some of the venue’s much larger, hard-fighting lumps.
We headed over to the stunning Viaduct Fishery to tackle the Match Lake. The weather was lovely and warm, proper summer fishing weather, and I had a really good feeling about the day ahead.
Today was cold. I mean, really bloody cold. The kind of bitter, piercing winter chill that gets right into your bones and makes you question your own sanity for even looking at a fishing rod.
Today I would be fishing a new stretch of river, a stretch I’d only see in some online videos, but this time it was finally mine to explore. My new season ticket promised a...
There are two things you should know about my ‘early morning power hour’ on the river: This particular early morning adventure, a quick burst of angling before the shops opened, was meant to be...
I had a good feeling about today, today was going to be the day that I was going to break my duck and catch that elusive big bream. As usual my alarm was set...
I’m yet to catch a big bream in Sherborne Lake, but this was the weekend I was confident of doing it. I’d called into Otter angling in Exeter to grab my maggots and groundbait...
My last session was a bit of a hard one, so I returned today, slightly more optimistic. However, a few things weren’t on my side. Firstly, time – I only had the morning to...
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