Trip #108 – Mallard Merriment
I had recently been given the rarest of opportunities – the fabled “weekend without a child”, courtesy of grandparents. So I quickly decided that I was going to head out to a nearby fishery,...
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Trip #107 – Oathill Revisited
Only a short one, but that doesn’t mean to say unproductive. I had an hour to catch as many fish as I could. So off I went with my bag of krill flavoured “big...
Trip #106 – Outstanding Oathill
It’s been a long time since I’ve been fishing. One measured in months, maybe even years. The last fish I caught were 9lb and 6lb Bass during a storm on a Bench in South...
Trip #91 – Higher Farm – Lower Lake
Today’s session was going to be a wet one. The weather forecast was set between light – heavy rain all day. Still a day on the bank is better than a day in the...
Trip #89 – Higher Farm – Higher Lakes – Lake 2
After my last trip to the Long Load Canal and my trip back to Wales I decided my next trip was going to be another new venue. The tides were not working in my...
Trip #87 – Long Load Drain
Fish don’t catch themselves! Although in some commercial fisheries you could argue that they might… With that contentious issue in mind I decided to steer clear of catch proven and conventional lakes I would...
Trip #84 – Avalon Fishery – Moore Lake
I was quite excited today to be trying out a new fishery, and this week it came in the shape of Avalon fisherybased right in the middle of Shapwick nature reserve. It was quite...
Trip #82 – Higher Kingcombe Floaters
Just a snippet of a post from me this week, as there was extraordinary amounts of cleaning and shopping to be done. Also, by the time I had worked out I had time to...
Trip #80 – Viaduct Match Lake
A visit from the in-laws meant that this weekend I would be fishing with my father-in-law Jeff. I wanted to go somewhere which offered a bit of sport, with the potential of a few...
Trip #79 – Broadleaze (Baker’s Mill) Fishery
I’ve been desperate to find local venues (within 15 – 20 minutes) as they enable me catch a sneaky hour or 2 while walking the dog in the summer evenings. I’ve never bagged a...
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