Tagged: Somerset

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Trip #62 – Water Meadow Revisited

This was going to be my first fishing session as a married man, and I was accompanied by my father in law, Jeff. I had deliberated quite a lot about which venue to try....

Trip #60 – A spot of dinner! 0

Trip #60 – A spot of dinner!

Arriving at Abbotsbury at 7 in the morning to walk the dog and find it absolutely packed meant one thing, the fish were in and the fish were mackerel. I didn’t have any rods...

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Trip #57 – Higher Kingscombe – Lodge Lake

After last week’s trip to this complex I left and immediately wanted to return. The conditions were pretty horrific and despite catching, I knew these lakes had more to offer. Also after a few...

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Trip #54 – Viaduct Fishery – Match Lake

Everyone in the South West knows about the Viaduct fishery. It’s a well established, heavily stocked match fishery with multiple hundreds of pounds required to place in the matches. It regularly features in the...

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Trip #53 – Ilminster Canal

After the silver fishing bonanza on Dillington Pond the previous day, I was itching to get out and trial another of the closed season venues the Ilminister Angling Association had to offer. The Ilminster...

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Trip #52- Dillington Estate Pond

Having lived in Somerset for 6 months I’ve come to realise that there are some great fisheries quite close at hand. The difficulty is, the majority of them are all heavily aimed at commercial...

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Trip #51 – Old Mill Fishery

February’s weather had meant this fishing had been all but a non starter. So when the forecast said that the weekend may offer a slight reprieve I leapt at the chance to get out...