Staringfrog.com | How to Fish for Lake Trout : How to Choose Bait …

Learn how to choose bait for trout fishing in this free video on lake trout fishing . Expert: Charlie Labarda Bio: Charlie Labarda is and expert in Trout fishing in Lakes and ponds in Northern Arizona. He always catches the most fish and …

Posted on March 30, 2010 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Airflo heat at Seighford Lakes – Fly Fishing Forums

There is going to be an Airflo heat held at Seighford lakes in Stafford both individuals and teams of 3 are welcome. The heat will be held on the 8th.

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Sussex Sea Fishing match Seaford Jan 08

www.sussexseafishing.co.uk holds its first match of 2008 at Seaford beach. Sunday 27th 2008. 16 people fished the match.

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Sussex Sea Fishing match Seaford Jan 08

www.sussexseafishing.co.uk holds its first match of 2008 at Seaford beach. Sunday 27th 2008. 16 people fished the match.

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Goliath Tiger Fish: "Evolution on Steroids" in Congo

On an unprecedented Congo River run, scientists and kayakers have found potential new species, the spike-toothed goliath tiger fish, and evidence that the African river may be the world’s deepest.

Posted on March 29, 2010 Filed Under Diving and Fishing Holidays, Fish, Fishing Diary, Sea Holidays | Leave a Comment

Bait Tech Spring Festival

There was no rest and it was straight onto White Acres for the Bait Tech spring festival, I’m not sure this year if spring is the correct terminology, the festival was competed in winter conditions and in my eyes could better be described as an aquatic game of snakes and ladders! The draw bag is the dice and the pegs deciding whether you climb up the leader board or go sliding down those slippery snakes. I actually enjoy the format of this festival as it is more of a traditional type of match, firstly it is pellet barred event, hook lengths for the feeder have to be a minimum of 12 inches, and no inline feeders are allowed. Most anglers know the format but just as a quick reminder; the sections that you will be fishing are pre drawn so that you know where you are before you arrive on site.  You stay in the same 36 peg section but can you can draw against anybody in your group in nine peg sections.  There is a rotation system and each day you fish a different lake so after day one everybody has an idea of what to expect! Here we go There is always a buzz on Monday morning at the draw; everybody is hoping for that bit of luck that will give them a reasonable peg and a start on the leader board, I was no exception hoping that this festival will be the one. It is really good mixing with old friends and saying hello to some of the stars. As I approached the front of the queue in C section I had my thoughts firmly on a peg on Trelawney as I fancied getting amongst those F1’s and a few of those big edge dwellers that would give me a me good start in the festival. Peg 29 Twin Oaks is what came out of the bag of dreams and my initial thoughts were that it would be a struggle with silvers an important part of the day. As I walked out of the club house I bumped into Harry and he confirmed my thoughts stating that 30lb would be a good weight in that section and a good proportion would be silvers fish. At the peg I assembled two SPRO Midwater 4 x 16 floats with .10 Xedion hook lengths and size 18’s T213 hooks, I planned to target both Silvers and F1’s at 13m I planned on two swims one at 10 o’clock and the other at 2 o’clock. The same rigs would also be used for the 5m that I would fish straight in front of me. I had an edge rig which was a 4 x 10 J12 float with a .12 bottom that I hoped I could catch silvers with and would give me a chance of landing a carp if I hooked one. A straight lead that was clipped up so I could fish tight to the far bank was also assembled; this could be changed to a small feeder if I felt the need. For bait I had plenty of casters, a few maggots and some corn, meat, hemp and worms. Ground bait was my regular Swimstim mix with YB Green Betaine. Feeding Time At the start I fed reasonably aggressively on the left hand side with six balls of GB cupped in and half a cup of meat and hemp on the other line. I loose fed corn on the 5m line. Starting on the straight lead with corn I cast just short of the far bank and started pinging single grains of corn over whilst I watched the rod tip. I was really pleased to see it pull round and a 1 ½ pound common opened my account in the festival. It unfortunately was the only one and a later change to ground bait feeder resulted in a couple of F1’s but I was having a huge problem with overhanging vegetation, including some that was submerged, it cost me a couple of hook lengths and feeders, plus the time it took to re tackle. I found myself getting a little frustrated with my start especially as they were catching quite a few F1’s to my left! I had a couple of F1’s over my ground bait and a couple of roach but it was not responding as I hoped, there was not a bite to be had on meat line. With two hours gone I was at a loss on what to do especially as they were now sacking with F1’s to my left. I decided for some reason or other to start a new line at 11.5m straight in front of me feeding 125ml of meat and hemp. I put a bit of meat on the hook and shipped out and the float literally disappeared! A 10 oz F1 was the culprit! Putting on a toss pot and feeding a few pieces of meat every drop saw me have a bite a chuck until the end of the match. I was now literally in a race trying to catch up with the others. What an amazing three hours I had, finishing third in section with 46lb 10oz, second was 57lb and the winner had around 60lb which was all big carp. Oh man this was a couple of points dropped in my book. As I write this I still cannot believe that I could not get a bite at 13m and yet it was solid a couple of metres away! Sometimes this game of ours is a strange old thing. But, I had the good fortune to pick up the section money by default which was a bonus. I was on that snakes and ladders board, not finding any ladders but importantly missing those snakes! Porth Time This is a match I always look forward to, but I find it a very time consuming affair changing all my kit around to fish purely for silvers and then swopping everything back at the end of the day. I wouldn’t have it any other way as it is a top venue in my eyes. I was really keen to fish it as I have not been there since last May. My thoughts at the draw was to be ‘on the boat’ well at least my kit as I wanted the far bank in particular peg 77 which has the only proper platform on the match length! That wasn’t to be as I could see it had already gone as I approached the bag, a quick dip with my left hand and out came peg 74, great next peg to where Andy Gregory won the match the previous day with 19lb I was well pleased with the draw. Good old rods I set up two old Normark feeder rods, one with braid which I set up as a conventional paternoster rig using a.12 Xedion hook length and a size 20 Milo AS hook which has a micro barb and in my opinion is the perfect for the feeder. They are large for their size hence a 20. The other rod had a hair rig which would allow me to have the odd chuck with corn both were clipped up around 25 turns of the reel handle. I also set up a1.25 gram Tamas Walter pencil float to fish at 13m where I found a gentle slope. At the start I cupped in around eight balls of ground bait which was Swimstim darkened with a bag of Mosella All Round Select, there was a lot of chopped worm and caster in this mix. Accurate casting? Starting on the feeder with red maggot on the hook I had three quick casts to get some bait on the bottom. On the third cast I think my feeder caught on something behind me as I felt it jar just as prepared to cast. I saw the feeder land perfectly where it should have but it was no longer attached to my line! Oh man not the start I wanted! Putting a bit of corn on the other rod I cast out whilst I re tackled. When I was ready I reeled in the corn rig and thought it felt heavy but I could not believe my eyes when I had hooked my lost feeder in the swivel! I actually thought I could win today with luck like that! I started getting bites from small skimmers and was pleased to be putting some fish in the net as from what I could hear anglers were struggling for bites. I stuck to my guns concentrating for minute bites and at the same time putting a reasonable amount of corn through the feeder hoping to attract and hold some bigger fish in my swim. I did manage a couple of better skimmers but the cold water was having its toll and it was slow, that said there were fish to be caught. After 1 ½ hours I had a look on the pole line and in a dozen put ins I had 10 perch between 1 oz and 4 oz probably putting a pound of fish in the net within a very short period. But after the tenth fish there were no more bites. I re fed but never went back on the pole. I managed to catch fish slowly until the end of the match, I even had three fish on the corn which were of a better stamp. But the jewel in the crown came from a bite on worm and after a hard fight I had a 3lb plus bream in the net. I have to say that a 3lb slab is a big fish to play on a light rod with braid as you feel every little shake of the head but it was worth it! There were two other slabs caught in my section one was a beauty of 5lb 8oz caught by Tracy to my right and the other around 4lb two pegs to my left. My net went 14lb 5oz which was good enough to win the section. The better news came when I reached the car park and found scales man Mark Lazell waiting for me with the news that I had won the match, second weight was around 10lb 10oz so I didn’t need the bream! The dice had rolled well for me today and a double six helped as I found one of those big ladders on the board and moved up to 13 th place! Bolingey bound Peg 31 was the peg that stuck to my hand today and I felt it was an ok draw with a chance of good points. A look at he previous days results showed me that Steve Ringer had won the section from peg 33 so on the way back to my van I called at Steve’s caravan and cheekily asked for a run down on how he approached the match. What I got was a full briefing on how he fished and more importantly how he would fish if he was going there today! What other sport could you speak to one of the top players in the country and be given honest and very good advice. Thanks Steve, I really appreciate the time you spend trying to help other anglers. So with some sound advice and my own experience of fishing the lake I set up a .5 gram Capri to fish two lines on the long pole at angles so I could feed one and fish the other. I also had a line at 5m which was fished with 6m of pole again at an angle.  I also assembled a shallow rig just in case but Steve did tell me that very few were caught shallow. Bait was 6mm pieces of meat that I was hooking direct on Milo hooks T252 I had them in size 16’s and 14’s a new hook to me but one that I really like the look of. Steady start in the nursery My match started steady with a few fish gracing the net but they were not coming with any regularity and they were on the small size. I could see fish moving on the surface but they seemed to be on the other side of the lake and the angler on peg 44 was putting a few fish in the net that he caught shallow and what’s more they were big fish. I had a go for them shallow and eventually caught one but did not get another bite. I felt I was waiting too long for bites so I went back on the deck. The rest seemed to do my swim no harm and I had a quick run of three carp. The match was drawing towards the last hour and I really needed a boost, it was quite close in the section, that is with the exception of peg 44 who had pulled away from the pack but if I could manage a second I would be on one of those small ladders. It was time to put all the effort into the 5m line that I had primed fro the start. It wasn’t frantic sport but the fish were coming, I think I had five more fish. With minutes to spare I was playing a carp, I looked at the time I saw I had a minute or so left and was thinking it might be important so better take my time and land it, just as I thought that it surfaced and I scooped a 4 pounder. There was still time on the clock so I quickly re baited and dropped in, the float settled and buried a firm lift saw a yard of purple J range lastix shoot out of the pole just as the all out was shouted! It was a good feeling shouting fish on, it was also a good fish for me personally as it was over 10 pounds. This fish lifted me into second place in the section beating Dorkings Dave Harpin by 7 ounces! The ladder I landed on today moved me up the board to 8 th place. Oh Man not again! Thursday saw our section move onto the Match Lake and I was really hoping for a peg that would give me a chance of competing but all my hopes were dashed when the bag of dreams once more turned into a nightmare and peg one came out! That part of the arm had been poor, I tried to keep a positive head on and approach the match hoping the fish were there. There is not much to write as I tried hard but failed miserably and could not catch. I fed positive on one line for silvers but there was just blades feeding. I had 40 minutes looking for a carp tight to the island but nothing was happening. As soon as I came off that line two ducks spent the rest of the day diving down for the bait that had not been eaten by its intended quarry. With two hours to go I set up a small feeder and fished this as far to my left as was legal about 1 ½ metres off the far bank just hoping for a run of carp. I even put away all my silver rigs just leaving the feeder and an edge carp rig to finish the match with. I wanted no distractions as I knew if I didn’t catch some bigger fish or I was sunk. I managed one 5lb mirror and three nice sized perch that took a fancy to 6mm luncheon meat, finishing the match with just over 12lb for three points. I did however find that big old snake that resides near the top of the board and found myself sliding down the board to around 40 th place! Wind and rain to finish the week The last day was also a worry as we were on Jenny’s and Python I love both these lakes but the Python narrows with the exception of a couple of pegs were very hard. I put my hand in the bag and as I pulled it out the number was facing Kirsty who was doing the draw, I could not bring myself to turn it round and asked her what I had. She told me I was on peg 5 and I gave her a great big grin in relief! I was happy with that it, the section fished hard the day previously with my peg returning 10 lbs and 2 points but Steve Ringer had won the section with 36lb from peg 6 so I felt I had a chance. Steve had caught skimmers on the pole and that is what I set up for. Two lines one at 5 sections and the other at 11.5m I wanted to fish longer but the forecast was terrible and I wasn’t making the mistake of going out too long. My rigs were .5gram Cralusso Capri’s for the longer line as I wanted something I could hold on against when the wind got up. The swim was around 5’, hooks were size 16 T213 to a.10 bottom as worm was the bait. I also set up a.4 gram SPRO Midwater float with an 18’s hook to fish at 5 sections of pole. The last thing I set up was a small GB feeder. I had three pints of caster with some maggots and a kilo of worms plus two bags of Ground bait. At the start I fed aggressively at 5 sections and I was pleased to see that I was the only one to do this, 5 big cup full’s of GB went in on that line as I hoped to attract some skimmers in close. A big pot of chopped worm and caster was deposited on the 11.5m line. Starting on the GB feeder I managed 3 Cornish F1’s in the first 30 minutes but I was been beaten by my neighbour on peg 4 and also by Matt on peg 7. Just prior to the match starting there had been a pleasure angler fishing the feeder dead opposite me and I think this had a detrimental effect on my line. Changing to the 5m pole I was really pleased to see a skimmer first put in on double maggot. A few followed and I introduced a little choppie over their heads and I stated catching on worm. The line appeared solid. I noticed that my hook had lost its point so I fed a small ball of GB whilst I changed it and when I dropped back in I couldn’t catch! I just could not believe that a small ball had such an effect but they had gone! I fished it for awhile in case it was carp that had moved in but I was now struggling. Moving onto the longer line and I could not buy a bite other than small roach. I took the decision to introduce GB here as well and that worked! I started catching skimmers again. I had a vey enjoyable match on the pole catching around 35lb of mainly skimmers. It was a shame that the Tench didn’t arrive as they would have boosted my weight but I mustn’t grumble!  Apart from the weather which was awful with very strong winds and torrential rain it was nearly a perfect match. I finished third in section the winner from peg 8 having 50lb of F1’s on the feeder and the chap to my left having 39lb his earlier fish on the feeder took the match out of reach. The third place put me back on a ladder and I finished the festival in 20 th place with 31 points out of a possible 36 once again I really enjoyed my week’s fishing with the exception of one day! The good thing for me was that I qualified for the Preston / Parkdean festival in October which I was pleased about as this was my only chance of qualification this year. What a performance Phil Ringer absolutely took the place apart winning his section every day finishing with a perfect score, quite an achievement. Yes, you have to draw well to do that but I can assure you that no one just lets you have the points you have to earn them. Well done mate absolutely brilliant. Richard Kinning also had four section wins but he dropped a third place to finish second followed by Joff Rogers and Steve Ringer on 35 points. Well done once again to the fisheries team at White Acres another fantastic festival which was very well run. Also thanks to the festival sponsors Bait Tech who gave everybody a nice selection of their products its great to see your support every year.

Posted on March 29, 2010 Filed Under Fish, Fishing | Leave a Comment

Linsley Bros Fly Fishing Open Day

Linsley Bros are holding a Fly Fishing Open Day on Sunday 11th April. Held at Bolton Abbey Estate, Skipton, North Yorkshire the event will run from 10am to 4.30pm The free event offers a fantastic opportunity to try out the very latest Hardy and Greys fishing tackle and to buy at fantastic prices. Activities include demonstrations, casting instruction and advice from the UK’s leading experts including Steve Peterson, Andy Smith and Ian Gordon.

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Sunday Morning Blues

Low Tide Richards Bay above the steel bridge | For Africa | StLuciaOrgZa | ElephantCoastCoZa | iSimangaliso | Accommodation |

Posted on March 28, 2010 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, Fishing Report | Leave a Comment

Angling | Easter Sunday special at Jacklands Fishing Lakes | This …

The new owners of Jacklands Fishing Lakes are holding an Easter Sunday Special on April 4.

Posted on March 27, 2010 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Video Hatch: More Fly Fishing and Jazz

I don’t know how these guys manage to combine stuffed trout and back-alley casting with jazz recording and make it entertaining, but they do. Sweden’s Tightlines Quartet captures some funny moments during the first day of recording at Studio Epidemin Göteborg, Sweden‎.

Posted on March 27, 2010 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, Fishing Trips | Leave a Comment

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