Fens struggle to cope as the waters keep on rising
It'll come as no surprise to anyone that 2012 was second-wettest year on record. But rather than some freak statistic, the incredible amounts of rainfall we've seen over the last 12 months look like...
View ArticleThree nil to the dreaded mitten crabs
The float bobs up and down and the tod tip rattles. I'm not sure it's a pike, but after a few seconds of this, I wind into it and find whatever it was has de-sardined me. Ten minutes later, the same...
View ArticleWeather gets cold in winter - shock, horror
That's going to get cold come the weekend. Proper cold, with frost and stuff. I don't know why I still cling to the naiive belief that this season might still shake off the doldrums and throw up...
View ArticleBelated review of 2012 and a New Year's resolutuion
To think that when I caught this fish, back in February 2012, I was half-bemoaning the fact I'd caught precious little else all season - other than one belting capture that catapaulted my drain PB over...
View ArticleSudden Stratospheric Warming explained
Snow's looking increasingly likely for the weekend. This is not good news, bearing in mind I can't get out fishing before then. Then again, things can't get any worse bearing in mind I haven't managed...
View ArticleDesperation creeps in
Tomorrow's plan is have a lie-in, see what the weather's doing, then get out with the lure rods for a few hours to see if I can find anywhere they're holding up. If I do, I'll go back and give it a...
View ArticleThree drains, no pike
The first drain we tried didn't look too bad, but half an hour sloshing through the mud was enough.We tried a little land drain I haven't fished for years. Better still, it didn't look like anyone else...
View ArticleTime to build an igloo
"Come on," says Malcolm. "You can't bottle it. I mean, it might be a bit cold but that shouldn't bother an old pike fisherman. "Look, I tell you what. Me and Sid will build it - well, I'll design it...
View ArticleHere we snow again
Should have gone yesterday, but the forecast put me off and my first choice venue-wise was frozen over. Ditto today.Thoughts now focussed on the end of next week/weekend/week after. Not sure how some...
View ArticleStill cold in the Fens
Snow still covering the banks and several of the smaller drains were still frozen while I was out and about today. Not sure how much of a thaw we're going to get by the weekend either, to make matters...
View ArticleFrozen Old Bedford
ICE: The frozen Old Bedford, looking downstream from Welney Bridge.
View ArticleStephen Harper at King's Lynn PAC
Stephen Harper's the special guest at the next King's Lynn PAC meeting. It's at the Wm Burt Club on Wednesday, January 30 (7.30pm). Click here for a bit more. See you there.
View ArticlePike waters in the Fens - updated
I've just updated the Waters in the Fens page (see tabs at the top...) after a slightly poetic bit of advice occurred to me. Click here to have a gander.
View ArticleBlank..? We don't have a word for that in Poland
"And at 2pm, we will be meeting here for a barbecue," shouts Rado over the gale lashing across the Fens. "So bring along any fish you catch. And any swans...."Some 46 anglers from five different...
View ArticleWhen was the last time you caught one again?
After an hour or so on the pits with Hawkeye, I twitch the baits and one of the floats dithers and moves off against the breeze. I pull into what feels like a half decent pike, which comes off after a...
View ArticleI'll swear this pike smiled as I slipped her back
I can't remember the last time I was this chuffed to catch a double. As it's the first I've managed all season, I even weighed it in case it turns out to be the season's best.Three pits, five swims and...
View ArticleAn old school twenty
For the first time in ages I drop the rod, stretch my aching arms and look down at something worth catching in the folds of the landing net, as I unclip the trace to unhook it. I knew it was a good...
View ArticleAngler robbed at knife point on Middle Level
Terrible story doing the rounds tonight about a guy who was robbed at knife point by thieves who stole his gear and his van. More here.I've fished that bit of drain several times this season, along,...
View ArticleLast orders - and a last hurrah
Lack of posting over the last week or two is down to the fact I haven't been out because I've been flat out at work. Today looked like a great day to be out as did Friday, when I again couldn't get...
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