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14 th April 2014
The Week Ahead...
The Prospects…Another nice week last week as most days remained relatively dry and settled, with very little in the way of rain, temperatures hovered around mid teens and decent spells of sunshine were common place.Looking ahead to this week and of
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14 th April 2014
More Success For Shanks...
More Carp Fishing Success For Shanks...I decided to make the effort to do Sunday overnighter after seeing some perfect conditions forecast for catching a carp or two. Knowing the lakes would be quiet on a Sunday afternoon with mild temperatures, rain
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09 th April 2014
Chinook II Charter Fishing Report – April
In Essex, over the last two weeks, the weather has been very settled and this has allowed us to get out and enjoy some excellent inshore fishing.There has been a big influx of Thornback Rays to all areas of the Estuary, as they prepare themselves for
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09 th April 2014
Wednesday Review... Fox 12000 XT Reels
Fox 12000 XT Reels ReviewI have been using the Fox XT’s for half a year and they have been nothing short of fantastic. The faultless line lay and the large, coned spool really aid casting, especially during big chucks.With just one turn of the
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08 th April 2014
A New Water, A New Carp Fishing Challenge - Rob Shanks
I haven’t put pen to paper for a while because quite simply between November and March I have been doing very little fishing and probably accumulated 10 hours behind the rods and an equal amount walking the banks. With the New Year came a new
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07 th April 2014
The Week Ahead...
The Prospects…Well last week was a cracker; I think there’s no doubting, that spring has definitely arrived! Dry settled weather, decent spells of sunshine and temperatures around the mid teens, were all very welcome, not only by us anglers, but
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04 th April 2014
Carp Fishing With Bread - 'Popped Up Bread'
For this latest episode we took the cameras down to Barford Lakes, opting to fish the lake known as Colton, we wanted to try and catch a few Carp on Bread and in particular, popped up bread!This method has been well documented in the last few years
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03 rd April 2014
The Caribbean Queen Falls To Our Very Own Joe Atkinson
The Caribbean Queen Falls To Our Very Own Joe AtkinsonThis 47lb 4oz Mirror known as the Caribbean Queen was the reward for our very own Joe Atkinson, after he re-focused his attention on his local Essex Syndicate water.Re-visiting Bayeswater, having
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02 nd April 2014
Carp Fishing Back In Cambs... Michael Stewart
After the capture of the 34lber from Norfolk it was time to move back to the Cambridgeshire water. On my first trip back, just three weeks ago, I managed to land a gnarly old looking 16lb common and lost another, both to Zigs. The next week saw me
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