Tag: Dave Coster's Fishing Diary

I fished Willows Fishery at Foston earlier this year, catching a nice bag of skimmers and crucians on Sycamore - the third day ticket lake along from the car park. As there are quite a few caravans on the site, I wasn’t sure what to expect on a

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The best time to use the hemp and tare combination is from August through September. The starting signal to look for is when elderberry bushes are ripe with fruit, then you know that roach in particular are likely to switch onto to seed baits. That

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A return visit to the River Witham between Kirkstead and Tattershall bridges saw me struggling for a few small fish on the feeder. The river was a lot weedier than my first trip and quite a few boats didn’t help matters, stirring the thick green

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Dampened 4mm feed pellets, combined with soft 4mm or 6mm hooker pellets are a great way of beating small fish on natural venues.BEATING NUISANCE FISH Fishing natural venues like lakes, canals, drains and rivers it’s not uncommon to be pestered by

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Dave Coster looks at getting your fishing gear to distant swims in the most comfortable fashion, along with discovering a super smooth and very clever pole roller.Getting There... On a recent fishing trip with my mate Andy Griffiths, I noticed he

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