Fishing Diaries

Carp Caviar

Last week saw me staying local and fishing three matches at my local Gwinear, the lakes are fishing really well

The Maver Dream

The White Acres ‘Maver Match This round’ had been in my thoughts for quite some time; I was really looking

Garbolino Spring Festival 2011

I recently made my first visit to Bake Lakes near Plymouth and I was very impressed with it, I will

Gwinear Mini Festival

I didn’t leave myself much time to prepare for the Gwinear three day Bank Holiday mini festival, I only booked

Racking Up The Miles

ince the early spring festivals at White Acres I have been busy with one thing and another which means I

Dynamite Baits Festival 2011

There is no rest for the wicked, as the proverb goes. Well, I must have been really bad in a

Bait Tech Festival 2011

had a telephone call from Wrong Lake telling me the section draw was out for the Bait Tech festival. When

Stafford Moor – So Simple Silver Fish Festival

Stafford Moor heralded the start of the spring festival season and it also signalled the end of the silver fish

Now, That’s a Days Fishing

I managed to get my midweek fix this week at Mawgan Porth; it was their first open match of the

Night Time Drinks

There was a return to winter this last week in Cornwall, especially the nights when it was absolutely freezing; we

Three At White Acres

Do you ever go to a match with preconceived ideas on how you want to fish? I did last Wednesday

Brilliant Winter Sport

I had a text from Adam Richards recently saying that White Acres sounds like a winter’s paradise, he is not

Doing it Right and Getting it Wrong!

Every now and then a match or pleasure session is so good that every detail will be imprinted on your

Deja Vu At White Acres

There was a feeling of Déjà Vu on the Wednesday match at White Acres as I pulled out peg 25,

The Return of Jack

Wednesday was the Rip Van Winkle silver fish open at White Acres and a match I was looking forward to.

Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle silver fish opens have started on Wednesdays at White Acres, and I for one was really keen

Happy New Year!

It felt like I hadn’t been fishing for ages, mainly due to the advent of the ‘Ice Age’ plus the

Blankety Blank!

Match 5 of the White Acres individual winter league soon came round, and with a week’s break for Christmas and

Winter Disruption

Sometimes you just cannot get enough of it and last week proved the point. Having just had five matches in

Mosella Garbolino Festival or The Big Freeze

Unbelievably it was time to head off to White Acres for the Winter Festival. I just do not know where

Anyone For Fishing?

It looks like everybody in my part of the SW has Christmas on their minds and are saving their money

Winter Arrives!

Last week winter officially arrived in Cornwall! There was a huge change in the weather with very cold Northerly winds

On The Buses!

Match fishing sometimes is like catching a bus, no decent matches for ages and then a glut of them on

Preston Innovations Festival

The October Preston Innovations festival is without doubt the ‘Big One’ of the festival season as all the anglers have

Maver Festival

The buzz is still there, standing amongst 180 fellow anglers waiting for the start of the Maver festival at White