Category: Lure Fishing

First Fish Of The Year!

My first fishing session of 2020! A short trip to a cold, clear and very chilly Oxford Canal with my Dad. He easily won the biggest perch prize, plus the biggest branch and a...

A Perfect End To The Year

The perfect end to 2019 has to be a New Years Eve family stroll along the canal and my daughter’s very first fishing session. She’s a natural! It’s great to get out with my...

Fun Flinging The Rubber

Just had a couple of enjoyable late afternoon mini sessions on the Oxford Canal with the trusty lure rods. I went for perch yesterday… but all I could catch were zander. I then went...

Quick-Fix Chubbing

My final lure session of the year was a really short afternoon mission, targeting chub on a local river using jig heads and crayfish lures. I put together this short vid for a bit...

Third Cast With Reggie

Had a really quick mini mission on the cut this evening. Fourth cast with one of my new ‘Reggies’ (a crayfish lure!) and this chunky beauty nailed it! I’ve now had three mini missions...

Fishing With A Ned Rig

My latest mini video is from a quick session using a Ned Rig setup for perch on my local River Cherwell. This type of rig was originally developed for bass fishing in America, but it...

It’s Lure Time!

It’s that time of year when I dust off the lure rods once again. Love a bit of jigging, dropshotting, ned rigging and general chucking about on my local canals, lakes and streams. Usually...

Welcome Surprise On The Canal

Another lure-caught species ticked off the checklist. Fought like a demon. Turned out to be a chunky 2lb hybrid. Last cast. Hooked (cough) in the (cough, cough) tail! What? They all count! 😉

Another PB!

  A very quick Boxing Day jigging session on the Grand Union with my Dad (as it was too chuffin’ cold!) lead to yet another personal best. This aluminium cooking pot was hooked some 15 metres...