The lakes at Daiwa Manton have continued to mature and the carp and catfish have got bigger. While we are not able to offer fish the size you see down south, at least we have not tried to create an instant monster carp water as has happened at some less reputable fisheries...Read More

Since 1994 I have been organising pike fishing trips to Ireland. Initially we fished Loughs Mask and Corrib, and then we moved to Lough Allen and then the River Bann system. These days I still do a few trips each year based at Portumna on the Shannon...Read More

The heavy black clouds scudded across the sky and heavy droplets of rain left bullet holes in the surface of mighty Lake Windymere. No sane person was pike fishing that day as white horses rolled down the lake...Read More

The Daiwa Manton Carp fishery comprises two lakes situated near to Manton, Kirton in Lindsey. The Old Lake is a well established 10 acre lake dug out primarily to store irrigation water. It has a stock of around 60 carp...Read More

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These are my personal views and other experienced pike anglers may have a different view. Personally I'm not bothered whether a trace wire is exceptionally thin or supple for its breaking strain. All I care about is whether or not it is durable and reliable. I have used...Read More

Soft plastic lures were about years ago when I was only a beginner at pike fishing. I remember seeing the French "Plucky" lures in the window of the local fishing tackle shop. I do not think I ever owned one; I certainly never caught anything on such a lure. I probably couldn't afford to buy one anyway. How times change...Read More

Is it any good? Well we decided to give it a go because it sounded good. That is not always the best basis for importing £500 of wire from abroad, but sometimes you have to go with a hunch...Read More

It takes some effort to think back to where all this started. It must have been those first smelt given to me by a Norfolk man in 1966. From that day onward I was always on the lookout for smelt. A contact in St Helens got me some in the early1980s, enough for myself and a few Tackle Shop customers...Read More

There can be no denying the effectiveness of modern lures for pike fishing. For myself, although I do relatively little lure fishing in comparison with bait angling, I am very aware that my three biggest pike of 37-04, 36-04 and 34-08 all came on lures! On a recent Irish trip, the largest fish of 25-08...Read More

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One of the interesting aspects of running a couple of large carp waters is talking to the members. There are very aspects of carp fishing that get my members going. They do not complain about litter because members do not leave litter. We do not have a security problem because non members...Read More