The rise of fish farms has resulted in a rise in fish viruses. The most recent is the marine viral disease, Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA). Salmon that have this disease can be detected as they have pale gils. They often swim towards the surface and gasp for air. However, any fish show no signs of illness other than sudden death. Outbreaks were first detected in Norway in 1984 and have since spread to British Columbia, Chile and Scotland. What is concerning to many anglers is that these diseases are spreading to fish outside of fish farms. As such, be careful of where you are fishing and the location of...

I stumbled across this fish the other day. I was discussing it on a popular forum but was surprised when all the information did not line up. Well, I guess I should not have been surprised after all. It is a fishing story after all. The Mean Mouth Bass is a name given to two hybrid bass: a spawn of the largemouth and smallmouth and the smallmouth and spotted bass. However, the spotted bass and smallmouth bass hybrid is most often identified with the name. Read more here: http://bassfishing-gurus.com/mean-mouth-bass.php

I can’t remember such a run a bad weather, the whole of April has basically been a write off. Sure, there was the odd short weather window, often measured in hours, though work and family commitments failed to coincide with these rare opportunities. It was pleasantly surprising when an improvement in the weather was forecast over the forthcoming weekend. Plans were hatched to travel to Wales in the hope of catching a Tope. I’d considered travelling up late on Friday evening, though it would have been a rush job, so the decision was made to leave early on Saturday morning. I’m not sure if I’d been off the water...

Around the Clock Largemouth bass feed at all hours, but most often in the early morning or late in the day. Studies have shown that if there is a lot of noise from human activity during the day, especially from a lot of boat activity and swimmers, there is a greater feeding of the Florida Largemouth Bass at night. However, this is most common in smaller lakes and rivers where the bass do not have anywhere else to migrate. Largemouth Bass feed in low light conditions as they do not like direct sunlight. They have trouble differentiating between lure colours in low light or night fishing, but colour can play a...

We waited anxiously.  More than a few phone calls exchanged theories on moon cycles, water temps, past seasons, weather windows, family commitments and of course the unforgiving work schedule.  By the time I got my stars lined up, Kayak Kevin and Jay Brooks had already clocked in a couple days earlier in the week and both had a notch on their belt to show for it. My turn. Kevin was waiting for me when I pulled up to the launch and as I got things ready, he quickly “branded” my kayak.  Holes were drilled, rivets got popped and before I knew it, I had one of his big DVD...