A little warning to those who want to start fishing  in the UK.  If you fish you must have your licence on your person

 

Even if you have a licence but don't have it on your person you are liable for a fine of up to £4000 for fishing  without one and your tackle can be confiscated.

It then gets worse. If you then want your tackle back you have to pay today's new prices for your tackle even if it was 10 years old

 

In the financial year 2003/04 the Environment Agency prosecuted 545 people for rod licence offences in the Anglian region. The total fines for the year were £33,675, with costs of £30,020 awarded to the Agency. On average, each angler paid £119 for an unlicensed fishing trip, with the average fine at £61 and the average costs at £58.  In the second quarter of the financial year (July-September) there were 199 successful prosecutions, more than two-and-a-half times that of April-June with fines totalling £9,938 and costs of £9,600 awarded to the Agency.

September saw the largest number of successful prosecutions with 77 offenders being fined a total of £3,732 and ordered to pay Agency costs of £3,910 each.

Personal bests are

Mirror Carp 31lb 5oz Gran Canaria November 2007

Common Carp 24lb 5oz Twin Lakes 2007

Perch 3lb and that was a river perch! no *** camera

Roach 2lb

Tench 5lb the ponds record was 51 /2lb

Crucian 2lb

Bass 6lb Newquay 1999 Rapala lure

Bream 5lb Norfolk Broads

Pike 6lb a tiddler really

Trout 4lb River (escaped from Ladybower)

Grayling 21 /2lb

Chubb 5 lb

Mullet 5lb

Gudgeon 31 /2oz

Pumpkinseed  4oz  (they are tiny Google for them)

 

I have never won a match and am not bothered about fishing them  though my sons regularly fish and win matches.

Some of My fish

 

 

 

PB Mirror Carp of 31lb caught in Gran Canairia in November 2007

 

Peace perfect peace

River Trent at Laneham

That pike mentioned above

 © G.A.Wilson

 © G.A.Wilson

No Steph doesn’t fish !!!!

This is what she caught at Twin Lakes France

 © G.A.Wilson

fishing

Look for this little fellow on reviews

 © G.A.Wilson

 © G.A.Wilson

A couple of fish caught at Clay Cross AA water  both on floating baits

 

Clay Cross East side of lake

 © G.A.Wilson

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Trumpet fish taken in Gran Canaria

 © G.A.Wilson

Twin Lakes 2008

20lb Top Lake common Carp –the yellow fins show it’s from the top lake.

 

And for a change taken on single grain sweetcorn on a small hook—size 14