Total Fishing Blog

How To Catch More Fish (Beginner Tips)

2012-05-07T09:15:00.000+01:00

By Ian G Burden It can be frustrating and tiresome not to be getting any fishing action but sometimes all it takes is to change the speed that you retrieve your line. The predatory instincts of most fish are triggered by anything that resembles an injured and easy meal. There's less work to be done chasing after something that's swimming a few strokes, pausing, lilting on its side, then slowly

British Bream Record Broken Again

2012-04-22T09:06:00.000+01:00

The British bream record has been beaten following the capture of a fish weighing in at a colossal 23lb. Smashing the previous best for the species by nearly 3lb. The huge fish was landed by specimen Carp angler Scot Crook from Cambridgeshire’s Ferry Lagoon, a water that has been well known for a number of years for its record breaking potential following the capture a British record in bream

Daiwa Exist 2012

2012-04-03T10:31:00.000+01:00

The first thing you notice when you pick up the 2012 Exist is its weight. The machined Zaion body and rotor is incredibly light weight yet exhibits mores strength than magnesium or any alloys available, it is lighter and completely corrosion resistant. Its precision engineering supports the re-vamped high accuracy Digigear II drive and silent oscillation system to produce smoother rotary

The Trophy shot -5 Tips To Help You Get It Right

2012-03-18T08:59:00.001Z

We look at 5 key things to avoid or remember when taking photos of carp, whether snapping your mates first 40 or your kid's first double the following will help to ensure the perfect Trophy Shot.Bad Composition. There's a number of sides to this. To state the obvious trophy shots are about the angler and the fish so as a general rule these should dominate the composition, i.e. be in the center

Tips For Pike Fishing

2012-02-25T10:13:00.001Z

To catch pike you first have to find where they are in a water, "easy right!" wrong in a large lake or river it can prove a big challenge. Typically, being a predatory fish, pike will be near the shoals of small fish that they feed on. If you can locate theses there's a good chance pike will be near by.Look for features, pike feed by ambushing their prey and love hiding in weed, around fallen

Boomerang Snip from the Boomerang Tool Company

2012-02-13T17:59:00.000Z

Like most Angler When I started fishing I utilized nail clippers for cutting lines or trimming leaders, and while this basic “tool” got the job done for slicing through monofilament It was hard to get a clean cut through braided lines and I often ended up pinching down so hard just trying to saw through these lines, resulting in frayed hard to tie line-ends. Enter the Boomerang Snip

Biggest catfish ever caught by a Brit

2011-11-20T10:41:00.004Z

Jonathan's 245lb Catfish The biggest Wels catfish ever caught by a British angler has been taken by a Somerset angler whilst on holiday in Spain.The huge catfish weighing 245lb (111kg) and 8ft 3in in length was landed by 31 year old Jonathan Avery, from Winscombe while on a fishing trip on the river Segre.Jonathan got his big bite after waiting 15 hours at Mequineza. And was the only bite of

Fishing For Tench

2011-10-07T12:23:00.000+01:00

Tench have a thick set, deep, powerful body with rounded fins and a large broad tail fin like, with colour varying from a pale olive green to very dark brown green, they have a light golden to almost orange belly. The eyes are quite small and are very distinctive as they are red in colour and are located on the side of their rounded heads, a single pair of small barbules are set either side of

The Best Kind of Catfishing Bait

2011-09-23T11:04:00.000+01:00

To land a very large catfish, the finest catfishing bait you can use happens to be exactly what the catfish instinctively feeds on. Virtually all varieties of catfish are omnivorous, meaning they eat both plants and animals; and as such they are also foragers, eating just about anything along the way. Given the indiscriminate appetite of the big "cats", fishermen have a number of different types

Start Fly Fishing - Equipment

2011-09-23T10:42:00.000+01:00

When taking up a new hobby, how you start can be the difference between finding enjoyment that lasts a lifetime and an unpleasant experience you don't wish to repeat. Fly fishing is no different and here you will find how we introduce and advise novice fly fishers through those first steps in the learning process. Firstly, choose a fishery conveniently located for you. Resist the temptation to

The Joys of Night Fishing

2011-09-23T09:47:00.001+01:00

I love night fishing. Most of the times it's because I don't get to go out and fish during the day because of my work, but now there's more to it than just the convenience. I've observed that night fishing offers you the same conditions as daytime, but with generally better results. Sometimes I can swear the fishing conditions are even better during the night, since there are fewer

Barbel Maggot Feeder Rig

2011-09-23T08:56:00.001+01:00

Despite the increasing use of pellets in barbel fishing there are still occasions when only the maggot feeder will do the business. Make no mistake, a steady trickle of grubs through a swim will get the barbel nosing out of their cover and digging up the gravel better than anything else. Maggots exert an almost hypnotic effect on barbell, and when allowed to feed in an unpressured

Bread! As Good Today As It's Always Been

2011-08-25T11:15:00.005+01:00

Bread is a bait that is as old as fishing itself and it is still just as effective today as it was when your grate granddad was baiting his hooks with it. It is readily available in many different shapes sizes and colours but for the fisherman plain white bread, either sliced or un-sliced, is king and the fresher the better.Bread can be used to target virtually any species of fish of all sizes,

The world's first bite alarm app for iPhone and iPod Touch!

2011-08-07T11:02:00.001+01:00

Last week saw the arrival of a new iPhone & iPod Touch app for fishermen called ‘Bite Alarm!’. Described as “The Ultimate Fisherman’s Wind-up App” – you’ll either love this app, or hate it.Bite Alarm! mimics the sounds of some of the most popular bite alarms on the market and enables you to trigger them at will. It features high quality retina graphics, alarm sounds and latching LED’s that

What’s a blockend feeder?

2011-07-24T09:29:00.000+01:00

It’s a swimfeeder that closes at both ends but one of the ends can be opened to allow you to put bait in. They are also known as maggot feeders as that’s the main feed used with them, although a ‘caster and hemp’ approach is very effective on rivers. The bait stays in the feeder on the cast, but when it sinks to the bottom it escapes through the holes (or in the case of hemp and casters on rivers

Fishing For Chub - The Basics

2011-07-21T08:42:00.000+01:00

Naturally, the chub is a river fish, although the development of commercial fisheries has seen the species stocked in all kinds of waters nowadays, offering great sport to anglers throughout the country. It has even been caught in brackish waters in river mouths believe it or not! The chub is one of the most widespread fish in Europe, occurring in every location with the unusual exception of

Fishing For Bream

2011-07-19T13:13:00.000+01:00

The bream is a really deep bodied fish, with compressed sides, which give the fish a very thin appearance. Larger, mature fish have a dark brownish bronze back, a lighter bronze side, and an almost white belly. Many really big bream go very black. The smaller of the species are a much lighter colour, very silvery across the body with a white belly. These fish are known as Skimmer Bream, or ‘

Float Fishing For Tench using the Lift Method

2011-07-19T11:32:00.000+01:00

Late Spring, into Summer is the perfect time of year to target Tench, Carp, Crucians and Bream in stillwaters. This gives me an excuse to use one of my favourite techniques - the humble "Lift Method". Forget fancy anti-eject combi-rigs and the like; the lift method is simplicity itself. All the terminal tackle you need is a float, a hook, a swivel and some swan shot.The principle of the lift

ARMA-MESH™ - Create an ARMA-MESH Hookbait

2011-07-18T13:10:00.000+01:00

Arma-Mesh is a tough nylon mesh similar in appearance to PVA, but does not dissolve in water. Supplied on a loading tube similar to those used for PVA mesh, baits are pushed through the tube using the supplied plunger and then tied off exactly like PVA mesh to produce armoured hook baits – hence the name. For those of you who have used funnel web PVA the concept is exactly the same

Berkley Hotwire Line Cutter

2011-07-14T12:08:00.000+01:00

At first glance the Berkley TEC Hotwire line cutter, looked like a police taser with its wire tip and activation button on the grip. A clear plastic shield is fitted over the tip in order to protect it while not in use and you should heed the warning label that is clearly placed here – as this is one “Hot Tip.” Overall, the tool is small enough to stow in any anglers tackle box or

New carp fishing accessory - Duck Sentinel

2011-07-14T12:04:00.000+01:00

The DUCK SENTINEL Designed and developed by LINJAZRO which is a new Uk based company. Who's mission and passion is to design, develop and manufacture innovative quality fishing accessories. The company founder has been a fresh water angler for over forty years and has gained considerable expertise and knowledge from fishing in many different demanding environments including United

Carp Fishing Tackle Review: The Daiwa Infinity X BR Big Pit Reel - Model IFX5500BR

2011-07-14T11:56:00.000+01:00

The carp is a fish species shrouded in myth, legend and lore. Highly regarded in many Asian cultures, the carp, in Western culture, often is kept in decorative ponds, as a sort of landscaping adjunct. To me, the carp is neither mythic nor decorative -- it is a worthy piscine opponent. The carp generally is regarded as a lesser sport fishing species, especially when compared to the more

Carp Fishing Rigs - The Combi Rig

2011-07-14T11:53:00.000+01:00

The Combi Rig is a style of rig that has been around for many years. Originally starting from joining a softer braided material to a much stiffer material, such as Amnesia or monofilament in years past. Then ever since the release of the first coated braided hook link material all them years back now, this type of set-up/material is now no doubt one of the most used by Carp

Monster Squid black - SPECIAL EDITION - OUT NOW

2011-07-14T11:50:00.002+01:00

The Awesome Monster Squid in a new Black Special edition colourNash Bait have been producing black boilies to special order for many years and for those anglers looking for something a little different, black baits have long provided a real edge. If diving birds are driving you mad then the chances are they won’t immediately recognize black baits as food and pressured carp that may be spooking

Carp Fishing Rigs - The Blowback Rig

2011-07-14T11:46:00.000+01:00

The 'Blow Back Rig' is one that has become probably one of the most popular specialized Carp Fishing rigs used by today's Carp angler and one that I have been using a lot myself over recent times with excellent catch results. The rig is constructed from coated braid, which is weighted to help aid its ability to sink and lay flat on the lake bed to help with cautious feeding fish. Also with