Here we are in the August doldrums, even though the sea conditions would suggest otherwise. The humdrumness of it all stems from the fact that the fish have not yet turned on and the bite is poor. It ...
A long-awaited shift in the weather brought some much-needed rain to the Island and some relief for tanks and the parched plant life. Rainfall freshens the surface waters and may help to cool things d...
While the summer lethargy may have set in, September will soon be here and the fishing season will rapidly conclude thereafter. It may be hot but for many this is the time of the year to venture offsh...
No doubt that the temperature is high, and it is a hot, dry summer by any account and the fishing is that spotty sort that suggests that even the fish are feeling the heat. Certainly, the calm seas an...
Midway through a long holiday weekend for most with many finding their way onto the water. Just what might be expected of an island population where no one can be more than about a half mile or 2,600 ...
The illusion that this was a cooler summer than others has been pretty firmly knocked out of people’s heads with the warm weather and amazingly calm conditions of the past couple of weeks. Those who f...
Now I know how Rip Van Winkle felt when he woke up. Just on the verge of a promising looking fishing season and, BANG, out of a fairly clear blue sky comes the pandemic that has kicked more things int...
It is almost over. Again. One would have to be oblivious to the decorations in the shops and on the streets that not just the fishing season, but the year is drawing to a close.The passage of cold fro...
Time is running out unless you want to spend the next four or five months watching the weather and hoping for the odd, very odd, weekend that will not only be fishable, but will have the fish in a co-...
If the proliferation of witches, ghosts and pumpkins hasn’t given it away yet, then you may just start to come to the realisation that the angling season is slowly, but very surely, coming to an end.A...