Joe Chatterton's Angling Diary

I do not think this aided the fishing in any way. An hour into my weekly fishing session and the owner of the pond turns on the pump and...

A beautiful early spring day spent beside Hardwick lake at the Linear complex. The temperature is beginning to rise now, almost to T-shirt ...

At last some settled warmer weather, just as the season closes! Time to move on to the stillwaters and Roach to begin with. A day at Willo...

The Avon with an extra few feet of coloured water in it. Perfect Barbel conditions you might be saying, but try as I might I could not te...

Only a mad man would have gone Barbel fishing in these conditions. Having checked the forecast all week it was never going to be easy. T...

The river Wye looked in perfect condition and the weather was chilly but bearable. It did not matter what or where I tried though, an...

Barbel The Warwickshire Avon was in perfect trim, about a foot higher than normal following a week of warmer weather. It just screamed Barb...

Do not be misled by this sunny, warm looking photo. A northerly wind made for a pretty uncomfortable session chasing Pike. This backwater o...

A sharp ground frost, the sun trying to break through the early morning mist, it had all the feel of a Pike session, only without the Pike....

January 12th. What a week, my second child, my first son, Max is born on the 4th January at 2.15pm and the worst snow for more than two dec...

January 2nd, 2010. The first outing of the year, actually decade! The overnight temperature was -4% and the Warwickshire Avon had an extr...

A warm welcome to my angling diary and a happy new year to all. I am using this diary to keep a record of all my angling trips(including any...