Joe Chatterton's Angling Diary

It is a tradition of mine to fish Boxing day and this year I was determined to give it a go. I have stopped looking at the temperature and I...

A three week stint of DIY and decorating meant that I finally got a few hours on the bank today and I was feeling confident due to a recent ...

A first fishing session for what seems like an eternity but in fact is probably only three weeks and it was a tough one. Two bites in four h...

The Warks Avon is still unbelieveably clear for the time of year and coupled with the gale force wind made for a difficult session at Fladbu...

Twelve months spent persuading 'er indoors and then ten months since booking the trip were all forgotten when finally we made it to Mequ...

This swim is the most 'Perchy' looking swim I know and despite fishing 10 hours(wife and kids still away!) the only one I nearly cau...

A couple of days spent chasing the Lady of the stream on the stunning river Teme. This fish filled river is almost as beautiful as the Wye a...

Back down to Earth with a bump following the highs of last weeks Shark expedition. The Warks Avon was the venue for a Barbel foray but despi...

Plymouth is a favourite venue for our sea fishing club and I would like to say it is the fishing that makes it so but that is not always the...

The river looked in tip top condition, just fining down after a well needed flush through of rain and when I pulled into Barton car park ...

An evening session hoping for Eels but lobworms have a universal appeal to all species so with every twitch of the quivertip you have no ide...

An early morning session that blew hot and cold and we can probably blame it on this regular visitor to the swim! We did manage a few fish ...

A successful overnight session on the Avon for both me and our lad with a total of five fish caught, all different species! I was fishing ma...

I tend not to use particles for my Barbel fishing as they not discerning and any species will take them. However because the river is so low...

Firstly I apologise but I wanted to show the reason we made a 7 hour round trip to the Essex coast and back. This 48lb Tope was the bigges...

An after work short evening session down by Wick weir chasing predators with dead baits. Small Roach are a universal bait and could result i...

The title and aim of the session were both Barbel but the Chub were a lot more obliging. Fun at first but becoming a nuisance. Following a...

A first fly fishing trip for over twenty years to the Lenches lakes. Accompanied by Uncle Ken a breezy day made for difficult casting condit...