Catfish Trip news

There are a few (3 I think) places left for the regions annual catting trip to the Ebro.....Mr Synnuck has just returned from an early season visit and graced the boat with this beastie from the dam area....156lb.

Catfish Cowboys Spanish Catfish Trip Pt 2

We have provisionally booked the Catfish trip to the Ebro, for the 2nd -5th of October this year (2009)
If you fancy a bit of moggy hauling, as experienced by the chaps last year, then bring a deposit of £100 along with your passport details to the April meeting.
Everyone on the mailing list will of recieved an e mail with greater detail about the trip, but if you need anymore info then just drop us an e-mail on pacregion19@aol.com.
Priority for places will go to last years attendees if the 10 places are over subscribed

You can check out the highlights of last years trip by clicking on " Catfish Trip" in the link list on the left hand coloumn of the blog

Last years biggest fish of 130lb, caught by John Sultana

March meeting : Colin Brett

March's meeting will be on Tuesday the 3rd March at the Papermakers as usual.
This month we have Cambridge angler Mr Colin "Father Jack" Brett, who will be enlightening us on Huge Grafham Zander and Canadian Sturgeon fishing

For those who don't know, Colin is the dashing bearded gentleman on the right

Meeting at 7 o/c onwards for a 8 o/c start, with buffet and raffle

We will also be having the welcome return of Eddie Turner's Specialist Pike tackle stand...so bring your cash and we'll see you there

Members £3.00 / Non members £4.00

John Milford

Thanks again to John for trekking all the way down from Derby in less than favourable weather conditions to entertain us. And thanks again for being on hand to photograph my pike in the snow the day after......cheers mate!

February meeting : John Milford

February's meeting sees the return of one of the founder members of the old Dartford PAC region to his old stomping ground, John " plugger o'toole" Milford with be presenting his " Personal perspective on lure fishing " on Tuesday 3rd Feb.

John is a past Chairman of the PAC and ex president of the Lure Anglers Society, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of lures old and new.
We will be meeting at the papermakers at 7pm onwards and John will start around 8 o'clock
Members £3.00 / Non Members £4.00 inc Buffet

January Meeting : Phil Cheriton and Mark Barnett

For the first meeting of the new year we will be welcoming back Phil Cheriton and Mark Barnett back to the region. The two local pikers will be presenting the second part of their talk about their Irish fishing adventures with "The Pikers" George Higgins and Roy Smythe. This talk is titled "The Winter Sessions"

Phils Irish Pug

The first part of the lads talk went down very well, and I'm sure this one will be as good, if not better...
The meeting is on Tuesday the 6th January at The Papermakers Arms, and we'll be meeting from 7pm onwards, with the talk starting at 8.00pm

Members £3.00 / Non members £4.00 inc buffet.

Tim Kelly

An excellent talk by Tim last night...who doesen't want to go to the Lake of the Woods Muskie fishing after that presentation?? Tims entusiam for his lure fishing was amplely demonstrated in the talk, and I would recommend this talk to any of the other regions who are looking for something a bit different from the normal pike related shows.

Tim entertaining the troops

The Xmas bumper raffle went down well thanks to the continued support of our friendly local tackle shops and friends
Thanks to:-

Gary and Kevin Peet at the Tackle Box
Mark and Mark at MK 2 Angling
Tony at Anglers Rest
Ian at Anglers Base
Chris Leibbrandt at salmolureshop.co.uk

and thanks to all our members for their continued patronage of the region

Happy Xmas and festive tight lines