Norfolk Fishing Life a coarse angling blog

It has been a while, and the long summer evenings are well and truly gone! Now it’s time for me to dust off the pike fishing gear and seek out my brother. We went pike fishing a couple of times a few years ago and had a riot, visiting some old haunts.

A book I shall be placing an order for to help me this year is the new Fox Guide To Modern Pike Fishing Book. Mick Brown the piking guru has contributed, so it is bound to be a good read.

Wish me all the best as I head out into the cold and rain!

Ok, a first for this Fishing life blog - video!!

 I cannot vouch for the quality or content - but apparently this is Fen Fishery near Mulbarton. They looked like they were having fun anyway! Also I have never hear of this fishery so another one to add to the list.

OK, I am not sure if this will exactly work, but if you would like to leave a record of your visit please ’sign the guest book’ by filling in a comment below:

Just a short note tonight to say it has been great to get some comments and questions from visitors to the site. It is excellent to see other people start to share the fishing successes, failures, questions and experience about fishing in Norfolk. I would encourage everyone who visits the site to share their views and comments as it will really add to the value of the site for everyone else - especially me who still has so much to learn!

As many of you who regularly read my fishing blog will know I am quite a fan of TV fishing programs.  I recently discovered ‘The Greater Rod Race’ by Mick Hayes and Mick Brown.These two characters just have me in stitches as they fight their way through all challenges to achieve the fishing goals.

Their combination of characters and styles are really complimentary and I think they are a very successful fishing double act. The ‘Two Ronnies’ of the fishing world. Keep it up lads, you have incentivised me to return to the bank, and when I cannot be there I can enjoy the fact you are.

Well, what a day! My very good friends had their first baby today and my wife and I are really happy and pleased for them.What is also good, is that I will never forget their babies birthday as it falls on June 16th, the official start of the coarse fishing season, at least for rivers.

I can remember sitting at Ringland Lakes at the stroke of midnight and casting the first bait of the new season, magical moments and memories that will always stay with me.

While the close season is not followed on most lakes, I often think that it’s a shame, as the sense of anticipation of the 16th is now lost.

But, the memories of the 16th still linger, and for many who only fish rivers, I am sure it must still be a really special day. Just as it will be for our friends!

I am sad to report the 24×7 fishing TV fest on Discovery Real Time Extra has finished.

It was great during the month of May to be able to tune in any time and catch a few mins of fishing. I do believe it was partly down to this that I have made it back on to the bank, so I give ‘respect’ to the channel and thank them for the nudge to stop watching and start fishing!