FISH

This page contains Pictures and infomation on the main species of freshwater fish found in the United Kingdom.

BREAM

bream.gif (10336 bytes)Bream can grow upto 16lbs and are best fished for using maggot/caster or breadflake.

CARP

crucian.gif (19462 bytes)Carp can grow to over 70lbs and will take most baits but for larger fish specialist baits such as high protien baits(boilies)are required.

EEL

eel.gif (7949 bytes)Eeels can grow to over 4ft long and will take almost any live bait from maggots to small fish.

PERCH

perch.gif (10953 bytes)Perch will grow to 6lb in the UK and can be caught in the same way as Eels.

PIKE

pike.gif (12512 bytes)Pike will grow to over 50lbs and are best caught using lures,spinners or by using live or dead fish upto 6in long.

ROACH

roach.gif (4139 bytes)Roach will grow to 5lbs and can be caught using casters, maggots, breadflake and tares. 

RUDD

rudd.gif (9644 bytes)Rudd are simular in size to Roach and can be caught in the same way.

TENCH

tench.gif (8941 bytes)Tench will grow to approx 12lbs.  And can be caught using breadflake, sweetcorn, maggots, casters and small boilies.