He took the glass the Canadian offered him, lit it and knocked it back. His eyebrows went first, then the front of his hair caught light and Nigel had to throw a bottle of water over his head to put him ARCTIC SALMON AND ICEBERGS
out. Somehow the quantity of vodka already consumed made it all seem hilarious, and the competition went on long into the night. No one could remember who won, but the two Englishmen had unearthly hangovers as they prepared for fishing in the morning.
Transport on the Varzuga was by boat and the plan was for Nigel and Steve to mot
Mark looked behind him, expecting to see a line of excited Japanese vying to be the first one to land a fish. However, all those on deck had their eyes closed and no one seemed in a hurry to leave the wheelhouse.
‘Bring it in yourself,’ Don called out.
Mark leant into the fish and tried to power it to the surface, but it wasn’t quite that easy. Each time he had it close to the top it bored away again, and it was a good six or seven minutes before he had it under control beside the boat.
Don flew out of the wheelhouse, leant over and hauled the fish inbo
But the real iconic Australian fish, with something of a cult status among its hoards of hunters, is the weird and wonderful barramundi, distant relative of the mighty Nile perch. It is weird because it frequents both salt and fresh water, and all barramundi are born male, only turning female later in life and definitely by the time they reach 17 pounds in weight. The much sought-after yard-long specimens are therefore all females and get very angry when hooked. They are the reverse of Atlantic salmon and sea trout, in that they spawn in the tidal reaches rather
Full List of areas covered on our Suffolk Fishing Lake Directory:
Acton, Akenham, Aldeburgh, Alderton, Aldham, Aldringham, All Saints South Elmham, Alpheton, Ampton, Ashbocking, Ashfield, Ashfield Green, Aspall, Assington, Athelington, Bacton, Badingham, Badley, Badwell Ash, Ballingdon, Bardwell, Barham, Barking, Barnardiston, Barnby, Barnham, Barningham, Barrow, Barsham, Barton Mills, Battisford, Battisford Tye, Bawdsey, Baylham, Beccles, Beck Row, Bedfield, Bedingfield, Belstead, Benacre, Bentley, Beyton, Beyton Green, Bildeston, Blackheath, Blackthorpe, Blackwater, Blaxhall, Blundeston, Blyford, Blythburgh, Botesdale, Boxford, Boxted, Boyton, Brabling Green, Bradfield Combust, Bradfield St Clare, Bradfield St George, Braiseworth, Bramfield, Bramford, Brampton, Brandeston, Brandon, Brantham, Bredfield, Brent Eleigh, Brettenham, Bridge Street, Brightwell, Broadway, Brockford Street, Brockley Green, Brome, Brome Street, Bromeswell, Brook Street, Bruisyard, Bruisyard Street, Brundish, Brundish Street, Bucklesham, Bungay, Bures, Bures Green, Burgate, Burgh, Burstall, Bury St Edmunds, Butley, Buxhall, Camps Heath, Campsey Ash, Capel St Andrew, Capel St Mary, Carlton, Carlton Colville, Castle Hill, Cattawade, Cavendish, Cavenham, Chantry, Charles Tye, Charsfield, Chattisham, Chedburgh, Chediston, Chelmondiston, Chelsworth, Chevington, Chickering, Chillesford, Chilton Street, Church Common, Clare, Clay Common, Claydon, Clopton Green, Cockfield, Coddenham, Coldfair Green, Combs, Combs Ford, Coney Weston, Cookley, Copdock, Corton, Cotton, Covehithe, Cowlinge, Cox Common, Cranmer Green, Cransford, Cratfield, Creeting St Mary, Cretingham, Cross Green, Cross Street, Crowfield, Crowland, Culford, Culpho, Dalham, Dallinghoo, Darsham, Debach, Debenham, Denham, Dennington, Denston, Depden, Drinkstone, Drinkstone Green, Dunstall Green, Dunwich, Earl Soham, Earl Stonham, Earl’s Green, East Bergholt, East Bridge, East End, Easton, Edwardstone, Ellough, Elmsett, Elmswell, Elveden, Eriswell, Erwarton, Euston, Exning, Eye, Eyke, Falkenham, Farnham, 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Marlesford, Martlesham, Martlesham Heath, Mellis, Melton, Mendham, Mendlesham, Mendlesham Green, Metfield, Mettingham, Mickfield, Middleton, Middlewood Green, Milden, Mildenhall, Monewden, Monk Soham, Monks Eleigh, Moulton, Mount Pleasant, Mutford, Nacton, Naughton, Nayland, Nedging Tye, Needham Market, Nettlestead, Newbourne, Newmarket, Newton, North Cove, Norton, Nowton, Oakley, Occold, Offton, Old Felixstowe, Old Newton, Orford, Otley, Oulton, Oulton Broad, Ousden, Pakefield, Pakenham, Palgrave, Parham, Peasenhall, Pettaugh, Pettistree, Pixey Green, Playford, Polstead, Poslingford, Poys Street, Poystreet Green, Preston, Ramsholt, Rattlesden, Raydon, Red Lodge, Rede, Redgrave, Redisham, Redlingfield, Rendham, Rendlesham, Reydon, Rickinghall, Ringsfield, Ringsfield Corner, Ringshall, Ringshall Stocks, Risby, Rishangles, Rodbridge Corner, Rougham, Rougham Green, Rumburgh, Rushbrooke, Rushmere, Rushmere St Andrew, Sackers Green, Santon Downham, Sapiston, Saxmundham, Saxtead Green, Saxtead Little Green, Semer, Shadingfield, Shelley, Shimpling, Shimpling Street, Shingle Street, Shipmeadow, Shop Corner, Shotley, Shotley Gate, Shottisham, Sibton, Sicklesmere, Silverley’s Green, Sizewell, Slaughden, Snape, Somerleyton, Somersham, Somerton, Sotterly, South Cove, Southolt, Southwold, Spexhall, Sproughton, St Cross South Elmham, St James South Elmham, St Margaret South Elmham, St Michael South Elmham, Stanningfield, Stansfield, Stanstead, Stanton, Stanton Street, Sternfield, Stoke Ash, Stoke by Clare, Stoke-by-Nayland, Stone Street, Stonham Aspal, Stoven, Stowlangtoft, Stowmarket, Stowupland, Stradbroke, Stradishall, Stratford St Andrew, Stratford St Mary, Stuston, Stutton, Sudbourne, Sudbury, Sutton, Sweffling, Swilland, Tannington, Tattingstone, Theberton, Thelnetham, Thistley Green, Thorington, Thorington Street, Thorndon, Thornham Magna, Thornham Parva, Thorns, Thorpe Green, Thorpe Morieux, Thorpeness, Thrandeston, Thurston, Thwaite, Timworth Green, Tostock, Town Street, Trimley St Martin, Trimley St Mary, Troston, Tuddenham, Tunstall, Ubbeston Green, Ufford, Uggeshall, Upper Street, Walberswick, Waldringfield, Walpole, Walsham le Willows, Walton, Wangford, Ward Green, Wattisfield, Wattisham, Wenhaston, West End, West Row, West Stow, Westerfield, Westhall, Westhorpe, Westleton, Westley, Wetherden, Wetheringsett, Wetherup Street, Weybread, Whatfield, Whepstead, Wherstead, Whitton, Wickham Market, Wickham Skeith, Wickham Street, Wickhambrook, Wilby, Willisham, Wingfield, Winston, Wissett, Wissington, Withersdale Street, Withersfield, Witnesham, Wixoe, Woodbridge, Woolpit, Woolverstone, Wordwell, Worlingham, Worlington, Worlingworth, Wortham, Wrentham, Wyverstone, Wyverstone Street, Yaxley, Yoxford
