With teeth like a vampire, goliath tigerfish are the world’s most frightening freshwater fish. They inhabit the Congo river, a place only the very brave dare to visit. But Simon Channing headed for the Democratic Republic of Congo after the fish from hell.
Dennis Pye was one of the most successful pike anglers of all time. But what happened to the cased pike that lived in his fish-and-chip shop?
The man who caught the world-record marlin, Alfred Glassell, has died. The 1560lb fish he took in 1953 still holds the record.
Graham Turner, author of the best book on collecting, has re-written his 1989 work. A new 700-page edition will be published soon.
An oddball Howban fixed-spool was one of several reels to sell well at Mullock’s in the face of global financial meltdown.