Casting from the shore is one of those activities where, when things go badly wrong, your beach fishing session can soon turn into a real headache. How often have you found yourself next to an angler on the beach only to watch him smoothly bend the rod and send a baited rig a long way out? When it is your ...
"You're looking at cod, rays, whiting, flounders, pouting, dogfish and a few bass," local match angler George Smith confirms. "We get a good run of spring cod every year but the fish vary in weight, plus there's the odd scattering of dogfish too."All of them biding their time... According to Hull University's Geography Department, few coastlines anywhere on the planet ...
Casting and tackle expert John Holden offers some really useful advice on getting the best from multiplier sea fishing reels with magnetic brakes... A SURPRISING NUMBER OF anglers still refuse to believe that magnetic brakes actually work. A typical letter goes like this: "Mag control cannot operate unless a spool is made of steel, which would be useless for casting. ...
Wrasse fishing is often a holiday pastime centered around a few hours of float fishing at a handy harbour breakwater or rock mark, where a cooler bag full of cold soft drinks and a decent pair of sunglasses are as important as your bucket of bait. So why was I standing on top of Portland Bill’s famous Pulpit Rock on ...
If you use the wrong hook pattern or size of hook, the chances are that you will struggle to successfully catch your target species when sea fishing. If you know what species you are likely to encounter, then you are already well on the way to choosing the correct hook. Equally important is the bait that the hook is going ...
Everyone has his own idea about what makes a good cast. One hundred yards is the dream for some; for others nothing less than 200 yards is acceptable, says our casting coach John Holden. At the opposite end of the rainbow are a handful of ever-hopefuls who would be over the moon with a couple of casts that managed to land ...
The various flatfish found around our coastline are all very similar in shape and colour, so identifying them can sometimes prove difficult. Here we have a brief guide to what to look out for when figuring out which species of flatfish you have just caught... The major angling flatfish are plaice, dab, flounder, Dover sole, turbot and brill. Lemon sole ...
Boat angler Neil Evans faces the age-old dilemma of choosing the right colour lure for sea fishing in deep water. He's a little sceptical, worrying that bright hues catch more anglers than fish. The angler from Bedlinog, Merthyr Tydfil, teams up with Dave Lewis to see if we can prove a point and find out whether the colour of your ...
Mackerel are more than baitfish or a summer holiday pastime. Caught on the right tackle they can be real fun to catch. Alan Yates opens up the options for catching mackerel - a very popular sea species… Mackerel get a lot of bad press. ‘Proper’ anglers don’t want the stigma of catching them or being associated with lines of ...
Poppers have attitude and bass have a bad attitude, so the combination is electrifying. First you have to learn to get your lure to dance over the surface of the sea, says Henry Gilbey I n the murky half-light that comes just before the sun rises, you can see a gentle chop to the rolling sea, with inviting lines of ...
