Few sea angling venues can better the surf beach for atmosphere and heart-thumping angling excitement, with the noise of the pounding waves stimulating the basic angling instinct. But what’s going on underwater and where are the bass feeding? Surf is synonymous with bass, and most anglers are in agreement that fishing for this exciting and sporting species really takes some ...
Are you a visual sort of angler? Do you like to see your bass crash into your surface lure before you feel the weight of the fish? It’s the way Dr Mike Ladle likes to do things – and here he explains why I often fish for carp and pike and I enjoy both immensely because my favourite approaches are ...
You have all seen them. They stand on the pier or sea wall and cast for the horizon. Daft really, says Alan Yates, when the fish are feeding close to the wall. Here’s how to do it THERE’S A BIG secret to fishing successfully down the wall of a pier, jetty or rock face and I am giving it ...
Shore international Andy Young has fished the beach at Cleveleys, just north of Blackpool, for well over 20 years."I don't know if Cleveleys has an historical tradition for smoothhounds," he says, "but I do know that ever since the water quality in the area improved they have shown up."The accompanying pictures were actually taken on one of the mark's quieter ...
This is not the place that put the 'ease' in Easington. Cinderella Rock, with all its connotations of glass slippers and romance is actually more like something from ‘Who Dares Wins’. Calling for tricky climb, it leaves you stranded by the tide for an hour or two, when you must steer clear of its crumbling edges and brace yourself for ...
The weather was so bad it sent shivers down my spine. As horizontal rain power-washed the window I had a feeling how the day was going to unfold... another shiver went down my back. Slate-coloured clouds raced across the sky as I gathered my gear together and dashed to my car. I really wanted to shoot a proper winter bass ...
Squid is my favourite bait for bass, says dinghy angler Steve Mills, but he warns other scavengers, like cod and after-dark conger eels, also a have a taste for this cheap and easy-to-use sea fishing bait... The early autumn period between the end of September and the beginning of November marks an important watershed for South Coast boat anglers. The ...
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 ...
It’s said that ‘When the wind’s in the east the fish bite least’, but it doesn’t apply to Shakespeare beach near Dover, Kent, where you can catch bass from the beach when conditions elsewhere are wrong… The English Channel has always been a battlefield and at times has been nothing more than a giant ditch that has kept out the ...
