If it wasn’t for the humble flounder, big parts of my fishing year would be fish-less. After the mackerel have left and before the cod arrive you can always count on the flounder to provide some sport. Don’t expect screaming runs, but on the right tackle flounder fishing can be a lot of fun. Fish as light as you can To enjoy flounder fishing to the most you have to accept the fish’ limitations. Like most smaller flat fish, flounder…
I’ve been a coarse angler since I was a kid, but only started sea fishing when I was already in my thirties. I have always loved the sea but I guess I felt too overwhelmed by the vastness of it. With all that water, where the hell do you start? I only gave sea fishing a serious chance when I moved within walking distance of the sea – and I haven’t looked back since. Here are some sea fishing tips…
Of course you can buy your sea fishing rigs ready made, but it’s much more rewarding to catch fish with a rig you tied yourself. The following five rigs are pretty much the only rigs I use for shore fishing and they’re all incredibly simple. Read on, and start tying! 1. Flapper rig The flapper rig is one the most effective sea fishing rigs if you’re fishing over clean ground. A lot of people use trapped swivels when tying flapper…
Nothing can be as dispiriting as a blank. Maybe you have spent days preparing for your well deserved fishing trip and travelled many miles on top of that. Disappointment is not the worst of it, blanks can inflict serious damage to your self-confidence. You start to doubt your capabilities as an angler and might think twice the next time you’re tempted to take the rods out of the shed again. But in sea fishing a blank is not always caused…
Float fishing is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about sea fishing. But you could be missing out on a lot of fun. Here’s a situation: You’ve been fishing for hours but nothing seems interested apart from the crabs… Maybe there’s just nothing there. But then you see hundreds of sprats jumping up less than twenty yards from your lifeless rod tips. A better look reveals the predators that chase them, causing big swirls….
Every angler knows the feeling. The conditions are perfect. Your freshly baited rig is in exactly the right spot. You know you are fishing rough ground, but everything screams fish… You feel a knock, then another one… The next moment your rod is almost pulled out of your hands. When you strike it feels heavy, solid. Maybe a bit too solid as nothing seems to move, not even a bit: you’re snagged. Losing tackle in snags isn’t just costing you…