You finally have the time to go on your well deserved sea fishing trip. The conditions are right, you’ve got your gear sorted. So what sea fishing bait should you take? I know a lot of anglers who would answer this question with ‘anything I can lay my hands on’. After waiting for so long to go fishing you don’t want to risk not bringing the right, or not enough bait. While I understand the ‘better safe than sorry’ approach,…
Fishing for mackerel is one of the most enjoyable summer pastimes. Ounce for ounce the mackerel is one of the hardest fighting saltwater species. Targeting mackerel with feathers is probably the most well-known method but other methods can be very effective too. It all depends on the conditions and what you want to achieve. Do you want to stock up your freezer quickly or do you want to have some fun? In this blog post I describe 5 methods I…
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…