Sea fishing

This book is reputed to be ideal for the person new and just setting off in Sea angling. Its well written, and clearly explains the basics to get your first rig, well presented in the water ready to catch fish. Plus you get to look at John Wilson on the front cover!
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There are many types of shore fishing depending on the type of ground you are fishing. I would suggest that you get some local knowledge and try and pinpoint some marks that do not require huge casts to locate fish holding areas.
Marks that in the summer that hold Garfish and Mackerel can provide you some [...]

Natural or man made these locations are very accessible and are good for cutting your teeth and as you improve your cast they can provide some great sea angling.
The fact that you generally have a solid, stable wall to fish from makes casting easy and you generally do not have to cast miles to locate [...]

A valuable source of differing species, that can be fished for in most conditions. Be careful of very strong currents, watch your footing.
To describe an Estuary would be to say, it is the tidal zone of a river where it joins the sea with water changing from fresh through brackish to saltwater along it’s length. [...]

A question asked recently by a reader on the fishing-blog was how do I detect a bite when I am sea fishing. There is no simple answer and it depends upon a lot of factors which I will try and explain in a bit of detail below.
How to detect a bite
There are many factors that [...]

Hook – Made up of the eye, shank, bend and barb. You can get barb-less hooks
Treble – 3 hooks attached with 1 eye.
Leader – length from main line to lure.
Shock leader – when you are casting, for safety you need a length of leader which is 5 -7 turns on the reel then .5 times [...]

The sea is a very wild environment and I do not need to tell you how dangerous it is. You must remember that even on calm days you can get into trouble if you end up in the sea. Strong currents and cold seas are as much of a killer as large obvious waves battering [...]

You do not need to get the most expensive gear out there. You need functional mid range tackle to start with and the more you fish and the better you get so the more tackle you can buy specifically for that task.
I am looking at this as your fist set of tackle and you want [...]

We are at the start of the first big storm this winter in Cornwall. Strong winds are hitting the South coast after a set of spring tides, and this is the perfect mixture to really stir the seabed up, and get those fish on the feed - perfect winter fishing conditions.
Storm force winter fishing
The powerful [...]