Sea fishing

I realise this is a very basic level post about Sea fishing, however some readers here have asked for a basic explination of what exactly sea fishing is. Its really kind of hard to define, but I have attempted to cover most of the bases.
Sea fishing is the art or practice of catching wild fish […]

Very briefly I spent a few years on the Isle of Man as a very young boy. My brother who is a few years older than me was always sea fishing off the pier, boats and rock marks. Then later in life we became land locked and fishing took a back seat for a while, […]

The flounder fishing season is almost here, hundreds of people will be heading to the esturies to catch these endearing fish across the UK
Image from whitbyseaanglers.co.uk
Flounder fishing basics
The traditional method to catch the bottom dwelling flounder was using a moderate weight beach casting set up, a rig with some attractor spoons and lobbing it out […]

This is a sweeping statement but improving your sea fishing is all about making small changes to improve your chance of catch that 30lb Cod or 10 lb Bass.
This simple tip can be used inshore and when deep sea fishing. Its as easy as to start using round torpedo shaped sinkers when using lures.
Leads with […]

This is a Japenese method to catch a fish highly regarded in Japan, the Black Bream. It has a similarity to methods used here in the UK, that being ground baiting.
The Dango method of catching Black Bream is as follows.

The DANGO is a ball of ground bait containing the hook bait which is attached to […]

I use an 10 foot spinning rod for float fishing from a pier, you can buy specalist pier fishing rods its upto you but a spinning rod gives you more flexibility. 10 foot is a minimum in my opinion, consider that many piers have walls that are wider at the bottom and that extra length […]

“How many beads do I need to use when I tie a flounder fishing rig?”
The question really comes down to personal trial and error for your local flounder fishing mark. I would start by alternating 2 colours of bead, say red and black to a total of 5 beads. Then try rigs with different colours […]

I was fishing some rough Ground about a mile off Helzpehron cliffs, Nr. Poldhu, Cornwall on my Kayak scratching for anything that might be down there with a two up one down rig but, when I changed to gilling I started to get into Pollock and had a great days kayak fishing.
THE MARK
This location is […]

“What can I catch in the sea with a baited spinner” Is the question of the day.
Almost any sea species will take a baited spinner including Pollock, Mackerel, Bass, Flounder, Wrasse, Gurnard and thin lipped Mullet.
Some species mentioned here like Bass and Mackerel would take the spinner baited or not, the Mullet will only take […]

I spent a few hours hunting the Mullet near Gweek on the Helford river yesterday. I used a bucket of bran, brad crumbs and mashed mackerel for a ground bait. I arrived about 3 hrs before High tide and littered the mud flats with ground bait. When the first of the water washed this […]