The shores of Loch Linnhe are a popular and picturesque venue for the travelling sea angler seeking both fish and spectacular scenery. The loch is also a popular tourist venue…
A lot of anglers get no further than the popular arms of Scrabster harbour when visiting the north coast. However, recent years have proved problematic for the bait angler with…
The European Union have accepted advice from ICES, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, that mortality rates for bass from recreational anglers are lower than previous evidence indicated.…
Floating beads are becoming increasingly popular with shore anglers fishing on the clean beach and other coastal marks. The beads are available in several shapes and sizes and cut-to-size foam…
I can’t be the only person who finds that failing eyesight and less than dexterous fingers make it frustratingly difficult to produce drop shot rigs. Trying to secure small hooks…
I had been blaming crabs for hooks coming back in stripped of bait, and indeed there were a fair number of crustaceans about. However, looking at the footage back home…
Flounders and crabs feeding on lugworm baits with floating beads off Sandside beach in Caithness. The water is clear but with a lot of suspended weed. Depth is under one…
Lesson learned, have the camera at the bottom of the trace and not the top. Even with a weight below the trace the popup beads kept the baits floating above…
During the early hours of the morning of the 2nd of March 2018 storm Emma did its worst as it followed a catastrophic course through the marina at Holyhead on…
A couple of lesser weaver attacking a bait to big for them, the second one can be seen rising from the sand. The pair are followed by some hungry flounder…