Competitive angling is one branch of sea angling which as a federation we try to encourage. Healthy competition is good for the growth and development of the sport.
John Francis Costello is now a regular squid angler, targeting these jet propelled cephalopods when they come within casting distance in the spring and as winter approaches.
I was recently down in Weymouth for a week long fishing holiday and decided to meet up with Weymouth Angling Society Chairman and long time fishing friend Billy Short for a catch up session and chat.
In the first of a two part series John Francis Costello takes us on a conducted tour of popular shore marks around Plymouth. John tells us how to get there, fishing methods and what species may be encountered with lures or bait.
Bass addict Phil Richardson joins Planet Sea Fishing from the French Atlantic coast. Phil knows his stuff, and in this first article he ventures out in search of what he hopes will be an exciting new bass mark.