Cod Showing On Essex Shores
Our angling year has now finished and a new one has begun, and it seems to have started off fairly well with the first run of codling that we have…
Our angling year has now finished and a new one has begun, and it seems to have started off fairly well with the first run of codling that we have…
I thought we would look back at 2017 and how we have fared in the anglers’ calendar year on our part of the coast. We started off January with news…
On the run up to the Christmas period we always find that the fishing tends to slow down somewhat. This year is no different, the thornback ray have all but…
The first hard frosts of winter have arrived taking the temperature of the water down a degree or two. The thornback ray have been affected by the sudden change and…
What strange times we are in on our coast, whether it is global warming or just a localised trend, our Summer species really don’t want to disappear. Even though we…
Vega continental range of rods are beginning to make an impact on our shores, and they are already well established in most European countries with rods including the Vega Masami…
The temperature has dropped a degree or two this week and it is feeling more like autumn. A few more codling reported this week from boats and shore although they…
High winds for the whole week has certainly stirred the seabed up! With north-westerly winds blowing off the land at the weekend, those rough seas flattened off inshore and made…
The days of using thick shirring elastic to secure baits are long gone with lots of thin elasticated threads now available to the sea angler. Top shore angler John Popplewell…
A pleasant week of fairly calm weather has seen plenty of boats fishing off our coastline. Rays, bass, dogfish, and whiting have been caught, although it is a problem to get…