Features

Shad Mad Cod

Editor of Boat Fishing Monthly Magazine, Dave Barham, joins the PSF team and reveals that North Sea cod have a real taste for rubber. Not long ago we all thought…

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The forgotten venue

Steve Souter reveals the bream fishing out of Littlehampton is very much alive and well. Back in the day, the port of Littlehampton was widely regarded as the very seat…

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Rays un-loched

Backed by mountain and dense forest, the untamed shores of Loch Sunart could be described as fiordic in appearance. Remote but reliable for thornback rays, venues don’t come much wilder,…

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Minehead for me

If the port of Minehead in Somerset where a woman then I’d marry her. The quality of the fishing and the great variety of species available out in the Bristol…

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Wrasse-ster Blaster

Holyhead charter skipper Gethyn Owen takes an indepth look at wrasse and how to catch them afloat. When thinking about the various species around our coasts it strikes me that…

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Flounder fission

Steve Souter visits the wild and windswept beach at Sandside, Caithness in the shadow of the infamous Dounreay nuclear facility. Beaches in proximity to Caithness’s now decommissioned Dounreay nuclear facility…

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Some Enchanted Evening

Whoever coined the phrase ‘fishing isn’t all about catching fish’ summed it up well. The benefits of sea angling go far beyond saving the price of a fish supper, says…

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Sun, sea and stingrays

Paul Stevens struggled to carry all his prizes back from the Sardinian shore fishing tournament that attracts some of the UK’s top shore anglers. Every now and then you get…

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Sport Pirking

David Proudfoot is one of a group of well-travelled boat anglers responsible for introducing pirk casting to the UK. Deadly for cod and pollack, this constantly evolving technique has much…

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