Renowned caster and angler Neil Mackellow explains the tying of his favourite knots in the first of this occasional series.

Correctly judging the amount of expensive braided line required to fill a reel is a source of frustration for a huge number of anglers, but …

Properly presented combination or ‘cocktail’ baits catch fish… lots of fish. Here Steve Walker talks about some of his favourite bait unions, and passes on …

Everything is easy when you know how, and making superb custom finished plastic jellyworms and twin-tail lures are no exceptions. Here Chris Tonberg identifies the …

While it’s possible to purchase spreader booms from retail outlets these tend to be either fixed width or made from fine wire. Where a substantial …

Not all baits are easy or cheap to obtain particularly in winter. Lugworm, squid and peeler crab are supreme cod baits, but are we blind …

Previously Steve Akeroyd of Fox International showed how to use Armamesh to create a compact and effective sea fishing bait. Now Steve explains how to …

Keeping soft baits on hooks is an age old problem for sea anglers that standard bait elastic can't always solve. Armamesh from Fox International is …

Planet Sea Fishing's resident bait expert, Steve Walker makes the case for mackerel, agruably the most readily available and most effective sea fishing bait for …

Shore angler Matt Brook has great faith in spider crab as bait. Here he discusses likely places for collection, species to catch, as well as …