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 …
John Popplewell
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …