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 through the massive shoals of autumnal whiting that have appeared

We are starting to get a mixed bag of fish on the Gynn Wall with dogfish being abundant with some plaice, small bass, whiting and pup hounds. Best bait at the moment seems to be rag worm which is catching

It really is that switch over time when our summer species depart slowly to warmer climes. Autumn seems to have arrived overnight with much colder early mornings and evenings heralding the shoals of whiting. I think we now have to accept

A modular artificial reef will be suspended alongside the Sydney Opera House as part of a new research project exploring ways to improve marine biodiversity and increase native species in Sydney Harbour, Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton announced today. The three-year

The fishing is variable on the Lancashire coast but as soon as there is a break in the weather there are fish to be caught especially from the boats. Last Saturday Jonathon Hall and Neil Whittle from Blackpool Boat Angling Club

It seems as if that autumn clock has been switched on, bang on time! Almost overnight shoals of autumnal whiting have appeared for both beach, pier and boat angler. Our beaches have been invaded with these voracious feeding species and after

The fishing is very up and down at the moment. The Gynn Wall is still producing plenty of sole, flounder, dabs and the occasional gurnard and smoothhound. At night the whiting and dogfish are being picked up along with the odd thornback

We carry on this week in a similar trend with calm clear seas and warm temperatures and it looks like the forecast is set for an Indian Summer which will mean it could be early October before much cooler weather sets

I decided to head out round some of the Caithness harbours for a day with the LRf tackle. First stop was the picturesque haven at Lybster. I had hoped to pick up some flounders here but the combination of a

Fleetwood and District Angling Club had a disappointing match on the Gynn despite an impressive air display. Conditions at Cleveleys looked good as the nine anglers headed out to fish low water. As it turned out the fishing was very slow and only