Sea Angler

The best-selling sea fishing magazine in the UK. Covering the seas around Britain and all the fish that inhabit them. Sea Angler magazine is essential digital for true followers of the beautiful art, covering deep sea boat action through to shore fishing. Sea Angler brings together the complete package providing reviews of the latest rigs and exclusive offers for the world's best brands. As well as engaging the biggest names in the sport to provide you with their tips and tricks to catch the best fish! Covering the seas around Britain and all the fish that inhabit them. Sea Angler is the best selling sea fishing magazine in the UK. Whether it’s: baits, rigs, poles, marks, setups or equipment you are interested in, you’ll stay abreast of all the comings and goings with a Sea Angler digital magazine subscription.

WELCOME • ISSUE 625 AUGUST 2023

Sea Angler

50 SPECIES IN 12 MONTHS • The Holy Grail of species hunting is to top 50 species within a single calendar year. Mike Thrussell explains how you can achieve the species quest

BAGGING BALLANS • With over 300 wrasse caught on lures last year – 32 of them over 4lb – Damion Fryer knows a thing or two about how to target specimen wrasse on lures. Here he shares his experience for your own summer of success

MULLETING WITH MATILDA • Summertime is the perfect season to target the elusive grey mullet. South West based Swedish angler, Matilda Björklund, recalls some recent sessions and provides her top tips to help you catch these hard-fighting fish

MAKING THE MOST OF THE MOULT • Sam Cox explains how to collect, store and use one of the deadliest summer baits for many of your favourite species – the peeler crab

BIGGING UP BURNHAM • David Mitchell heads to Somerset for a session fishing the beaches of a popular seaside resort down on its luck

MUMBLES HEAD • Dave Lewis focuses on the excellent rough-ground summer bass fishing to be had in the western end of Swansea Bay

Tales from the tideline THOSE LONG, GOLDEN-GREY DAYS • For Simon Smith a day of summer sun, heat and clear blue skies meant only one thing – a day on the beach stalking mullet in the surf

YOUNG RODS • Sea Angler’s celebration of the great angling achievements of its many younger readers

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GUERNSEY’S ST PETER PORT THE QUAY TO EXTENDED CHARTERS • MIKE MILLMAN traces the development of these overnight cross channel charter fishing trips from their inception in the 1970s

TOP ‘BILL’ FOR OUR OWN DAVE LEWIS • Contributing editor and globetrotting angler Dave Lewis achieved a world first off the coast of Majorca last month with the first ever Mediterranean spearfish caught on the fly

SPECIES HUNTING 5 FISH TO TARGET • Dave Lewis picks five less common species that, with a little planning, you can tick off your species list. Here’s how, when and where to target them

IRISH SEA ADVENTURES • Bram Bokkers heads to Wicklow to explore the less well-known fishing opportunities on Ireland’s Irish Sea coast

SEA ANGLING CLASSIC 2023 • David Mitchell reports back from Portsmouth where Sea Angler was competing in this unique boat competition with the biggest prize in sea angling

Q&A • Our experts solve your fishing problems

WHERE’S THE CUTTING EDGE? • Consider what it is you actually need from a new beachcaster before spending your budget on the latest technology and design

AUGUST 2023 • Top Target Species Predictions for August

AMERICAN STEEL • Specimen angler Chris Kennedy takes a look at American Fishing Wire (AFW) traces and one of its ultra-reliable components: the Mighty Mini crane swivel

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