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 636 JUNE 2024

Sea Angler

SEACHING THE SURF FOR GOLD • As summer approaches, David Mitchell and Dave Lewis fish a classic surf beach for golden grey mullet where the frothing sea scum proves to be an unexpected clue for tracking down the fish

TREMENDOUS TRIGGERS! • Roger Munro explores one of the UK’s strangest summer visitors and shares his expert tips on where and how to successfully catch the toothy grey triggerfish

PERFECTING THE PATERNOSTER STEP-BY-STEP • Sea fishing innovator Lindsey Green looks into the origins of the paternoster, and provides a step-by-step guide to how to tie his new luminous anti-tangle rig – the T-Boom

CLARKIE’S SOUTH COAST SUMMER HOT SPOT • Chris Clark shares one of his favourite Hampshire summer venues where giltheads, hounds and stingrays provide sweltering sport for all skill levels to enjoy

ROUGH GROUND SMOOTHHOUNDS • With hound season underway Dave Lewis shares one of his tips for fishing at Boverton, one of the UK’s best marks for consistent double figure fish

JUNE 2024 • THIS MONTH MIKE GUIDES YOU AROUND JUNE’S BEST TIDES AND TACTICS FOR DOVER SOLE FROM THE SHORE AND BIG BASS OVER SHALLOW INSHORE REEFS

Tales from the tideline AND THINKING OF ANGLERS… • Simon Smith explores the mental health benefits of fishing

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

UNLUCKY GIT • Following his article about preparing your boat for the new season Tim Macpherson recounts an embarrassing, and potentially disastrous, first fishing trip of the season – highlighting once again why preparation is so important

BORN TO BOAT CAST • Many Sea Angler readers will have been lucky enough to have fished with Bob Cox when he and fellow pioneering skippers invented what became known as uptiding. His son, Sam, recalls what it was like to grow up in the heyday of charter fishing aboard his dad’s boat in the 1970s and 1980s

UNDER THE SPELL OF WEST WALES MAGIC • Darren McKell and the Squidward 3 crew took an unforgettable trip to fish with angling guide Joe Shaw who runs a successful guiding business from the pristine Pembrokeshire coast

2024 BLUEFIN SEASON THE FACTS • Tim Macpherson, Chair of the UK Bluefin Tuna Association, explains exactly what you need to know about the issuing of permits for recreational angling for bluefin tuna this year

CORKWING WRASSE UK & IRELAND SPECIALIST SPECIES HUNTING • Tick another species of your list this month with Dave Lewis’ advice on where to target, and how to definitively identify, this colourful reef dweller

Q & A • Our experts solve your fishing problems

YOU GOTTA BEND IT TO SEND IT! • Coach Brian explains why the right rod is the one that works best for you, and how 12 young anglers got on with their first taste of...