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 640 OCTOBER 2024

SEA ANGLER

ROCK ROULETTE • September signifies the beginning of the rock angler’s most productive period. From now to the end of November the number of species peaks. Mike Thrussell explains how to make the most of autumn’s rock fishing where it’s a game of rock roulette as to what you might catch!

NATURAL PRAWN KILLERS • Sea Angler’s editor goes to the rocky gullies of the Gower Peninsula in search of bass using his favourite method: light-tackle live-baiting with prawns

BASS FISHING ON STEROIDS • Bass fishing junkie Henry Gilbey travels across the Atlantic to the east coast of Canada to get a fix of the vast and unspoilt UK-style striped bass fishing on offer

LATE SUMMER KELP COD • This time of year is not all about bass, hounds and bream. Scottish shore angler Joe Whyte explains how to target late summer cod from the kelp beds of Arbroath

WHEN THE UNIVERSE CONSPIRES • No angler can escape Sod’s Law. When bad luck strikes you down just remember, it’s not your fault, as Simon Smith explains

ARCTIC EXPLORERS • Sea Angler editor, David Mitchell, heads off on a pioneering expedition to fish the shores of northern Norway’s uncharted coast

ON THE HUNT FOR SHORE TOPE • Sea Angler reader Daniel O’Neill explains how his hard work paid off when he cracked the code for successfully catching tope from the shores of Northern Ireland

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

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

FLOAT FISHING FOR BASS A LURE-BASED APPROACH • Darren McKell shares his hybrid method for bass fishing combining float fishing and lures, a technique which has seen countless specimen fish come to his boat this summer and dramatically reduced tackle losses

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES • Dave Barham is back and fishing: This month he heads to sea in Kent aboard the Skerry Belle – one of the oldest charter boats in the UK still in operation. Dave grew up fishing on her and is joined by one of the original owners of the boat, a close family friend, for a day chasing bass and hounds

SMALL BOATS BIG SMILES! • Darren McKell reports back from North Wales and a new bass fishing competition set up by a popular small boat fishing Facebook group

ELECTRIC BLUE CUCKOO • Looking more like a coral reef fish from the tropics, the brightly coloured cuckoo wrasse is one of the UK anglers’ most stunning species. Dave Lewis explains how to target them this month

Q&A • Our experts solve your fishing problems

ANGLING WITH ALED JONES • Brian Pask has had an eventful month coaching on the South Coast even before the Welsh warbler joined his youth group for a beach session in Eastbourne!

COACH BRIAN’S 5-MINUTE CASTING CLINIC

LEARNING TO FLY • Joe Walker reports back on a unique weekend event in sea angling that’s a one-stop-shop for aspiring saltwater fly fishers

DAVE’S DIARIES COD, GAMMON AND...