I’ve spent more mornings than I can count fiddling with tubs of ragworm, trying to keep them lively and easy to hook when the tide finally turns. Ragworm are brilliant bait — juicy, tough on a hook and irresistible to many shore species — but they don’t stick around in top condition for...
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When the tide flips and the run of fish lasts only an hour, every second...
How-To Guides
I started using a castable fishfinder a few seasons ago to solve a simple...
How-To Guides
Winter cod in shallow kelp bays are a special kind of fight: powerful takes in...
How-To Guides
Marina lights are one of those relentless, honest attractors: they concentrate...
I love fishing bouldered beaches for a reason: the structure concentrates fish, tides push feed into the cracks, and the light can be spectacular at dawn. But lugworm on these spots is a different beast. The combination of heavy surge, jagged rocks...
Picking the right shore reel drag for chasing sea bass from Welsh rocks and beaches has been something I’ve spent a lot of time experimenting with. The mechanics of a drag system matter more than people realise — it’s the difference between a...
I head out for overnight sessions because that sweet window between dusk and dawn often produces the best action on exposed coves — but twelve hours on the bank in open conditions means you need to be organised. Over the years I’ve learned to...
I’ve spent more mornings than I can count standing on rocky points and pebbled coves, watching the water and the birds and waiting for a clue. Learning to identify feeding lanes from shore is one of those skills that transforms aimless casting...
Winter cod in shallow Welsh bays have become some of my favourite early-morning prizes — slow, methodical fish that turn a quiet tide into a proper chase. One of the techniques that consistently helps me get more bites during the colder months is...
I fish a lot of different beaches around Wales, and over the years I’ve learned the hard way that local rules and simple common sense make the difference between a great day’s angling and a trip that upsets landowners, wildlife or other beach...
I can tell you a lot about a mark before I even put a lure in the water — sometimes just by the colour of the weed and the foam sitting on the tide. Pollack aren’t random predators; they follow food and structure, and the visual cues left on the...
I get asked a lot what I tie up when the swell is building off a rocky Welsh shore. For me, those days are equal parts opportunity and caution: bass move, feed and use the extra water to creep into gullies and over submerged reefs, but the risk of...
When I'm standing on a windswept Welsh beach at dawn, the difference between a frustrating day of short casts and a session where the rod tip hums with every long-distance drift often comes down to one invisible choice: the braided line on my reel....
Late summer in Wales is a magical time for bass in estuary mouths — warm water pushes bait in, tides concentrate fish, and the right soft plastics on a light rod can turn a slow session into a string of smiles. I fish these edges a lot, and over...