PlanetSeafishing.com Magazine

Northern Bites - 01/09/10

Wed Sep 1 22:04:40 2010

There were still plenty of mackerel about during the early part of last week with the North Gare producing bags of up to thirty fish on morning tides, but an easterly sea midweek soon put an end to that, and those anglers who could avoid the masses of washed out weed that always appears during heavy...

Northern Bites - 24-08-2010

Tue Aug 24 15:15:03 2010

Shore anglers are enjoying some decent sport at present with plenty of mackerel about from the piers and some nice bags of cod reported from the rock edge marks, beaches and various piers after dark. Cod have moved in very early this year with some anglers reporting excellent bags of up to twenty si...

Last gasp Smoothies

Tue Aug 24 14:35:11 2010

With just over an hour to go in the latest Skegness Pier Angling Club (SPAC) match held at Drake Road, Skegness, catches had been poor, with no sign of what was to come. Then a shoal of large smoothounds turned up to feed on the local crab population and mayhem ensued, with numerous anglers experien...

Alderney Report - August 2010

Mon Aug 23 18:40:56 2010

I absolutely love this time of year for fishing, the biggest problem for us is that it is our busiest time of year work wise and this limits the fishing time available.Boat sport is simply terrific; I keep repeating what a fantastic year it has been for turbot but we’re still getting a good su...

Neil’s Knots - Grinner Knot

Sat Aug 21 14:56:18 2010

Renowned caster and angler Neil Mackellow explains the tying of his favourite knots in the first of this occasional series.The grinner knot is one of the most flexible knots used in angling for attaching line to an eyed hook, swivel or lure. It has a substanial wet knot strength of over 90 percent o...