Marina lights are one of those relentless, honest attractors: they concentrate prawns, small fry and baby sandeels right where concrete meets water. Over the years I've found that bass feeding under pontoon and quay lights behave differently to fish on open shorelines — they're aggressive,...
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I used to curse pebble spits. Nothing fills you with more quiet frustration...
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On Fishing In Wales Co I’m always looking for simple, repeatable ways to find...
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Fishing kelp banks for cod at night is one of my favourite challenges — the...
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I’ve spent more early mornings than I can count sitting on slick rocks in...
Fishing kelp banks for cod at night is one of my favourite challenges — the tide smells different, the headlamp cuts through the darkness and every bite feels earned. Deadbait is my go-to when the water cools and cod move onto the weed to feed....
I’ve spent more early mornings than I can count sitting on slick rocks in Welsh harbours, watching sleek mackerel blitz the surface and nicking my lures before the pollack even show interest. Over the years I’ve developed a feathered teaser rig...
I’d been fighting kite-tailing for months on exposed pebble spits before I finally fixed it by switching to a 20g sliding bomb and a 50lb fluorocarbon leader. It felt like one of those small, stubborn problems that becomes huge the more you...
I walked the pontoon at low tide the first time I noticed how lights change everything. Under marina lamps the estuary becomes a corridor of silhouettes and suspended life — fry and shrimps schooling in the glow, small crabs skittering along...
I fish a lot of soft sand for sole around the Welsh coast, and over the years I’ve refined a simple shore rig that presents a whole lugworm exactly how the flat fish like it — low, drifting naturally with the tide, and sitting just off the...
I remember the first evening I tried the 6in sabiki on an ultralight spinning reel: three quick rattles of the rod and the surface exploded with mackerel. What had previously been a slo-mo parade of single grabs and missed opportunities suddenly...
Winter cod in shallow kelp bays can be maddeningly localised. I’ve lost count of mornings where I sit on the rocks watching kelp fronds barely move, thinking there’s nothing happening — then, after a well-timed chum slick, the bay comes alive...
I watch kelp the way some anglers watch lines on their reels. On exposed rocky points where pollack hunt, the subtlest ripple, the way a frond flips or the direction of a kelp "stream" can tell me where a fish is lying in wait. Over the years I've...
I fish estuaries a lot for bass, and low tide is one of those quiet windows where the cunning ones show their true colours. Over the years I’ve learned that changing the profile of a soft plastic at low water—sometimes subtly, sometimes...
I fish long, exposed beaches across Wales, and nothing beats the confidence of a clean, strong braid-to-mono shock splice when you’re casting heavy baits into a stiff onshore wind. Over the years I’ve tried loads of methods — knots, sleeves,...