South West
Bigbury Bay, South Devon
Jim O'Donnell describes the top six marks in one of South Devon's prime bays, Bigbury Bay, consiting of rock marks and beaches, all located 10 miles from Plymouth. ... Full story
Lilstock, Somerset
SPECIESThornback rays can show throughout the year along with conger eels. May to July produces smoothound with sole showing from June through to September. Cod ... Full story
Loe Bar, Porthleven, Cornwall
SPECIESProduces conger, thornback and small-eyed rays, bull huss, dabs, plaice, whiting, codling and mackerel and garfish in season. BAITSLugworm and ragworm are the main baits for ... Full story
Looe, Cornwall
Looe is most famous for it's shark fishing. This began properly in the mid 1950's with the famous Brigadier J. A. L. Caunter prominent in ... Full story
Minehead
A reliable port situated on the Bristol Channel that rarely gets the limelight that it deserves. The charter fleet sports modern craft with full facilities ... Full story
Padstow
Padstow is primarily known a a shark fishing port and probably was the birthplace of British shark fishing as we know during the early post ... Full story
Plymouth
Back in the 70's and 80s it was home to probably the biggest charter fishing fleet in the UK and was undoubtedly the most famous. ... Full story
Porthcurno, Cornwall
SPECIESThis is an all year round venue capable of giving mackerel, garfish, scad, bass, small-eyed ray and wrasse in the summer and autumn, with a ... Full story
Puttsborough, North Devon
SPECIESBass, small-eyed ray, some blonde ray, conger, whiting, turbot, dabs, plaice and dogfish. BAITSTop bait is fresh or frozen sandeel which takes pretty much everything, especially ... Full story
Rame Head, Cornwall
SPECIESLocals rate this area for its wrasse fishing, but it also produces good returns of huss, conger, mullet, mackerel, garfish and the odd bass. Occasionally ... Full story
Sand Point Weston Super Mare, Somerset
SPECIESMarch to May sees a run of both spring codling and thornback rays. Bass show best from mid May through to late November, with conger ... Full story
Stolford, Somerset
SPECIESSpring and summer for thornback and small-eyed ray. October onwards sees whiting, cod and coalfish. BAITSThe thornbacks take lug tipped with squid, squid or crab. The ... Full story
Teign Estuary, Devon
SPECIESFlounder all year and eels. Best time for the big flounder is from October through to the end of February. BAITSThis is mainly a crab only ... Full story
The Erme Estuary, Devon
SPECIESThornback and small-eyed ray show late May and June, but appear in bigger numbers from September on. Bass are resident all year round along with ... Full story
Ashford Strand, Barnstaple
SPECIESA mark noted for specimen flounder taken between September and late January, though of late some big flatties have been taken through to late February. ... Full story
Blackstone Point, South Devon
SPECIESMainly summer and autumn rock dwellers including ballan wrasse, conger, bull huss and pollack, but also a few small-eyed ray off the cleaner sand at ... Full story
Blue Anchor, Somerset
SPECIESThis is a good spring through summer venue for thornback ray, bass, conger and silver eels. From October produces cod, whiting and some big flounders. BAITSMix ... Full story
Dartmouth
A port set inside the confines of the Dart Estuary and protected from the worst of the weather. It carries a healthy number of modern, ... Full story
Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe in North Devon is mainly associated with the tourist season being extremely popular as a holiday venue. Partly due to the influx of summer ... Full story
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J Knot: Braid to Mono
This is the best knot we’ve found for joining a mono leader to main braid reel line. We first came across it when fishing for ... Full story