Sea Angler

Sea Angler is Britain’s s biggest-selling sea fishing magazine. Launched in 1972, it covers shore and boat angling around the UK coastline and further afield. It's unique because every month it offers: * Full and honest tackle tests: what to use and buy * Exclusive bass section: dedicated to Britain's true sportfish * Shimano Mission Catch Competition: catch target species over a certain weight to claim embroidered catch badges * Technical and Tactical advice: how to catch through the changing seasons * Regular kayaking advice features & stories On average we publish 140 pages each month absolutely crammed with action, advice, tips and inspirational editorial.

WELCOME

Sea Angler

FOR THE LOVE OF ESTUARIES • Overlooked by most people, estuaries are essential to sea angling. David Mitchell explains why they are so important and how they offer something for all types of anglers

SPOON-FED FLOUNDER • Mike Thrussell goes back to his childhood by putting a modern twist on an old classic

JOB DONE • On a mission to make sure his son catches the fishing bug, one dad recalls a day neither of them will ever forget

BURNHAM-ON-SEA • For big winter flounder James T Madsen reckons this Somerset venue is up there with the best

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LONG QUARRY TO NATURAL ARCH • A series of deep-water marks close to shore scream specimen conger – or even, perhaps, blue shark

COLD KNAP POINT • The fishing can be hot at Cold Knap, particularly if you are looking for a specimen conger or bass

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CRICCIETH WEST • A mixture of rough and clean ground offers plenty of year-round opportunities at this North Wales venue

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PEVENSEY BAY • This East Sussex venue, with a shingle bank and shallow sloping sand flats, fishes all year round and is particularly noted for flatfish and bass

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • Catch a specimen fish to stand a chance of winning some great line from Sufix

MISSION RECORD HOLDERS

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

£25 TACKLE VOUCHER WINNERS

CONGER GALS • Between 2000 to 2004 the Conger Championships was won by women four times. Mike Millman recalls history being made in the heyday of UK conger fishing

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS THE AVERAGE ANGLER? • New reseach, and an online survey of anglers, aims to find out

WHERE TO BOAT FISH

PART TWO LUCE BAY • In part two of our journey around south west Scotland we take in the boat fishing opportunities from East Tarbet to Stranraer

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CARDIFF BAY AND PENARTH • With plenty of berths for all sizes of boat, and plenty of top-class fishing marks, Cardiff Bay and Penarth offer boat anglers accessible year-round fishing

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HERNE BAY • Hounds, bass, and thornbacks aplenty on the north Kent coast

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SALCOMBE AND KING SBRIDGE ESTUARIES • All you need to know to fish these two top Devon estuaries

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THE SEA ANGLER GUIDE TO SOFT INFLATABLE BOAT (SIB) FISHING AND BUYING • Want to get into boat fishing but don’t know where to begin, or how much to spend? A SIB might be your entry point into exciting new angling adventures

GO GO GRIMSBY! • Dave Barham reveals a new charter boat operation fishing the Humber Estuary out of Grimsby, where cod abound…

THE ROSY JOBFISH • These tropical deep-water snappers are increasingly popular as a sport fish. Dave Lewis explains why.

VIVA BASS VEGAS • Joe Walker takes a break from the Las Vegas blackjack tables and takes a gamble on catching a striped bass – in the Nevada Desert

SCRAPE AND SPRAY • March is a...