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We are seeing people staying here for longer, the kayak and beach casting sections being the most popular and we are in the top ten for google searches for many, many terms.
This fishing site is here for you, so please tell me what you would like to learn and what I can do to improve the site.
I thought I should share this with you. Many of you will know all about rip currents and how dangerous they are when you are in the sea. They are a water flow created by the shape of the sea bed and the coast line where water rushes away from the beach and out to sea. I have highlighted the rip on this photograph. The reason I took the snap was because of the sandy water and highly oxygenated water in the rip made it clear to the eye. You can see with the red arrow that as the rip gets into deeper water the surface looks darker and turbid.
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I took a trip down to the Helford river to inspect a few possible fishing marks and get an idea of the shape of the river bed and where the strongest tidal currents were and where any food stuffs may be deposited.
This is an often overlooked part of sea fishing. Whether fishing from a Kayak or Beach casting, you can save yourself a lot of time and effort by spending a few hours walking your local beach or kayaking its length to select a few prime areas that you can revisit at a later date.
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Glenn Kilpatrick who runs the runs the Whitby sea anglers website and the Whitby fishing forum has offered to write a few articles about sea fishing in the Whitby area.
The first post in his series will be posted this week, I have seen it already and it’s very well written with some great pictures.
This is only meant as a rough guide to fish species you may expect in the specified month. Your location and local hot spots may be different to what is published here.
July sea angling shore species include,
Bass
Ray
Bream
Tope
Smoothounds
Dogfish
Bull Huss
Pouting
Flounder
Mackerel
Eels
Garfish
Mullet
Gurnard
Wrasse
Pollock
Turbot
Dab
Conger
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I am in the process I creating tutorials to show you the basics on how to make some great surf and beach casting fishing rigs.
I am currently working out the best way to create the images to allow you to easily see the components and materials used in rig building.Please bare with me on this one and if there is a particular rig you would like to see, then let the fishing blog know by commenting on this post.
Please check your fishing line and rod rings on a regular basis as I have heard of another person loosing a good fish because he was fishing rough ground and not checking his line for abrasions.
Damaged rings will quickly render a whole spool of line useless and rocky or even rough beach venues will quickly damage your line.
Is it just me or looking through the last few months of the angling press do there seem to be more reports about Bream catches and Bream fishing methods than ever before?
I would love to hear your thoughts on this, have there been more Bream caught and if so why? Is it because people are moving towards sports fishing and want to catch fighting fish on balanced tackle.Let us know about your recent Bream success or other success stories.
How do you get soft baits like lug or sand eels 100 yards to where the fish are holding?
You spend weeks learning how to get the most from your beach casting technique and you find a mark where you can put all that practice into effect. You cast your beloved lug worm only to watch them explode under the pressure of them entering the water. There are a few answers to this problem.
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“How many beads do I need to use when I tie a flounder fishing rig?”
The question really comes down to personal trial and error for your local flounder fishing mark. I would start by alternating 2 colours of bead, say red and black to a total of 5 beads. Then try rigs with different colours until you find what works in your area.
You can do this with using two rods both with different flounder rigs, or two hook systems with different bead patterns.
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