Audio Angling

Recorded in 2012. Fylde Boat Angling Club shore section member and local shore match angler Steve Ball takes us on a tour of the Fylde Coast, suggesting features, marks and tactics along the way.

Recorded in 2011. Much of the development of the Common Skate fishing in the Firth of Lorne, and of the Spurdog fishery in Loch Etive is down to local charter boat skipper Ronnie Campbell, who discusses the fishery, its problems, and his regrets at the way the Loch Etive side of things are going, citing his own responsibility in the way things have turned out.

Recorded in 2011. Because the Canary Islands have no natural lakes nor indigenous freshwater fish species, local farmers rely on dammed reservoirs for crop irrigation purposes to which they have introduced Carp to prevent weed growth. In the high temperatures there these fish have thrived and grown big. Ex-pat UK Carp angler Dave Beecham guides visiting anglers on all inclusive trips to these lakes where fish in excess of 30 pounds are regularly caught.

Recorded in 2011. Both Milford Haven charter boat skipper Andrew Alsop and the port itself are fast making their names on the Shark fishing scene. Already the British Blue Shark record has been beaten and released as one of a number of fish topping 200 pounds, with hundred pounders a regular occurrence and 50 Sharks taken in a single day.

Recorded in 2012. Back in the 1970's, Phill Williams and Bob Fitchie set out to catch a Salmon, Sea Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Grayling, Schelly and Char each, and all in the same season as a Salmonid Grand Slam. Bob Fitchie actually completed it becoming arguably the first person ever to do so.

Recorded in 2011. Jack Shine is an Irish shore fishing legend. Sadly, he died in 1997, but his legacy of over 40 Porbeagle Sharks caught from the shore has never been repeated, not even with one fish, and possibly never will. Towards the end of Jack's life, Mick White spent quite a bit of time in his company documenting his achievements which he details and shares with us here.

Recorded in 2011. Over recent years, fully inclusive organised angling adventures to all corners of the world have become an integral part of the modern sea fishing scene. One such a guide is sea angling journalist Dave Lewis who talks here about the scope, potential and strong points of the trips he accompanies offered by Anglers World Holidays.

Recorded in 2011. Kayak fishing at sea is one of the fastest branches of fishing in the UK. Here kayak regular Jamie Soons talks the subject through thoroughly from buying and kitting out to monster Common Skate.

Recorded in 2011. Dave Lewis and Phill Williams look back at what was arguably the most productive shore angling trip ever made which produced in excess of 15,000 pounds of fish to almost 300 pounds from the steep surf beaches of Namibia's skeleton coast.

Recorded in 2011. Cumbrian angling guide Eric Hope from Hemmingways at Keswick talks about his guiding throughout the Lake District, and the fishing he offers for Pike, Perch, Salmon and wild Trout, including some huge Ferox Trout.

Recorded in 2011. World and European coarse match angling champion Ian Heaps talks about his glittering career, his angling techniques, and his school of angling at Holgan Farm in West Wales.

Recorded in 2011. Plumb line trolling a string of lures over deep water for Char on Coniston in the Lake District is a tradition that goes back many years. Here modern day practitioners Jeff Carroll and Bill Gibson explain the process and talk about the life history of the Char.

Recorded in 2011. Surprising a lot of people, a Six Gilled Shark in excess of 1000 pounds, the first ever grand plus fish from around the British Isles, was caught off the Irish port of Kilkee in 2009. But years before that, dinghy angler Mick Duff had already found their whereabouts.

Recorded in 2011. A story of an exploratory dinghy trip by Brian Douglas and Phill Williams to Tralee Bay in Co. Kerry Ireland which produced a wide variety of ray species including the rare Bottle Nosed Ray with specimens of 140 pounds.

Recorded in 2011. As dinghy anglers who were present and participated in the famous Flyde Coast jumbo Cod fishing era between the mid 1970's and mid 1980's, Brian Douglas and Phill Williams take a realistic as well as a nostalgic look at this probably never to be repeated event.

Recorded in 2011. Coarse fish farming as a science was introduced to the UK in the wake of the Toxteth riots in the 1980's for river re-stocking, particularly around the Mersey Basin, wherever and whenever water quality would allow. At the forefront of perfecting these techniques was Rod Taylor, who explains both flow through as well as recirculation fish breeding and keeping.

Recorded in 2011. Dr. Ed Farrell discuses his research work showing conclusively that despite claims to the contrary by anglers and fish recorders, only one Smoothhound species, the Starry Smoothhound, is found in northern European waters.

Recorded in 2011. Aberystwyth has long been a favourite sea angling destination, particularly back in the 1970's and 80's when Porbeagle Sharks were present in good numbers. As with the Rays, Shark numbers unfortunately have gone into decline. But there have been winners too, particularly the Black Bream. And throughout that time, Dave Taylor who skippers 'Aldebaran' has been taking parties out looking for them all.

Recorded in 2011. Female sea anglers are quite a rarity, even in todays enlightened times. Women crewing or skippering offshore charter boats in the UK are almost unheard of, making Tammy Fisher, who works aboard 'Katie Louise' fishing for Tope and Cod along the Norfolk and Suffolk coastlines respectively, something of an interesting find. A short but interesting insight into the work and plans of this 21 year old lady sea angler

Recorded in 2011. Pole fishing is a very quick and precise approach to catching fish in a freshwater match situation. Here, still water pole match fishing expert Nathan Lumb takes us on a step by step journey through the technique.