How To Cut & Prepare Cuttlefish For Bait

Every now and then, the AnglersNet forums throw up a real gem of a post. The sort of post that it seems a shame to let drift into the ether. The following guide to cutting cuttlefish for use as bait by Dave Jenkins is such a post. Thanks to Dave, ...

Underarm Cast

Pier fishing is a great spectator sport.  Gives me a laugh, anyway.  The matches on Southend pier are fraught with incident mainly because it is mandatory to perform an underarm cast, rather than the more usual 'wallop it overhead' stylie. There are, more often than not and especially in decent ...

A Weighty Problem

When I was at the height of fishing widowhood and living with a houseful of anglers there were times when their strange habits encroached upon my sanity to a marked degree.  Looking back on it now I wonder how on earth I managed to survive. In between looking after the ...

All At Sea In The Thames Estuary

Usually, corporate days out are organised to take place in civilised surroundings – a gentle game of golf, perhaps, ending up in the Club House for a few beers at the end of the day. Or, a cricket match, with a similar venue for the aftermath. Chris Harvey, however, decided ...

Busman's Holidays

The Chief Angler is off for yet another week’s fishing next month – Guernsey, this time, shark hunting. Don’t get me wrong, I have no beef with him going away without me – in fact it’s like a holiday for me when he does. For a whole seven days I ...