Audio Angling

If you want to know anything worth knowing about angling trends, the best person to ask is one of the big players in the retail fishing tackle trade, few are better placed than Gerry Foote who has owned and operated the tackle shop, mail order and worldwide online tackle business Gerry's of Morecambe.

Fleetwood rose to prominence as the North Wests premier charter angling port during the 1970's, when through the recession years of the Thatcher government, it suddenly nosed dived into decline to the point where there were no boats at all.

Tenkara fishing was developed in Japan for purely practical reasons, it has recently been introduced to the UK, used to exploit running water wild Trout in a way that conventional fly fishing can't match. Mike Roden explains.

Though they had probably been there for many hundreds of years, back in 2000, it was suddenly realised that huge Blue Fin Tuna were running up the west coast of Ireland very close in to the shore.

The largest verified fish caught around Britain and Ireland was a Six Gilled Shark of 1056 pounds taken in 2009 aboard Luke Astons boat Clare Dragoon based at Carrigaholt on Irelands River Shannon Estuary. That said, his clients have caught and released at least three bigger fish, plus other Six Gills in smaller weight categories. Here Luke Aston talks about his encounters with these enormous fish.

Recorded in 2013. Ken Robinson is one of the best know shore match anglers on his native north east coast. An area of excellent fishing prospects. But equally, an area of extremes with regard to terrain and the tactics and ability to extract the best from what's on offer. Here he discusses tackle, tactics, bait, venues and species, offering advice on how to be in with the best shot of a result.

Recorded in 2013. The Common Skate tagging program that has done so much to bring the Scottish population back from near collapse is taken for granted these days. But back in the early 1970's when the species received no help or protection, even from anglers, it was a very different matter. Here Dr. Dietrich Burkel talks about how he helped set the program up, then reflects on its success over the intervening 40 years with SSACN now firmly in control of the project.

Recorded in 2013. Controversey has surrounded the catching of Scotlands first ever Porbeagle Shark by Dr. Dietrich Burkel off the Mull of Galloway back in 1970. Here Dietrich Burkel gives the definitive version of events which should now lay the issue finally to rest.

Recorded in 2013. For still water species of coarse fish, far and away the most productive in terms of individual growth, particularly for Bream and Tench, are gravel pits left to fill with water when extraction work is finished. Here coarse specimen hunter Mike Winrow explores the productivity, capability, and getting the best from them tactically with particular emphasis on specimen Bream and Tench.

Recorded in 2013. Fishing abroad for hard fighting warm water game fish species can be a costly business if you fish from a boat or with a guide. Here shore angler Ken Robinson gives away a wealth of tips and locations for going it alone in Europe and America, with some quite spectacular results.