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.