“Ring me†read the text from Tim. It transpired that Tim, who is an Estate Agent, was selling a house that belonged to a chap who owned a timeshare week on River Tay. The timeshare week had been on the market for some time, but remained unsold. The owner, Mike,…
What braided line should I buy?  (Part 1 of 2). It is not an exaggeration or overstatement to say that braided line has revolutionised modern day sea angling. This is certainly true for many branches of boat / kayak angling, and increasingly so, for spinning and other shore casting techniques. …
This 48lb Halibut was caught over slack water, by John Wilcox who was crewing for Rich Ward on one of my 2010 sharking trips. He’d tipped the daylights with a slither of fresh mackerel and lowered them to the bottom.…
CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science) is a marine science centre in Lowestoft that works on researching and conserving the seas. It’s an executive agency of the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Some of its work involves catching, tagging and releasing fish to investigate…
Last week, I was invited to fish on the North Esk, near Montrose in Scotland. The beat comprised about a mile and half of double bank fishing, running down from Morphie Dyke. As well as being a famous local landmark, Morphie Dyke is a major hurdle for migratory fish. Despite…
The Rapala brand is very well known to most people. Throughout the world, their plugs are recognised as being excellent lures for virtually every species of predatory fish. Here, in this article, I’ll talk about two of their patterns that I like to use for Autumn salmon fishing, as and…
In recent years local shark angling expert Rupert Drury has landed many a big shark from Rich Wards boat shytorque. This year Rupert invited Dave Brown (Skipper of the lizzard – Bridlington) to join him on an early season Sharking session at Whitby. As usual, the boys were not dissapointed…
Fishing With A Pirk By Rupert Drury With the growing popularity of “shad†fishing, use of a pirk has fallen out of fashion to a degree. Nevertheless, pirking (jigging or ripping), remains a very effective method of catching cod, ling and other local species. Over the years, I’ve had some…
Buying a ticket to go salmon fishing is just like buying a ticket for the National Lottery. Most of the time you win nothing and you wonder why you bothered. Occasionally, you fluke a tenner. But every now and again, someone hits the big one. That’s what drives me to…
With the inclement arctic weather we’ve had since the middle of December, the chances of soaking a deadbait for a winter stillwater pike, which is my normal line of attack at this time of year, has been nil. So with the lakes frozen solid, I’ve turned my attention to the…
After 5 years of not being to sea, I finally persuaded Neil, a friend from the village to join me on a tope fishing trip. Neil and I last fished together on a conger eel mission off Rye in East Sussex in 2004. We’d driven a long way and the…
Thought you guys would like to see some photographs from yesterday afternoons bass fishing.  It was taken from my friends’ boat in about 14’ of water and caught on an 11’ spinning rod, fishing live launce under a float. This was the biggest of nine fish we caught in the…
The future Of Shark Fishing In The North East – lets all be prepared to experiment a bit. All the Whitby shark caught so far have been caught whilst fishing at anchor. This is an easy way to get a good long chum trail out, but bear in mind it’s…
A Watched Pot Never Boils – Boat Fishing For Pollack Bass And Thornback Rays By Rupert Drury ………And a watched fishing float never goes under either – but turn your back for a second and if it’s going to go, you can bet your bottom dollar it will vanish the…
