Saturday the 8th October 2011 I started this years winter fishing. What happened next was nothing short of a complete disaster. On my first cast of the evening I snapped my Greys Nitra about halfway down the tip section. On Sunday night I fished again, and would you believe it…
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. …
The yoro-yoro is the slightly shallower diver of this fantastic Bass Lure The MEGABASS gataride and yoro yoro 120 offers excitment at many levels. Firstly, its articulated lip generates quite intense vibration up the line and rod especially at fast retrieval. Secondly, the water port on top of the body…
The Maria Chase BW is a long slim diving lure for plug fishing in shallow water. This best selling bass lure is optimised to dive at depths up to 30cm making it the ideal bass fishing lure for shallow beaches and rock marks. The built in magnetic moving weight system…
Storm Chug Bug The Storm Chug Bug is yet another bass fishing lure that falls into the category of surface popper. As with all surface working lures the chug bug has the advantage of being fishable in shallow areas such as UK beaches, scaurs and rock ledges, this makes these…
One of the best bass plugs on the market is the megabass zonk gatoride. However despite the amazing bass catching potential of these lures they do have a tendency for the diving vein to snap off when they come into contact with the rocks. In this forum topic, Kester (Aka…
The kicking eel features a reinforced segmented body with a kickin tail, a durable soft plastic body rigged with a premium red VMC treble. The polycarbonate diving vane provides a very life like swimming action. 12cm – - 13g These eels look amazing and will produce bass when fished over…
I know that from time to time the question crops up of how do I ‘tune’ my reel for fishing. It’s no dark art and any angler using a multiplier should be capable of a ‘fishing’ tune for their reel or reels. http://holderness-coast-fishing.co.uk/basic-multiplier-tuning-for-fishing-abu-and-penn/…
They feature Maria's moving weight system for improved casting distance and perfect fishing balance. The lip is designed for extra shallow diving (6'' to 12'') and a slow steady retreive gets the lure working just sub surface. Extra shallow divers can at times be deadly for bass and this lure…
Anyone who knows sea angling in Yorkshire knows Bill Costin who runs the local tackle shop in Scarborough. Bill has fished the north east coast for as long as he cares to remember and boasts many great catches from both shore and boat. In more recent times Bill has turned…
So as the title says I went for the new Penn Torque 100..having got on so well with the 525's I just had to have one of the heavily engineered new reels from the Penn stable. Afraid Sea Dangler appear to have got it wrong again though...again…
Using Rotten Bottom Rigs Rotten bottom rigs are an essential item for rock and rough ground fishing fishing. As with anything to do with fishing they sound rather technical and a lot more complicated than they actually are. I remember the first time someone mentioned rotten bottom rigs to me…
There are many variations of the rotten bottom rig. This pin and foam rig is one of the more widely used versions and thought by many to be the best as there are less components to get snagged up in the rocks, kelp and rough ground. The simplicity of this…
Pulley Rig For Fishing Over Rocks And Ledges. If you are to fish over submerged rocks, boulders and steep ledges then the pulley rig is the one for you. This simple but effective rig means you can now fish in the roughest of grounds knowing that if you hook a…
