Sea Angler

The best-selling sea fishing magazine in the UK. Covering the seas around Britain and all the fish that inhabit them. Sea Angler magazine is essential digital for true followers of the beautiful art, covering deep sea boat action through to shore fishing. Sea Angler brings together the complete package providing reviews of the latest rigs and exclusive offers for the world's best brands. As well as engaging the biggest names in the sport to provide you with their tips and tricks to catch the best fish! Covering the seas around Britain and all the fish that inhabit them. Sea Angler is the best selling sea fishing magazine in the UK. Whether it’s: baits, rigs, poles, marks, setups or equipment you are interested in, you’ll stay abreast of all the comings and goings with a Sea Angler digital magazine subscription.

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Sea Angler

LARKS’ GUIDE TO GILTHEADS • Ben Bassett joins Devon gilthead obsessive and all-round specimen specialist Martin ‘Larks’ Larkin for a masterclass on how to successfully target wily gilthead bream from the shore this summer

FINDING BASS MARKS • James ‘Leakyboots’ Batty shares his wisdom on how to identify your own bass-holding shore venues

MYTH OF THE MUD-EATERS • Joe Walker dispels some common myths about grey mullet and challenges you to change your approach to targeting them on the fly

CONFESSIONS OF A LURE JUNKIE BAN THE BARBS! • Crush your barbs and keep a bend in your rod – Henry Gilbey explains why he would ban barbed hooks for bassing with lures

THE SOLE OF THE THAMES • Big Jay White takes us back to his childhood fishing grounds and shares his top Dover sole tips and marks along the Kent bank of the River Thames

BLUE IN THE MOUTH • Fancy something different this summer? Dave Lewis explains why chasing a bluemouth might be just the challenge to get your teeth into

WATERCRAFT ESSENTIALS BEST BAIT • This month Mike Thrussell explains how essential the skill of identifying the right bait to use can be if you want to be a consistently successful angler

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YOUNG RODS • Sea Angler’s celebration of the great angling achievements of its many younger readers

FISH HAVE FEELINGS TOO! • Jake Swindells, the Countryside Alliance’s Director for Scotland, highlights a worrying report into fish welfare which has the potential to devastate angling as we know it in Scotland

BACK THE BOTTOM TRAWLING BAN • The government is currently consulting the public on a proposal to ban bottom trawling in 42 marine protected areas around England. If implemented, the new measures, designed to protect sensitive seabed habitats and species, would have far reaching benefits for fish stocks and sea angling, as David Mitchell reports

THE LOOE BASHER • Wayne Thomas heads to Cornwall for one of a series of annual fishing trips organised by his WhatsApp group of charter fishing pals

THE SEA ANGLER GUIDE TO TROLLING • It’s not the most exciting way to fish, but trolling can be a devastatingly effective way of targeting all sorts of predatory species. Tim Macpherson provides a guide to help you maximise your success using this often-ignored technique

THE LING UK & IRELAND SPECIALIST SPECIES HUNTING • Dave Lewis explains the tactics and techniques for conquering this wreck and reef dwelling member of the cod family, Molva molva

Q&A • Our experts solve your fishing problems

TIME FOR UPSKILLING • A lack of fish to catch leaves coach Brian and his coaching team with more time to help youngsters and adults alike improve their casting techniques

DAVE’S DIARIES SHARKING WITH ANNA RYDER-RICHARDSON • Dave Lewis recalls a day on the water with the Changing Rooms and ‘I’m a Celebrity…’ TV star

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