Sea Angler

Sea Angler is Britain’s s biggest-selling sea fishing magazine. Launched in 1972, it covers shore and boat angling around the UK coastline and further afield. It's unique because every month it offers: * Full and honest tackle tests: what to use and buy * Exclusive bass section: dedicated to Britain's true sportfish * Shimano Mission Catch Competition: catch target species over a certain weight to claim embroidered catch badges * Technical and Tactical advice: how to catch through the changing seasons * Regular kayaking advice features & stories On average we publish 140 pages each month absolutely crammed with action, advice, tips and inspirational editorial.

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SeaAngler

THE BIG PICTURE

THE BIG INTERVIEW • Former Olympic athlete and coarse angling personality, Dean Macey, tells Sea Angler how he recently got bitten by the sea angling bug and why it’s given all his fishing a new lease of life

PICTURE PERFECT • In the first part of a new series on how to improve your photography skills Henry Gilbey asks you to slow down and think

THE MIGHTY MACKEREL • How one of Britain’s most undervalued sporting species can provide some superb summer sport

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S BREAM • Chris Kennedy uses patience and experience to crack the code for targeting one of the tastiest, and most impressive, summer visitors to the UK – the Couch’s bream

BLACKERS • Chris Clark recommends this hidden Dorset wrasse mark along the Purbeck coastline

BIGBURY BAY • Mike Millman guides us to Devon’s Bigbury Bay where the fascinating history of wartime wrecks offer great fishing for a range of species

PLYMOUTH • Mike Millman shares a lifetime’s experience of fishing his home town, this month from Western & Eastern Kings to king Billy and Mount Wise

DOUGHMORE (DO ONBEG) STRAND • Head over the Irish Sea to a venue in County Clare which boasts the Irish bass record fish

ABERAVON BEACH • Easy access and great fishing make this South Wales beach venue a popular mark

AS GOOD AS A REST • Simon Smith and his fishing mate fancied something different from their usual fishing marks. Where better for a change than Rest Bay?

LITTLETON-UPON-VERN • Head high up in Gloucestershire’s upper reaches of the Severn Estuary and you’ll find this species rich and popular high-water mark and match venue

THOSE UNSEEN LINES • Simon Smith muses on the childhood ‘tracing’ sessions of a young sea angler

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • Catch a specimen fish to stand a chance of winning some great new prizes on offer

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

HOSTED TRIPS • Considering booking the fishing trip of a lifetime? With 26 years’ experience hosting trips Dave explains what it involves and the benefits you get by paying for a host

BOAT ANGLER

GARMIN ® LIVESCOPE ™ PLUS • Real time views, clearer images and the ability to separate target species – David Mitchell takes a trip to the Solent to discover what Garmin’s new LiveScope Plus live scanning sonar system has to offer

THE SEA ANGLING CLASSIC • David Mitchell reports from Portsmouth on the new Sea Angling Classic which is bringing big money prizes and an exciting new format to the competition scene

FISHING THE FORTRESS • Mike Thrussell takes us to the rich fishing waters of Caernarfon Bay, a great venue to try boat fishing this summer either by charter boat or your own

RIPPING IT UP • In the absence of any mackerel for live baiting for bass, Ramsgate’s boat anglers have developed a deadly new method for lure fishing from an anchored boat, as Jeff Jeeves explains

SWANSEA BAY • Swansea has long been a famous angling venue for both charter and...