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.

WELCOME • ISSUE 624 JULY 2023

Sea Angler

TIDAL RIVER BASS TACTICS • The brackish water where rivers enter the sea is an important habitat for bass and a great place to fish for them. South West angler Will Cooper shares his experience on how to successfully lure fish for bass in estuaries

MATCHING THE HATCH • With an almost limitless number of sea creatures forming the diet of many sea fish, Lindsey Green decided to have a go at replicating them by moulding his own soft plastic lures from scratch

CREATURES OF THE CREEK • Successful fishing involves figuring out how to solve the problem in front of you. Bass lure supremo Henry Gilbey thinks creature baits could be the solution he’s been looking for

HOME OF THE SMOKIE • Local angler Joe Whyte explains the fishing opportunities around the historic village of Auchmithie north of Arbroath on Scotland’s North Sea coast

WICK LEDGES • Dave Lewis guides you to one of South Wales’ most productive rough ground venues where big tides and casting distance can make all the difference to success

JULY 2023 • Top Target Species Predictions for July

Tales from the tideline OLD MARKS, NEW TRICKS • Simon Smith’s foray into lure fishing puts a fresh perspective on his fishing and creates new chapters in the familiar surroundings of marks thus far only bait fished

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

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

CATCH MY DRIFT • Dave Lewis explains the tactics and tackle for fishing lures over reefs and wrecks from a boat moving with the tide

A TOTAL SHAMBLES • David Mitchell joins a group of Sussex-based anglers on their annual pilgrimage to Weymouth in search of the giant flatties of the famous Shambles bank

DANCING THE JIG • Russ Symons explains how the development of a hybrid method of vertical jigging over deep water wrecks in the western Channel has struck both gold and silver with its catches

THE ANGLERS AND THE EMPRESS • Mike Millman takes us back to 1967 and to a famous wreck with a monstrous conger. It was at the beginning of the boat angling revolution

FIRST LOOK LURE FISHING SPECIAL • Your update on the latest gear arriving in the tackle shops

Q&A SHORE ANGLING

SMOOTH OPERATOR • Fixed spool reels were once reckoned to be the easy way out for fishermen who couldn’t cope with a multiplier. Not anymore, as John Holden explains

HYPNO CAST • Chris Kennedy falls under the spell of these new metal lures from French manufacturer Fiiish

VASS CULTURE CLUB • Get comfy with Vass’s new range of branded T-shirts

NATIONAL MARINE AND COASTAL WILDLIFE CODE LAUNCHED • The government has issued advice to the public on how to avoid disturbing marine wildlife around the coast – here’s how it applies to sea anglers

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