TIPS & TACTICS

Tactics

Understanding the surf, swell and tides

Learn How To Fish On Snaggy Marks

How surf beaches work and catch more fish

21 tips to make you a better beach angler

The best way to fish a sea wall or pier

How to float fish from the rocks

A beginner's guide to uptide fishing

Beginner's guide to cod fishing from the shore and beach

Does lure colour matter when sea fishing in deep water?

Common causes of lost fish while sea fishing from a boat

Advanced tactics

Mike Ladle explains how to catch bass on surface lures

Shore fishing for winter bass in Ireland

Know your flatfish species with our identification guide

Top beach tips for catching smoothhounds from the shore

Tackle and tactics to catch Autumn bass using squid as bait

Spinning and lure fishing for pollack from the beach

Catching dorado in the Seychelles Archipelago

Beach fishing for bass in the English Channel

Summer smoothhound fishing from the beach

Alan Yates on how to catch big bass from the shore

Baits

Learn how to prepare the perfect cart bait!

Collecting, digging and fishing with ragworms

Finding, digging and fishing with white ragworms

Have your chosen bait all year round with your own bait station

How to cut and shut a sandeel, mackerel, squid or crab

How to protect your hook bait from crab attacks

How to groundbait from the beach

Using mackerel strips, fillets and flappers as bait

Collecting and using razorfish as bait

Sea fishing with shrimps

Casting

Good body rotation can improve beach casting

Overcoming problems with your beach casting

John Holden explains the difference reel positioning can make to your cast

John Holden's ultimate better beach casting sea fishing series

Improving your body movement will improve your beach casting

Better your beach casting by setting yourself realistic targets

How advancements in rod technology have brought better casting distances

An insight into better beach casting with John Holden

Extracting maximum power from a pendulum cast for extra distance

John Holden explains how to hit a great beach cast

Knots

How to tie the five-turn half blood knot

How to tie the stop knot using power gum

How to tie the blood loop knot

How to tie the shockleader knot

How to tie the spider knot

How to tie the palomar knot

How to tie the grinner knot

How to tie the water knot

Marks

Beach fishing for cod off the Holderness coast

Beach fishing for summer smoothhounds at Cleveleys near Blackpool

Shore fishing at Gwynedd's prolific Pwllheli beach

Beach fishing for cod at Pakefield near Lowestoft

The thrill of fishing Cinderella Rock at Easington

Sea fishing the marks of North Yorkshire's Ravenscar

Tackling Liverpool's Otterspool Promenade and Jericho Lane

Rock fishing for wrasse off Pulpit Point on Portland

Cod and whiting fishing off Roker Pier in Sunderland

Rough ground cod fishing at Muchalls in Aberdeen

Rigs

How to tie the uptide/downtide rig

How to tie the uptide/downtide rig

How to tie a mono twisted boom to prevent tangles

How to tie the two-hook flapper

How to tie the stubby pier paternoster rig

How to tie the Pennell pulley rig

Tying the jelly boat rig

How to tie the swivel wishbone rig

How to tie a conger rig

How to tie the three-hook clipped trace rig

How to tie the loop rig

Species

Know your fish | Whiting

Know your fish | Turbot

Know your fish | Undulate Ray

Know your fish | Tope

Know your fish | Thornback Ray (Roker)

know your fish | Thick-Lipped Grey Mullet

Know your fish | Sting Ray

Know your fish | Spurdog

Know your fish | Solenette

Know your fish | Smooth Hound

Tackle

7 Lead weights that you must have!

Alan Yates explains all about fishing with fixed spool reels

Getting the best from magnetic brake multiplier fishing reels

The complete guide to sea fishing hooks

Braid versus mono mainlines. Which is the best for shore fishing?

Why fishing hook size is so important

How to gear up properly in preparation for winter weather

Learning about leaders, knots, breaking strains and why you should use them

Sea beach fishing with a paternoster rig

Know your sea fishing hooks