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Ling [Species Menu] [Ling articles] Common name: Ling Latin name: Molva molva Record weight: Many boat anglers will be familiar with the ling and large fish are caught each year by anglers targeting the species. The current boat caught best is a fish of 59lb 8oz, whilst the shore caught best is a fish of…

The water was very cold and clear, so much more like winter, with the end of the season now visible on the horizon now was the time to put some concentrated effort in, as I knew the carp would soon start moving and would be hungry. The winter on this lake had been a poor…

The massive cod catches from Dungeness beach in Kent back in the 1960’s were the catalyst that spawned the dramatic development in surf fishing tackle and casting techniques that we witnessed through the 70’s and 80’s. Modified tackle and the pendulum cast gave us the ability to put big baits out well over 100-metres into…

Some two years ago, I was fishing Chesapeake Bay Maryland for striped bass and during the trip I met Joe and Tom McMurry, two of the nicest brothers you could wish to meet. Tom, a financier, lived in Washington DC (not to be confused with Washington State on the west coast) while Joe, a geologist,…

We should be grateful. The maritime weather of this Sceptred Isle allows the damp and warm Gulf Stream to render winters bearable in our northern islands. Without the Gulf Stream balm, we would return to the joys of a Siberian climate – frying eggs on the pavement in summer, and brass monkeys in the winter,…

This Christmas past, just as right through the rest of the year, there’s been hardly a moment when – should you so choose – you couldn’t catch, somewhere on satellite TV, a shark programme. Sharks rule National Geographic, Discovery, all the documentary channels except, I guess, History. And I’d not be at all surprised if…