Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM THE WORLD OF FISHING

James ‘Leakyboots’ Batty explores our love affair with bass and what makes it such a popular and sought-after target species for sea anglers

THE BEST FISH YOU’VE LANDED THIS WEEK

A trip to an inshore wreck produces a rare fish for Jim and Ross aboard ‘Lucky G’

A sturdy bonsai freshwater swashbuckler, the spiny stickleback is often the first fish we catch as children