2025 has been yet another sensational year for fishing. Not only have special catches been made, but anglers have taken a stand against the issues that matter, and come out largely victorious.

Our historian Keith looks back to an angling sponsorship wrangle from the late 1990s….

Keith looks back to when the search was on for a species now considered to be extinct

Sea Angler reader Ashley Butcher tells the incredible story of how a member of landlocked Leicester-based club Anstey Sea Anglers looks to have caught a new British record plaice, a record which has stood since 1974

I count myself very lucky to have travelled the world fishing

In this festive special, Keith looks back fondly on the near-20-year run he enjoyed on Sky TV’s Tight Lines programme, and picks out a few of his guest highlights...