Jim looks back through his angler’s log book from the 1970s and is shocked to be reminded how many people turned out for the shore competitions fifty years ago

Our historian Keith looks back 58 years to the tale of an intrepid sea angler who targeted big sharks from the shore

From landing hulking catfish on the Zambezi to talking tackle with Ted Hughes, COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent looks back on seven colourful decades

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM THE WORLD OF FISHING

FROM CABLE TO TABLE

All told, this week has been a bit of a roller coaster of emotions