Dave Lewis recalls a trip to explore the National Museum of Wales’ collection of rare and unusual fish, and asks why these sorts of catches seem to be becoming more common

After a quiet month in James Raymond waits for the arrival of the smolt-scoffing spurdogs, but only after his long-awaited trip to Norway

Big Jay White reveals how playing your cards right can yield big results for spring thornbacks on north Kent’s Isle of Sheppey

Catching one British record fish is the fishing achievement of a lifetime for most anglers. But when Mike Johnson bagged the firstever claim for a UK shore-caught halibut last year, it was his second British record fish. Richard Baker reports on how this remarkable achievement came about

Fitting-out time is here again. Because I winter up in the Baltic where the sea still sometimes freezes, my season doesn’t really start until May. It was different when I berthed my 22ft wooden sloop

There can be few sea anglers in the UK who have not heard of South Wales based shore angling guide Gareth Griffiths, the UK’s most successful shore-based specimen hunter. Dave Lewis caught up with ‘GG’, as he is known, to find out more about the passion that drives his incredible record