Guernsey winter beauties

All the latest news from our local experts. The only monthly record of catches and news from the major fisheries of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland

I reckon that taking a break from specimen-hunting to go pleasure fishing is a tonic for the soul

Today’s staunch game-fisher has good reason to thank yesterday’s stolid coarse angler, writes Mike Handyside

David Mitchell travels through the night to experience Cornwall’s epic reef fishing

Bass may be opportunistic feeders but the key to big fish success is tempting them with the dish of the day – as James Batty explains

Wayne Thomas looks back at some of the classic lures of yesteryear and asks whether modern lure design and technology is more about catching anglers than fish