The Fishermans Net

Thank you Richie for posting the photos from your amazing fishing holiday. :clap: Scrolling through the photos of all those exotic hard fighting fish has cheered me up, as I think I'm suffering from Winter blues at the moment. Surely Spring weather has got to arrive some time soon and with it a few ...

It's always good to get the first session with a new rod done and dusted by catching a few fish. Confidence is everything when it comes down to your fishing tackle. It doesn't matter if it's a £60 or £600 fishing rod, if you have confidence in using it then it's the best rod for you! Hopefully, I w ...

Hello one and all and a Happy New Year. Just a quick report from fishing this mornings high water tide on the Wirral side of the Mersey. Father Christmas had brought me a belated present via the AWESOME Gerry's boxing day sale. A 14 foot, Tronix Pro Cobra Light rod bought at a superb price was just ...

I like to see our rod tips rattling regardless of what species or size of fish is biting ;) . Although sometimes I feel I probably don't give larger baits enough fishing hours in the water to actually improve my odds of catching an in size Cod. It's always a difficult balancing act judging when to ...

Karen and I fished last nights evening high water tide on the Mersey at Guinea Gap. There were plenty of anglers out stretching all the way along Seacombe Promenade from 'Town Hall Steps' right through to the 'Tunnel Vents'. The fishing was tough with everybody struggling to catch the odd fish. I ...

I think I was fishing to your left. I didn't get a single bite on scratching flapper rig for over 1 3/4 hours. I hate to say this, but not long after you had packed up I started getting bites off Whiting. Ended up with 10 x Whiting in two hours before the ebbing tide picked up. It was cold in that ...

Yes it was really good to see.

The young lad enjoyed getting the better of his Dad, 10 fish to 3 fish .

Just a few words after Sundays fishing session over high water on the Mersey, Town Hall Steps. I decided to take my wife on what I call a social fishing tide on an easy to fish mark on the Mersey. High Water at 1:30pm, therefore lending itself to convenient fishing times of 11am to 3:30pm. It was ...

I was parked on Pennystone Road, just north of Red Bank Road.

Just like to warn any anglers who may thinking of parking their car on a side street in the Bispham area and fishing the promenade. My car was parked in a side street north of Red Bank Road when I fished this session. I've since discovered what was causing a slow puncture that had appeared the next ...

Just a few words to conclude this post. I've had two casting sessions on field with a Penn 525 MAG2 reel and Daiwa Supercast Power Multiplier rod (Mk 1). All of my cast have been a straight forward overhead thump. The first session (approximately 12 casts) with only the Penn MAG 2 reel set on it's ...

Thanks guy's, I've only just started fishing the Alex Wall this year. Probably had about seven sessions since January. It will be interesting to see what it produces over the next few months, especially when bites become harder to find :). News Flash: I took Karen onto a playing field to improve her ...

Just a quick update on my journey towards fishing with a multiplier reel. I experienced serious over run problems during the cast with my Daiwa SLSH reel. Thanks to Brian's (Buccaneers S.A.C) advice I've now fitted the tiny plastic brakes onto the spool of the SLSH so hopefully this will resolve ...

I thought it might be interesting to share last weeks sea angling trips with you. My wife Karen joined me and as usual we always enjoy a friendly competition whilst fishing. We decided upon two diverse venues, the Fylde seafront and the Mersey Estuary. The winner would be decided by the longest ...

The 2017 Buccaneers Sea Angling Club's annual away day match assembled a small but diverse blend of anglers. A collective tone of accents gathered on the Princes Way Promenade in between Cleveley's and Bispham on the Fylde coast. From the north; we have the Barrow quartet. There were representatives ...