A number of Maryport & District Sea Angling Club members recently visited the beautiful area of Dingle in the county of Kerry, Ireland. For those who have not visited this part of Ireland, it is an area of stunning natural beauty. A landscape of beautiful hills, towns, and villages with numerous rivers cutting their way…
The AKIOS INOVA Welsh Open Pairs Festival 2025 was held on the beaches of Pwllheli and Aberech in Wales over Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th of September 2025. I was lucky enough to get a place partnering Phil Pape, as this competition is seen as one of the best sponsored and well-run events…
The latest North West Sea Angling League competition was held at the famous flounder venue, Port Carlisle. For many years, catches at the venue comprised solely of flounders, with the odd eel thrown in. In recent years, however, possibly due to global warming, other species are being caught. Nearly twenty years ago, Workington anglers, father…
Welcome back! This year the match organisers finally ruled that the match venues could not be pre-fished. I personally think this is a great step forward and the Ventry venue which was the last match in the series of three, fished excellent. With a fantastic record breaking number of dogfish and other species caught. Not…
In September every year a hardcore of sea match anglers make the pilgrimage to the town of Dingle on the extreme southwest coast of Ireland. The Daiwa Irish Pairs is a sea angling competition without any other comparable. It is unique with three 5 hour matches that are fished over the week, but between these…
Grasslot beach is one of the few fishing marks in Cumbria that gives me a sense of excitement every time I fish there as you never know what is going to show up. Particularly in the May to October months. Once the crab molt gets into full swing in May this beach can offer some…
Jeff McAllister and myself decided to have our last fishing session of 2023 along the promenade at Silloth. Fishing between the groynes off the concrete steps is a very comfortable venue and generally provides good sport this time of year with numbers of dabs, whiting and the occasional codling. The venue is extremely popular with…
Maryport Sea Angling club held their last fishing competition of 2023 on Workington Pier. The venue had to be moved after the Storm Gerrit continued to batter the country and make the original venue Silloth Promenade unfishable. The high wall of the pier facing north gave a nice sheltered venue against the 40-50mph south westerly…
It must be about 3 years since I last fished Workington Beach, the steep shingle beach to the south of the pier. The carpark at the top of the beach makes it an easy accessible venue, however the top of the beach has had the shingle removed. This has made the first 20 metres strewn…
This is an annual event with a great turnout of both top class local and travelling anglers from Scotland, the North East and North West of England. The prize money is all on catching the largest single flatfish, either a plaice or flounder and the largest round fish. That could be a dogfish, thornback ray…
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