Once the angling bug had bitten me as a youngster, my Dad soon had me enrolled as a member in the Workington British Steel’s Angling Club. The local steelworks was at the ‘front and centre’ of the local community as an employer, recreationally and socially. The steelworks wages fuelled the local and wider economy. It…
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Pre-Lockdown Plaice
Shortly before the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were implemented I managed to squeeze in a beach fishing session for the plaice that arrive on our local beaches in February and March after spawning. I chose to fish on the sand at the northern end of Maryport Promenade known as Bankend Farm. The sandy area is a…
Sea Shore Safety
Since my early days when I started fishing as a young boy I soon realised the sea and coastline should be afforded respect. It could be a dangerous place to spend your time and I learned some early lessons. This era was the pre-package holiday years, so local families holidayed mostly at home and went…
The Present – Room For Optimism?
As I wrote in my previous article we have seen massive changes over the past couple of decades in the fish quality, numbers and species around our West Cumbrian shores. The huge shoals of pouting have disappeared, the cod stocks have diminished in both quantity and size. The prolific flounder fishing that was enjoyed at…
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