DIY hollow braid Vertical Jigging Assist Hook Check List: Various braking strain hollow braid and Kevlar braid. Much depends on where you are fishing and what you expect to catch. In U.K. waters where there is a lack of really toothy predators you can use normal hollow braid. If you are fishing tropical [...]
Maderia – Blue Marlin – Sorted Between May & September some of the world’s largest Blue Marlin run through the Deep blue Atlantic waters that surround the Islands of Madeira. These giants have constantly inspired dozens if skippers & crew and thousands of anglers worldwide to come to Madeira. There is perhaps no other place [...]
A BRITISH ‘RECORD’ BLUE SHARK RELEASED I recently headed down to Plymouth for two days fishing with Malc Jones aboard his Penn sponsored boat Sea Angler 2. I would be accompanied by fishing mates Adrian Piotrowski, Dan Clayfield and Gregg Johnson The plan was to target Blue sharks, possibly also Porbeagle’s, by anchoring [...]
Penn Challenge Part 2 I thought I would add some detail relating to the gear and tactics as well as my new experience of sea fishing in the amazing Penn Cup! As I mentioned in the last blog I am predominantly a Coarse and Fly angler and have limited sea fishing experience. [...]
I’ve just returned from the 2010 Penn cup held in Norway. We boat fished for a week out of Havosund in Finmark, this amazing area is very near too the North Cape and therefore almost the most northerly point in Europe! This puts it well north of the Arctic Circle and I experienced 24 hour [...]
VERTICAL JIGGING These pictures were taken during a trip to Watamu and Malindi, Kenya earlier this year. I was using a Penn 850 SSM spinning reel matched with a Penn TRQ 6’6′ jigging rod. Although ‘slightly’ under gunned for some of the abuse we gave it the rod performed superbly and lifted some big GT’s, [...]
Just fished a great day out with Paul Kilpatrick on the Sea Otter ll. As usual Paul was "hot to trot" and if it hadn’t have been for a couple of tortoises in the car park we would have been through the swing bridge and heading out to sea by 7am sharp. As [...]
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