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How to Grill Fish

By Sean McSeveny On December 22, 2020 · Add Comment · In Recipies, Tips
Whether using an indoor grill or an outdoor grill, the art of cooking fish on a grill takes time and practice to perfect. Unlike chops or burgers, grilling fish can be a notoriously difficult task as fish is typically thinner and much more fragile so it lends itself easier to breakage whilst cooking, while it [...]
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Winter Sea Fishing

By Sean McSeveny On December 15, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
Winter sea fishing is all about Cod, Whiting and Flounder right? Wrong!! They are certainly the species most anglers automatically think of when the last flushes of autumn have gone and we face months of cold and wet weather. However it certainly doesn’t have to be that way, there are still loads of other species [...]
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How to catch Exotic fish on lures in the UK!

By Mohammed Assi On August 25, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Reports
August is the month that normally throws up a few exotic fish around the UK waters and this year is no exception. We have heard reports of an unusual species that as a Mediterranean fish that I am familiar with as well as some other fish that have reached UK waters. One of these species [...]
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Micro Jigging, a Mackerel Killer?

By Mohammed Assi On July 21, 2020 · Add Comment · In Lure, Lure, Reviews, Species
Mackerel are always fun to catch. They are a true pelagic fish in that they are continuously swimming and feeding. They hit just about any lure or bait presented to them, however some techniques are more fun and productive than others. Micro jigging is a technique that is very productive and can prove very successful [...]
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How to tie a leader (Daiwa Sokkou Knot Tool)

By Adrian Crawford On July 6, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Reviews, Tackle
The Daiwa Sokkou Knot Tool If like me your hands are not as dextrous as they used to be this handy little tool does one job and one job only, namely it makes the tying of leaders to mainlines an absolute doddle. It used to take me 15 minutes to tie a leader, sometimes more [...]
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Where to fish on a windy weekend?

By Sean McSeveny On July 3, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
We have some strong south westerly winds heading our way this weekend, but that doesn’t mean I am going to be sat at home! I love it when the wind stirs things up. It can really improve fishing for certain species, especially Bass at this time of year. Yes it can muck up some of [...]
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Why Are You Not Catching Bass?!

By Mohammed Assi On July 1, 2020 · 8 Comments · In Reports
    Have you ever had those moments when you are fishing and see someone hooking into bass while you are blanking with every single cast? People assume that other anglers are just lucky. Well, it is true that luck does play a part, however, understanding both the behaviour of bass and using the correct [...]
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Fishing forecast and Catch reports for Chesil Beach, July 2020

By Sean McSeveny On June 30, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
What can I catch on Chesil and other South West fishing marks in July? This year I want to look ahead at what we can expect to catch from Chesil Beach in July. I always look forward to July as it marks the start of the better fishing. Most of the summer species have moved [...]
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Shark fishing in the UK

By Sean McSeveny On June 22, 2020 · Add Comment · In Boat Fishing
Over the past few years Shark fishing has had a resurgence of popularity. Back in the70’s and early 80’s I used to read in awe about the shark fishing from ports out of Cornwall. Unfortunately in those days you would often see the sharks strung up as trophies, rather than released as is the usual [...]
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Where are the Mackerel?

By Sean McSeveny On June 18, 2020 · 11 Comments · In News, Reports
Early indicators are that the mackerel have arrived at the usual time of year, with marks such as Chesil Beach producing good numbers of fish over a short period of time. Does this mean we are seeing a return to normal for mackerel fishing or have the super trawlers all but wiped them out? Over [...]
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If only I had a better rod – the best £150 you will spend

By Sean McSeveny On June 13, 2020 · Add Comment · In Reports
Perhaps you’re new to fishing, or have been doing it for a while and not having as much success as you would like. Maybe you are like hundreds of others  and look in envy at other anglers posting great catches in various Facebook groups and timelines. A lot of these anglers will often proudly mention [...]
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Tackle shops open from the 15th of June

By Sean McSeveny On May 27, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Reports
The one shop that I have missed visiting during the lockdown is my local tackle shop. The good news is that from the 15th of June most of the tackle shops will be open, subject to them being able to provide social distancing. So what have you missed most about your tackle shop? For me [...]
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Fishing – The opening day

By Sean McSeveny On May 14, 2020 · Add Comment · In Reports
How many of you were as excited as a kid on Christmas Eve the day before yesterday, counting down the hours until we can get out and fish again? I know I was and as luck would have it, I was able to get out on the first day.  The question was, where to go? [...]
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Can we go fishing again? The answer is yes.

By Sean McSeveny On May 11, 2020 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
The question on everyones lips is can we go fishing again? Unfortunately the Prime Ministers speech last night left a lot of us scratching our heads in confusion, myself included. In all honesty it raised more questions than it answered. Facebook was flooded with differing opinions on people interpretations of what was said, so I [...]
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Baitcaster Vs Spinning reel

By Sean McSeveny On May 6, 2020 · Add Comment · In Lure, Reels, Reports, Rods
Baitcasting set ups are slowly becoming more popular with UK lure anglers, but they are nowhere near as widely used, as they are in other countries. This article looks at the reasons why you would want to choose a baitcaster over a traditional spinning or fixed spool set up and if its the right choice [...]
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How and where to dig Lugworm

By Hazel Tipping On May 5, 2020 · 18 Comments · In Bait, Reports, The Solent, Tips
Lugworm, in my opinion, is one of the most under-rated baits there is. When you think about what we all think fish prefer to eat, we think of blood, guts, smell etc and Lugworm is one of the best baits which fit all of these criteria. Couple that with the fact that Lugworm is one [...]
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Fishing after Lockdown

By Sean McSeveny On May 4, 2020 · 3 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I used to dream about wining the lottery, now I just dream about going fishing again. All the indicators are pointing to a level of relaxation on the social distancing rules, probably in a couple of weeks time. If the government are starting to phase people back to work, there is no reason why a [...]
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How and where to catch Smoothound

By Darren Mills On May 3, 2020 · 1 Comment · In Bait, Reports
Smoothound’s are a shallow water species and so being either on the South Coast or the West of the UK, having lots of shallow coastlines, we are lucky enough to be in the most common areas where they are caught. However with more and more anglers catching and releasing these shark like fish, their range [...]
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The worlds best fishing destinations

By Sean McSeveny On April 30, 2020 · Add Comment · In Fishing Abroad, Reports
Do you want to know what the best fishing destinations in the world are? Over the next few months we will be looking at some of the best fishing on the planet. Some of these I have fished myself, others are written by people that I know and have fished with in the past and [...]
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Desperate Poppers

By Gavin Tyte On April 29, 2020 · 7 Comments · In Fishing Abroad, Lure, Lure, Reports
What do you do when you’re living by one of the best rock fishing marks in the world, you are literally thousands of miles away from the nearest tackle shop, and you have no lures? This is the situation I find myself in as I pen this article. A few weeks ago I moved to [...]
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What’s the best life jacket or flotation device for fishing?

By Sean McSeveny On April 27, 2020 · Add Comment · In Clothing
When I am out and about fishing I often have people comment to me about me wearing a life jacket, especially when I am fishing rock marks. In truth I am not wearing a life jacket, but instead I normally wear a flotation vest, or in the winter and I am on the beach it’s [...]
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How to make a Pulley Pennel Rig

By Sean McSeveny On April 24, 2020 · Add Comment · In Rigs, Tips
Pulley rigs are one of my go to rigs for fishing at distance. You can either use them with a single hook or add an additional hook to make it a Pulley Pennel Rig. The second hook helps to present a larger or longer bait at range, It can also help to increase the number [...]
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This is going to be the best Bass fishing season for years!

By Sean McSeveny On April 22, 2020 · 4 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
I am sure most of you are like me and itching to get out fishing again. Covid-19 may be playing havoc with our social lives and preventing us getting out fishing, but it could well have some added bonuses. We are still early in the fishing year and still a few weeks away from the [...]
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Fishing Tails is changing

By Sean McSeveny On April 16, 2020 · 19 Comments · In News
This period of lockdown has given me plenty of time to think about the future of Fishing Tails, both as a business and as a website. I started the site as a blog way back in February 2012, as a way of giving people regular reports on catches and conditions on Chesil Beach. I hope [...]
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Fishing during the Coronavirus lock down

By Sean McSeveny On March 26, 2020 · 17 Comments · In Chesil Beach, Reports
“Don’t be a Kn*b, just do as you are asked for a while!” These are the words tweeted by Johnny Mercer,  Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View and Undersecretary for State of Defence. On this rare occasion, I couldn’t agree more with him. I make absolutely no apologies for what I am about to say, [...]
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