Saltwater Boat Angling

Saltwater Boat Angling is THE only magazine dedicated to boat and kayak angling. Whether using kayaks, private boats or charter boats Saltwater Boat Angling provides a unique tips, features, and experiences about all aspects of angling in boats. Saltwater Boat Angling delivers a wealth of news, features, advice and insights into some of the best angling spots around the UK and the world. We feature ports and locations in the UK and as far afield as Central America, Africa, Australia, North America and all over Europe in search of the best fishing stories.

Welcome to the summer issue

NEWS • Latest angling news from around the UK and beyond

FUNDING FOR SEA ANGLING...

YOUR CATCHES • SOME OF THE AMAZING CATCHES FROM AROUND THE UK DURING THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER WITH SOME REAL CRACKERS.

SLAMMING THE GULF • In the first of a two part article Joe Walker describes the incredible fishing in New Zealand

CHARTER BOAT REPORTS

THE 2023 EFSA ENGLAND BOAT CHAMPIONSHIP • Tim Macpherson travels on board Deep Blue to witness the competition held in Eastbourne in May

Whippy AFLOAT • A long-awaited break from the north-easterly winds allows Jim to take ‘Lucky G’ out from Sovereign Harbour at Eastbourne

SLOW PITCH JIGGING • Slow jigging is a popular and very effective method of lure fishing for pollack, cod and other predators – here Torbay based skipper Matt Forrester gives us his tips.

MULL OF GALLOWAY • Our editor returns to one of his favourite fishing haunts and competes in the Sea Angling Classic qualifier

SEA BREAM • There are a number of species now caught regularly in British waters, but we’ll concentrate here on the most ubiquitous and popular of them - the black bream Spondyliosoma cantharus

THE TRIGGER FISH • There has been a glut of trigger fish caught along the South Coast this summer from Penzance to Beachy Head and beyond, so we thought we’d focus on this hard fighting summer fish

WILD FISHING IN WEST WALES • Tim Macpherson took a trip to Pembrokeshire to see how Joe Shaw works his successful Catch and Cook kayak angling business.

THE TOPE HUNTER • Tim Macpherson tries out a new boat, a version of a current design, from a boat builder based in Eastbourne.

VHF RADIOS • Radios are a vital piece of kit for our boats, and here we take a look at best practice for using VHF radios and compare handheld and fixed

CHOOSING THE RIGHT MARINE ELECTRONICS • Tim Macpherson shares a few tips about what to look for in chartplotter/fishfinders

BITS AND BOATS • Following our feature on slow jigging here are a few items of tackle which are specifically designed for this method

UK CHARTER BOATS • A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF CHARTER BOATS ACROSS THE UK

NOTABLE ANGLING EVENTS AND FESTIVALS IN 2023