Sea Angler

[jonesey]

its very rare i buy it now for the same reasons. Seems an obsession with bass and a boat section of no interest. Suppose it is sea angler rather than shore angler though

[codbiter]

After paying £3.45 for the new Sea Angler magazine i felt ripped off. a third of the 140+ pages are advertising and and another third are photos with very little text. there is also a lot about bass and boat fishing in the bits that are left. There is more advertising in Sea Angler then there is in the Metro paper and thats FREE. I just feel like it is getting worse and you are asked to pay through the nose for the privilege.

Agree with every word. Regarding shore angling. Its becoming rubbish, basically nothing regarding winter Cod fishing.

[codcatcher3000]

stopped my subscription.....would maybe get it if another half decent reel /decent freebie...but nothing to entice me at the moment...i just wish they would become more specific in terms of rigs and tactics..just very vague....

[rocketman]

all true the magazine is rubbish now same old cobblers being repeated year in year out, and some of the rod testers dont have a clue, wouldnt pick it up if it was free

[harry barker]

mag

You lot will be getting a visit soon.

[topbanana]

a visit from who exactly ? i am intrigued, if its santa i want a few 525 mags pls, many thanks

[g.ordon]

i want a 6500, never had an abu so would like to try one

[dizzydaz]

im sure there was a post earlier on in the year or late last season tsf vs sea angler pretty much the same comments as on this one too many adds for me not enough info

[Mingmong]

Its complete trash. The editor has lost it. They introduce 'Bass Angler' taking up a third of the mag, then run a special this month on...Bass?! Ludicrous. There was an interesting letter written a few months ago discussing the direction of mag and how they have alienated huge numbers of readers with this Bass pish.They couldn't give a toss about anyone North of Wales and the home counties, where there's virtually no bass fisheries. Mel Russ comes back with this ridiculous and unnecessarily aggressive rant about how everyone likes to catch bass and the guys letter is so mis placed. Then to add insult to injury he give it 'letter of the month'. What to show how they are big enough to take criticism on the chin? Embarrassing.

Also, whats the point in having reviews if everything's going to be 10/10? Yeah, because your advertisements will dry up.

TSF at least tries to be different and more honest but the content is so poor. Every time I read it I just feel that I'm paying for Barney and co to globe trot on fishing trips without gaining anything useful for readers in the process.

[lingking]

I was tempted to buy Sea Angler a month or two back but recalled the self same problems of repetition from my previous sea angling days( 20 odd years back and more), when exactly the same thing used to happen; same info, same articles etc. so I didn't waste my money.

It's the same with fresh water fishing literature.

Of course, what happens; is that as the techniques and tackle develop, they only trickle through to the wider world quite slowly. So we end up reading the same old tripe, time and time and time again, with the odd little more interesting tit bit chucked in now and then.

The thing is these days; you don't have to rely on waiting for a magazine to come out every month, hoping you will find something interesting in it.
You simply fire up the pc and away you go

Mind you, a magazine is ideal when you're sitting, having a break at work or whatever

cheers

Steve

you guys still get breaks at work ill have to have a word with someone seriously, a very good post steve

[SteWhite]

look at this months its got a story from last feb,,,,,,came in handy just ran out of bog roll. very saw now like lol

[craigmlormor]

Wonder what the reaction would be to post this link onto the total sea fishing facebook page?????

[codcatcher3000]

to be honest i made rollie had a ponder on what i would want from a fishing magazine ....and i realised if they actually told me what i want to know they could probably cover it in 4 whole mags.. then no want would buy it after ...i wondered myself an editor and thought to myself .. i would probably be doing the same things as it is a truly slow to evolve sport... i wud subscribe it if it came with freebies that i want tho ....

[rocketman]

what a joke the freebies they try to tempt you with to subscribe are just cheap crap that they buy in bulk CHEAP,
i still have a sea angler mag from 1979 which is not too bad a read , but now its total sh$te , its gone right downhill their scraping the barrel for decent articles and the writers of recent years dont have a clue tell more bull than pinnochio,
if a company that advertises with them sent a bamboo pole with a bit string and a safety pin on the end, theyd give it a 10/10 its a joke, might as well read the beano or dandy

[codseeker]

ive got a pile of them off me mate they going on the nearest bonfire soon