Have sea angler run out of their own ideas?

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YoursTruly

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Dont often read the sea angler or total sea fishing mags, however every now and then i have a quick look to see if either are showing signs of improvement (anything of interest to myself).
Anyway a couple of months ago i read the article by Steve Allmark in Total Sea Fishing on Bluey's then a month later i read an article also on Bluey's in Sea Angler, coincidence.

Last month Total Sea Fishing had a feature on the Walkway with Gary Pye, this month Sea Angler have run a feature also on the Walkway, another coincidence or what.

Is it only me who has noticed these things or have others noticed also, please keep replies in this thread about the matters i have raised.

Terry
 
Unless your after buying new gear, don't bother buying the mags because they repeat the same old same old... they are just advertising new gear which is how they make their money, they actually run at a loss on mag. sales and are subsidised and make their money an advertising..

That's why you never see a bad report on new gear even tho, sometimes it is crap.

Just my 2 cents..
 
Hi rodbender and foz, i understand what your both saying, but what you have said has been said many time on this and other forums and no doubt the moderators (quite rightly so) will be sick of the same comments.

Please dont take offence but i did ask for comments on the topics i posted.

Its about the seemingly copy features.

regards
Terry
 
i rarely buy them Terry so never see the coincidences repeating between rival mags however they do seem to repeat there stories,tips and ideas year after year,in fairness i suppose theres only so much you can print before the said article gets duplicated
 
well i read both
i have got every total sea fishing since day 1
and i have got all sea anglers dating back to the 80's

yes they do repeat themselves
but at the same time
you have got to think that
if i read somthing say 2 years ago
someone might be just coming into sea fishing and he wont have read it
so if they print it again,they will get the chance to read about it

must be a coincidence about the same venue's being in the magazines
but why not read both views
mind you i saw a nice rig in the sea angler this month what im going to copy
 
I think the only difference was the size of the fish!(sea anglers fish were bigger) They even fished the same spot on the walkway! Its nice to see some features north of the Wash though for a change. As Sless says if your new to the sport then it would be helpful but if your a regular reader of either mag then theyre both getting repetative, not so much the marks but more the general stories. Im sick of reading how to catch bass! You would think the they were the only fish in the sea! That said i received a subscription for sea angler for xmas so i'll still be reading.
 
David, stick to the point, this thread was not posted to have a go at sea angler or total sea fishing.
I was only airing my thoughts and wondered if any others had the same thoughts.
 
totally edited this post ,cos i had mistaken Terrys thread ,so being a good lad its gone


and also the link that zippe has put on does not work , it has had additions added on the end so here it is again


myfishcasting.org :: Index

i now know where this and why this thread is a hot potato - but agree with open debate
 
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sless said:
well i read both
i have got every total sea fishing since day 1
and i have got all sea anglers dating back to the 80's

yes they do repeat themselves
but at the same time
you have got to think that
if i read somthing say 2 years ago
someone might be just coming into sea fishing and he wont have read it
so if they print it again,they will get the chance to read about it

must be a coincidence about the same venue's being in the magazines
but why not read both views
mind you i saw a nice rig in the sea angler this month what im going to copy
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well said sless: jesus, what do the above expect, that sea angler etc keeps subliminally writing fresh articles for those particular peopel?
of course they write the same pieces, discuss the same venues. there are more readers than just you, you know.
 
You could be right! I sent them this email asking if they would be interisted in doing an artical featuring a couple of intermediate angelers (ie me and my mate) following of progress over our first winter of fishing and detailing the lessons we learn, my justerfication being i belive people get frustrated when reading about people who catch fish all the time and would take interest in people who (like them selfs) sometimes blank.

The nice editor replied saying "Great minds think alike", aparently they already have the wheels in motion for a very similar artical!!!
 
agree with Sless I've read most Sea Anglers for the last 20 years...there's only so many times you can put a spin on how to catch Cod...but when I started back last summer, the first mag I went to was the Dangler...which is exactly what loads of novices do each month

One thing I've noticed is the increase of north eastern focused reports which can only be a good thing...many many times in the past there have been re-runs of Bass sessions on the south coast...

As to the ad's - how else does a mag fund itself? I personally trawl through them as well to see what's out there and how much they cost...

Haven't read TSF for a while....my newsagent doesn't stock it, nor does my local supermarket for some reason
 
It must be hard for editors to come up with something new every month whilst also keeping articles seasonal. Add to that the fact that the feature must be filmed at least two months in advance and it becomes inevitable that when the cod arrive in winter both magazines are going to do a similar article, same goes for when the tope arrive.

The magazines spend a lot of time and money trying to put together features and they dont always work out as I know from experience when I spent a day out with a journalist and photographer from sea angler, article written but we failed to get any fish for the photo's so the whole thing goes in the bin.

I do have a photo of how the photographer spent his day ...but it wouldn't be fair to post it here :)

or would it? ;)

I did make a suggestion for a feature on something that had never been done that day but never heard anymore about it.

I doubt that two publications follow one another for the simple reason that by the time a magazine hits the shops the next issue is well on its way to a finished article.

Cheers
dave
 
davem2005 said:
It must be hard for editors to come up with something new every month whilst also keeping articles seasonal. Add to that the fact that the feature must be filmed at least two months in advance and it becomes inevitable that when the cod arrive in winter both magazines are going to do a similar article, same goes for when the tope arrive.

The magazines spend a lot of time and money trying to put together features and they dont always work out as I know from experience when I spent a day out with a journalist and photographer from sea angler, article written but we failed to get any fish for the photo's so the whole thing goes in the bin.

I do have a photo of how the photographer spent his day ...but it wouldn't be fair to post it here :)

or would it? ;)

I did make a suggestion for a feature on something that had never been done that day but never heard anymore about it.

I doubt that two publications follow one another for the simple reason that by the time a magazine hits the shops the next issue is well on its way to a finished article.

Cheers
dave
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They should have printed it anyway! going out and blanking is somthing we can all relate to
 

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