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An Intro To LRF (Light Rock Fishing)

By Ben Bassett On February 19, 2021 · Add Comment · In Lure, Tips
LRF has been a part of the UK saltwater lure fishing scene for over a decade now. For most though, it’s still either a curiosity or a mystery – why are these LRF anglers so excited to spend their days catching tiny fish? I guess the quick answer to that is: it really isn’t just [...]
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Review – Fladen Vantage Dropshot 5-20g

By Ben Bassett On May 22, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Reviews, Rods
With dropshotting as popular as ever, I was intrigued to see what this very reasonably priced rod from Fladen could bring to the table. Stop wait I said the F word, for a long time Fladen has been associated with cheap, almost disposable tackle but recently there has been a shift in focus, with the company [...]
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LRF Profile – The Long Spined Sea Scorpion

By Ben Bassett On March 23, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Reports, Species
Certain fish species are just icons for their respective scenes. The bass is the poster boy for heavy rock fishing, the carp for specimen coarse fishing and when it comes to LRF, one species is synonymous with the technique, the long spined sea scorpion. It’s easy to see why this species is so popular, it’s [...]
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Chasing Winter Silver

By Ben Bassett On March 7, 2017 · 5 Comments · In Plymouth, Reports
On a blustery and damp Monday night in February, I find myself searching for silver. The ‘Tamar Tarpon’ (I unfortunately can’t take credit for that excellent nickname) aka the Atlantic herring, rumoured to be in the river in huge numbers. An LRF angling opportunity on my doorstep I’d be a fool to miss. Not one [...]
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LRF Profile – The Giant Goby

By Ben Bassett On February 15, 2017 · 3 Comments · In Reports, Tips
With the continued popularity of Light Rock Fishing, it perplexed me that there are not more detailed guides on mini-fish species. Having spent all of 2016 species hunting, I wanted to put my own mini-guides out there for the intrepid LRF angler, starting with one of the biggest and, in most places, rarest rockpool predator. [...]
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Garfish – The LRF Acrobat

By Ben Bassett On November 24, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Lure, Plymouth, Reports, Tips
Bizarre, aggressive and athletic – there are few more entertaining fish than the gar. A streamlined pelagic predator, they become a regular catch to shore anglers from late summer to winter’s beginning. Following the baitfish shoals along with the mackerel; fisherfolk all around the country can quite realistically go out and catch one. But why [...]
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The Pen Rod – Mightier Than The Sword?

By Ben Bassett On September 6, 2016 · 1 Comment · In Reports, Reviews, Rods
You will have likely seen a ‘Pen Rod’ in your time perusing the internet for fishing tackle. If you’re not familiar, they are a very cheap and short telescopic rod, that collapses into a comically oversized pen, complete with lid (though lacking any ink!). For the bargain price of little over five pounds you could [...]
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Ceaser’s Palace at Bake Lakes & The Cat and Carp Lake at Milemead

By Ben Bassett On August 15, 2016 · Add Comment · In Marks, Reports
With the plethora of excellent sea fishing on offer in the Plymouth area, you wouldn’t expect the coarse fishing to be particularly exceptional. But with the recent addition of two exciting specimen lakes to two of our most popular coarse fisheries, the South-Devon and Cornwall based angler is spoilt for choice. I’m of course talking [...]
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The Mackerel Rush – The Good, The Great & The Ugly

By Ben Bassett On July 24, 2016 · 7 Comments · In Cornwall, Reports, Tips
In the 1800’s the Californians had the great Rush in shades of Gold, this week in the South West we’ve had our own in shades of blue, silver and black… Yes, the Mackerel are here, and they are here in huge numbers. With the combined help of social media, word of mouth and good ol’ [...]
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Death Rolls & Slime – The Freshwater Eel

By Ben Bassett On July 21, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Cornwall, Reports
There are not many fish in fresh and salt water that have as bad a reputation as the eel. No, not the mighty Conger, the much more humble freshwater European Eel. If you have fished for any length of time in freshwater you will have quite likely come across one. The dreaded ‘bootlace’ eel, taking [...]
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War Pigs – Putting The ‘Rock’ into Heavy Rock Fishing

By Ben Bassett On June 29, 2016 · 5 Comments · In Cornwall, Lure, Lure Fishing, Plymouth, Tips
If you’re looking for true ‘heavy metal’ fishing, there is one form of fishing in the UK that guarantees arm-wrenching fights, scrambling over jagged rocks and battered lures – and that’s lure fishing for Ballan Wrasse. There are a million and one articles and how-to’s on this technique but I absolutely love it and can’t [...]
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A ‘Fresh’ Take On LRF

By Ben Bassett On June 7, 2016 · Add Comment · In Freshwater Fishing
Picture the scene. You’re an avid Sea Fisherman on holiday with the family this summer, you’re staying at a holiday park that has a fishing lake, but you only have your LRF gear on you as it’s all you could fit in your packed out car. Your first instinct would be to head to the [...]
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