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Sea Fishing

The complete guide to angling from your boat or kayak

Author:	Jim Whippy
Published:	2026
Size:	216 × 140 mm

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Angling from boats and kayaks

Learn to catch, prepare and cook fish from your boat or kayak. Covers tackle, techniques, tides, fish identification and onboard recipes for waters from Scotland to Gibraltar.

A practical guide to catching, preparing and cooking fish on a boat or kayak.

Fishing from a boat doesn't need to require a lot of expensive equipment or high levels of skill. There's nothing better than freshly caught fish for supper, and this book helps you make a catch, whether you're cruising along the coast, at anchor or drifting. Packed with useful step-by-step photos, diagrams and clear explanations, this handbook shows you how to:

set up the tackle
bait the line correctly
work with the tide to best effect
fillet, skin and cook your catch

Expert sea angler Jim Whippy explains in simple terms the tackle required and shows you how to get the best out of each item and when it should be used. He also covers the rules of angling and how to prepare the fish for cooking with easy-to-follow recipes for use on board with limited ingredients.

This updated third edition includes a month-by-month guide and a fish identification section, showing the most likely species that can be caught between Scotland and Gibraltar, as well as the latest information and advice on equipment and techniques and even more recipes.

With this book, some perseverance and a little luck, anyone trying their hand at fishing from a boat or kayak will soon be able to enjoy the pleasure of fresh fish cooked aboard.

About the Author

Jim Whippy is a former magazine editor who now writes books, presents DVDs and helps select the English team for the sea angling world championships. He is the author of Sea Fishing, also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

Introduction
What do I need?
- Getting Started
- Rods
- Reels
- Basic Tackle
- Tidy Tackle
- Types of Lure
- Baits
Knots for fishing
Trolling
- Easy Pickings
- Lures for Trolling
- Other Lures
What's that Fish?
Check Your Charts
Drifting
- Lures
- Bites
- Bait
- Flatfish
What's that Fish?
Fishing at anchor
- Bottom Fishing
- Uptide Fishing
- Landing Fish
- What's that Fish?
Float fishing
- What's that Fish?
Fisherman's calendar
Month by Month Guide
Further afield
- Going South
- Portugal and Beyond
- Other Species
- Going North
Wreck fishing
Preparing and cooking fish
- Preparing Fish
- Cooking On Board
- Let's Get Cooking
Rules of angling
Index