Martin Porter's compleat fishing blog.

There's an apartheid of users on the canals, and the separation's nowhere greater than between boaters and anglers.   We don't mix, we don't speak to each other (except with surly nods and grunts) , and we get on each others' nerves.  A fishing boater is much rarer than a bankside one (hi, Sue!) .  We should rectify that.

Here's the diligent, interesting and professional blog of Martin Porter.  He's a fishing coach.  I didn't know until I stumbled on the blog yesterday that there was such a thing as a professional fishing teacher.   

Angling is the 'elephant in the room' of the canals.  It's everywhere, but boaters rarely speak about it except how to get around it. I don't recall an angling representative on the board of British Waterways, for example (someone will soon pop up to say I'm talking rubbish). 

But the traffic runs both ways (or rather, doesn't, so to speak).  For example, Martin's blog 'categories' don't include a category for 'waterways', in the sense of 'roads for boats'. 

Boaters often curse anglers for fishing near locks.  There's an interesting post yesterday where Martin describes being allocated a fishing site near a lock, and he is disappointed: "we were given a length of the Lee Navigation Canal to use for our coaching sessions, far from ideal being just below a lock."

Comments

[Dave]

Intersting blog! Keep up the great work!

[pete]

Hi
Is there any salt water fishing on the Manchester Ship Canal, and if so whereabouts
Thanks

[Marks Fishing]

Sue

To maike your site that much better i would change the adsense, yes Google Adsense is great and does pay for the site but it is in your face when you visit, i would say spread the adsense plus i would not have so much info on the first page it is too much scrolling so why not put say 15 lines then have "Next Page>" below that, the search engines will still pick it up...

Check out my site see what you think, i have been on holiday for 2 months so this site will be updated regurlary.

www.marksfishing.com

[Marc]

Used to have to stand shoulder to shoulder on the banks of the Salmon River in Upstate New York. Moved to Florida and started fishing blue water. Costs a little more but there is a lot of Ocean.

[Sue Andrews]

I have recently finished gathering a brief fly fishing and general fishing guide. Any suggestions on how to make it more useful information resource that can serve entire fishing community and enthusiasts?

http://members.aol.com/fishing901

Sue