I was given a copy of the August 2006 edition of
Field magazine yesterday. The cover shot is of a couple on a beach holding up edible crabs they have caught.
Several articles will be of interest to some spearos (& beach combers):
- Gather prawns from rock pools.
- Crabbing & catching lobster from rocks pools (on a v. low tide). The technique suggested uses a home made crab hook & net, with photo & simple description of how to make them --- they are rather posh, and something simpler would probably work as well.
- Conger eel fishing.
There are also fashion articles (wellies!) & a natty BBQ bucket for the beach.
Not sure if this is the current issue or previous issue.
[Re. old magazines, if the stores & publisher can't help, check Google to see if the articles have been published on the web. Failing that, talk to friends who hunt or... try doctors' & dentists' surgeries! (Although some prefer Country Life, Horse & Hounds...Field magazine is often to be found next to Punch & Private Eye
).]