Doyen of the West Midlands, Jim Burton talks match fishing, reels. rods, big barble and importantly, prostate cancer too. Back to the start, at a very early age Jim found that he was quite often "ill" on a Monday and couldn't go to school. So what else could he do, he went off to join his dad at the Birmingham Smithfield Market Fishing Club! Jim is prolific on Facebook check him out, there's always interesting stuff on there. He's an Aston Villa fan but we won't hold that against him! Learn...

From Barrow-in-Furness, Joe Jagger met Keith after he phoned in to the Tight Lines tv show some years ago. He’s widely recognised as both a top carp and match angler, a former Young Angler of the Year, he’s fished for England too. During his chat confesses to having beaten Bruno. Not sure we'd boast about that one! Joe's fished in lots of big competitions on the domestic scene, having qualified for the Feedermasters final and won the two day JCB Classic. Now he's excited to be competing...

Keith Arthur introduces us to the remarkable May Potter. May, from West Yorkshire started her fishing career at the age of 4, yes four! Some years later she has achieved so much, even after having a break from the sport, in 2023 she was selected for England Ladies for the World Championships. In this Strange Boat episode, May reveals some of her tricks and tactics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a first for Strange Boat - the fishing podcast, #KeithArthur is joined by someone who is actually fishing as he chats to Keith. Andy Ford presenter of TNT Sports' "On The Bank" show actually catches some barbel as he talks through his fishing life, including his time representing England. Andy was a journalist working at SKY Sports, liked Keith's "Tight Lines" show and got involved. When the series came to an end, Andy moved to BT Sport - now TNT Sports and "On The Bank" emerged. Both...

Shaun Harrison: All of my life I have had a fascination of water and the world that lives within. A world many never get to see or to be part of and this I find strange as I have always seen it as a totally fascinating place. For as long as I can remember I kept fish, I had tanks everywhere, anything that would hold water would have a stickleback or two in it. Even my paddling pool was stocked with fish at one stage! Now this fascination of our watery world soon moved on from me trying to...

Ian Russell started his angling obsession more than fifty years ago in the lakes and rivers around his home in the Colne Valley where he still enjoys most of his fishing. He's an expert on modern carp baits and founded Heathrow Bait Services before becoming a consultant for Dynamite Baits, for whom he is currently developing a brand new range of boilies, pellets and hookbaits that will include one of his old favourite flavours, Super Stench. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Joe Roberts is a fine match angler in his own right, winning some big events on a wide variety of methods and venues, from his local River Nene in Northants, through canals and big rivers. He now devotes much of his time to helping younger anglers via the Tackle Guru Angling Trust Talent Pathway and managing the England junior squads in World Championships. Having helped Dick Clegg OBE with the initial ‘Masters’ World Champs, Joe qualified the following year for the Veterans team and brought...

Ian Russell started his angling obsession more than fifty years ago in the lakes and rivers around his home in the Colne Valley where he still enjoys most of his fishing. He's an expert on modern carp baits and founded Heathrow Bait Services before becoming a consultant for Dynamite Baits, for whom he is currently developing a brand new range of boilies, pellets and hookbaits that will include one of his old favourite flavours, Super Stench. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Keith welcomes Tom Scholey aboard the Strange Boat to talk about his personal fishing ambitions, his writing and his foray into filming. Plus of course, Keith tells tales of his extraordinary fishing career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith welcomes Steve Collett aboard for a second trip on the Strange Boat. This time Keith gets in deep about lure fishing with the British Champion and England manager. Steve owns retailers specialising in fishing tackle equipment in the UK and Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Cunnington is the author of The Syndicate series of angling yarns. Now into the second series of books, as Keith Arthur says, "if you've got a twisted sense of humour like Mark or me, you'll really enjoy reading them". There are 7 books in the first series and The Italian's Job is the second book in volume 2. Click here to find out more about The Syndicate series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing up near the banks of the Thames in Oxford, James Robbins started fishing at the age of 6 when his grandmother bought him a rod. Although James is best known as a prolific match angler, he is still passionate about fly fishing. He set up Cadence, a high end tackle company and more recently has added Edgetackle.co.uk with Richard Norris, selling fishing accessories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma is the daughter of legend Tommy Pickering and has obviously been deeply involved in angling from an early age. She's an ambassador for the Angling Trust and as you'll certainly hear in the podcast, a champion angler at numerous levels. Both her mum and her aunt fished for England as well, so the Pickering family medal haul is enormous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Formally Marketing Director for the largest online recreational fishing site for salmon and wild brown trout in the UK, Fishpal the vivacious Anne Woodcock has recently taken up the role of Operations Manager with responsibility for Communication and Fundraising for the Tweed Foundation and Commission. She's a salmon fishing expert and the UK's major advocate for LadiesFishing. Welcome aboard Anne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not surprising that having started fishing at the age of three, Matt Godfrey would go on to become Junior World Champion on no less that three occasions. Hear how Matt's career has taken him to the top of the angling world not forgetting his degree in Geography. Matt has his own podcast @TheFishingGurusPodcast and we're delighted to welcome him to The Strange Boat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ali Hamidi is a fascinating character. From a work experience kid at SKY Sports through to presenting and producing his own tv show and becoming CEO/Founder of One More Cast, Ali has had a passion for angling from a very early age. Hear about his time with Korda a 40lb carp in Algeria and his love of football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former World Champion Tommy Pickering joins Keith on the Strange Boat to talk about his illustrious career and his new kit association with Sonik and their latest Nytro range. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to #FlyFishing Charles Jardine is an artist in every sense of the word. As well as his long and successful history as an accomplished competitor himself, Charles is involved with bringing new talent into angling through his Fishing for Schools initiative. A long time friend of Keith Arthur, the guys climb aboard the Strange Boat to share some fishy stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Fitzpatrick became Head of Competitions at the Angling Trust last year after a 25-year career with Bauer Media’s angling portfolio. During his time at Bauer, Steve edited Match Angling Plus magazine and led the teams on Improve Your Coarse Fishing, Sea Angler, Trout & Salmon, and Trout Fisherman print titles along with their websites, video production, and social media channels. A passionate match angler, sea fisherman and carper, Steve has a wealth of experience from all sides of...

Jim Baxter joins Keith aboard the Strange Boat and talks about his new book 'Stick Float Wizardry - Mastering the Essential River Float'. One of the angling greats, Jim offers valuable insight and great reminiscences with Keith Arthur. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/strange-boat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After leaving Parliament in 2010 Martin Salter took a sabbatical in Australia, where he produced an influential report entitled 'Keep Australia Fishing'. In 2011 Salter took a part-time position with the Angling Trust as its National Campaigns Coordinator, and currently serves as the Trust's Chief Policy Advisor. He maintains a blog on the Trust website called Fighting For Fishing, devoted to the preservation of angling interests and fish habitat conservation in the UK and worldwide. Support...

Nigel Botherway and Keith Arthur are old mates from Fisherman's Blues on talkSPORT. In this edition of the Strange Boat podcast they talk about some of their biggest catches, state of the art poles and strangely (well this is the Strange Boat) - rugby! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/strange-boat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brigepal Singh is nicknamed "The Chub Master" for very good reason says Keith. 'Brige' shares tales from the river bank and a story of stuffed fish on the Antiques Roadshow in Stoke Newington! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/strange-boat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Taylor, recent winner of the Ladies National and FishOMania NXTGEN winner give us the low down on her angling career and explains why she isn't fishing for for England. Sarah is the youngest ship mate on the Strange Boat and with people like Sarah on board angling has a bright future. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/strange-boat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.