wat do u hav to do to get an article in wild coast. i would like to write one but not sure how to go about it.
do i send it in or just wait to be asked to write one???
C_MAN

I would recommend sending an email to Shane Murton..

send your idea and a few pics..

thanks mate but......................where would i get his e-mail address ???
C_MAN

http://www.wildcoastfishing.com.au/index.php

Crabman, quality photo's are crucial.

No blood or guts.

Well lit.

No hats or sunnies (if you must be sure the face is viewable).

These few things in mind will be the best advantage you can produce for yourself.

So far as script goes, any idiot can edit.

I have heard over the years numerous articles that could be would be, except for blood & guts, smokes hanging out of a gob or a beer in hand, no problem for me, but not publishable.

Hope it helps.

Finatic

crabs, myself and mullies chaser have written them for sa angler and got nothing from it. BUT i rekon wild coast might giv you a better chance tho, good luck mate the webiste has info on writting artcles and what they expect and also you can email them

Kym's spot on mate, that is the best advice ever for anyone who wants to get into writing.
You could have the best article known to man on paper but with out quality pics it may never be.

Turn your camera on to close up/macro the little flower setting on most cameras to get good up close pics and also get some portrait shots too.
If your fishing by ya self a lot learn what distance/height at home you need to be to take goosd shots on the timer.

Good luck

cheers for the advice
i hav taken all of this on board
C_MAN

Solid gold with the pics, I gave Shane 41 of my redfin pics on a CD for my article in the Christmas edition of Wildcoast, all high resolution, would of taken a while to email them all so dropped them over to him myself. Good luck with it fella.

Cheers, Tony.

is that how it usually works? giv him a load of pics and he'll pic the ones he likes? and do they write the stuf about the photo or is that your job?

You send in a selection of pics that have relation to the article you have written and the 'Ed' will pick the ones that go in the mag,

ahk cheers for that

yah story has to have about 2,000 words so you need a good grasp of your subject.

crab_man still doesn't know about "spellchecker" yet either :

i might give an article a crack too with wild coast see how i go just a question, when you're picking a name for your artcile do you give the editor a bunch of names and he'l pic or do you stick to your fav one with out consolting them?

Its your story mate so you make the heading in relevance to the story.