Down The Cove · Free coastal resources

Make more of your time by the coast

Practical crabbing, fish and food-smoking references. Read, compare and download—no signup needed.

Prepared by the Down The Cove editorial team · Collection updated 11 September 2026

Useful references, with sources you can check.

A rocky coastal inlet with a harbour and sea thrift

Crabbing

UK family crabbing index

Compare 12 coastal places, with source-linked facilities, access limitations, dated closure notices and a printable family checklist. Not a safety ranking.

Source-reviewed planning index

Open resource

Editorial illustration of mackerel beside a harbour

Fish identification

Coastal fish: seasons & identification

Compare nine coastal fish by visible features, habitat and reported observation season. A field reference, not a legal catch calendar.

Source-reviewed reference

Open resource

A pile of fine, pale maple smoking wood dust on a white background

A heap of small oak smoking chips, with a handful of chips and an oak leaf for scale

Food smoking

Smoking fuel compatibility: dust, fine chips or coarse chips?

Compare three Down the Cove wood grades, check your smoker’s fuel requirements and download a practical buying checklist. No assumed model compatibility.

Wood-grade buying checklist · Not equipment testing

Open resource

Smoking wood chips in a bowl on a dark wooden surface

Food smoking

Smoking-wood flavour experiment

A controlled comparison method and blank tasting worksheet. The protocol is ready; no original test results have been collected or published.

Protocol only — results pending

Open resource

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