Blinker (magazine)

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description German fishing magazine
publishing company Year Top Special Verlag (DE)
First edition 1969
Frequency of publication per month
Editor-in-chief Michael Werner
executive Director Alexandra Jahr, Thomas Ulrich, Arne Unting
Web link blinker.de
ISSN (print) 0720-4116

Der Blinker is a magazine for the sport of fishing from Top Special Verlag .

concept

The blinker first appeared in the spring of 1969 (Heide-Verlag Ellen Kulow, Hamburg). The magazine has been published by Jahr Verlag since 1973. It was also the publisher's first magazine to be taken over by Alexander Jahr , who fished regularly himself , after the publishing house was founded.

The blinker appears monthly, the number of copies sold is according to IVW 2/2020. The single issue costs 5.40 euros. Various license issues abroad belong to the publishing association. a. in the Netherlands ( Beet, Rovers and Karper ), Switzerland ( Petri Heil ), France ( Le Pêcheur de France - until December 2017) and Russia. The publishing house's fishing magazines also include AngelWoche , ESOX , FlyFishing , Kutter & Coast , Karpfen , Angelsee aktuell and the b2b magazine fishing.markt as well as numerous special editions.

Reports from internationally renowned practitioners and tips from experts are part of the concept of the magazine. Contents are also: water tips for at home and abroad, top products in the test, the blinker hit parade as well as product news, catch reports, news, science topics and much more.

A total of 5 editors work for the blinker (including for the online presence). Overall editor-in-chief of the magazine is Michael Werner, who succeeded Lars Berding. Around 40 freelance authors and photographers regularly and exclusively contribute articles and images.

On the website www.blinker.de all websites of the fishing magazines of the year Top Special Verlag are combined. In the blinker forum , users exchange ideas on all angling topics such as B. Predator and coarse fish fishing or arrange to go fishing trips together.

Blinker hit parade

The blinker hit parade is used to document the largest catches in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Requirements for the inclusion of a catch in the hit parade:

  1. The fish must be clearly identified.
  2. The length must be documented with a tape measure photo.

Anyone who has caught a new record fish can report it directly to the editorial team using the online form or by e-mail. The list of the biggest catches has been printed every month in the latest Blinker since 1974.

Web links

Itemized list

  1. ↑ Blinker Magazin spring 1969. (pdf) Retrieved on March 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ history. August 15, 2014, accessed March 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ BLINKER hit parade, ESOX, AngelWoche: Capitals now report online. In: BLINKER. June 9, 2016, accessed March 20, 2019 .