All Hallows
3 February 2004 Time: Day
HT 11am..lee sw wind.. sunny..Fished
holiday camp,grass bank..Very light tackle with flat watch mud
sinkers..Bomb leads sink into mud of estuary...Eight flounder to 1 lb
8oz...Pin whiting and small lost bass??..All on local blood blow
lug,they burst on hook..
T E JONES
Broadstairs
20 June 2003 Time: Day
Fished rocks south of Broadstairs to avoid holiday makers on
beaches.Very snaggy ground,tackle graveyard. Son and I had 12
bass,biggest 8lb. All bass on peeler crab. Not a venue easy
to fish,bass found in gulleys between rocks. Only crab baits work on
these rocks.
T E JONES
Deal
2 January 2004
Fished Pier at 4th shelter 5pm - 3am. HT = 8pm. Caught loads of pouting,
whiting and 2 rocks (yes rocks!). Tried lug/squid/lug&squid
cocktails but despite loads of big knocks on squid nothing caught was
worth keeping. Occasional doggie or rockling caught by others (and even
a weaver fish), but generally a poor night for catching. Great night for
losing tackle though... Anyone know how to cook rocks?
Tim
10 June 2003 Time: Day
Peir fishing well at HW. Very mixed bags,mainly small fish. Tues
10th June offered. Mackerel/garfish/wrasse/pollock/mullet,on
bottom huss/pout/plaice/dabs. Yellow Pegwell Bay lugworm best
bottom bait. Fish baits off bottom.
T E JONES
29 December 2002
Fished the pier last night from 17.30 til
close at 21.45. Had an excellent nights fishing. Plenty of whiting,
pouting and the odd codling coming up. Also caught my first ever dogfish
(well, 2 actually!). Cant believe how amazing they look and how strong
they are!
We drove to Dungeness first but couldnt
fish it due to a very strong on-shore wind.
Medway Addick
12
December 2002
Kingsdown
Beach, nr The Butts
HT
19:00. Wind SE. Fished from 15:30 - 20:30. Hoping for a large Cod I
fished two rods one with whole Squid, the other with Frozen Black Lug.
Caught 3 Whiting (upto 10oz) and 1 small Rockling. Had loads of bites
and if I had used smaller hooks would have definately caught more.
Dave T.
Dengemarsh
(Nr Dungeness Kent)
9
February 2004 Time: Day
High
tide 1300 hrs. Bright sunny day, little wind. Calm seas after two weeks
of gales. Fished from 11am to 17.00. Bait, frozen Mackerel, mussel and
sandeel. Non-stop all day, 16 dabs, plus lots of bites. Sometimes
two at a time. A very enjoyable days fishing for February!
Mike Dack
17
January 2004 Time: Day
Gave the diamond a try,left towards power station...Lug took lots of pin
whiting and two small codling,nothing size -worthy..Calm windless
day,heavy frost at morning..Other anglers about caught nothing big
either...Scratching for tiddlers time.
T E JONES
10
August 2003
Heatwave fishing night only now....Dengemarsh no holiday makers,anglers
left alone...HT 9pm sunset/wind very light SW......Lots of small whiting
& pout,few gurnard & dabs on light scratching rod. Few
soles,.....Heavy rod took two big bass on whiting livebaits....Sea dead
calm,fish splashes heard during night.....Six packs of lager gone in
first hour.
T E JONES
26
July 2003 Time:
High
Water around 10PM SE moderate wind swinging around to a SSW. Fished from
7PM - 12.30AM...lots of rain but thankfully plenty of fish aswell!! The
whiting seem to have got there seasons totally confused!..plenty of
double & treble shots mostly sizeable fish. Managed 5 Sole upto 1lb
+ 3/4s & a small Flounder. Lug & Rag did the job...thoroughly
enjoyable night!
Matty P
4
July 2003 Time: Day
Fished
Dengemarsh for a couple of hours over high tide. Had a couple of
mackerel on feathers, but nothing on baits. Didn't want to waste bait so
headed for dover's Admiralty Pier. (See Dover Report)
Ian S
22 June 2003 Time: Day
HW 15:00
Just went down for a little mackerel sport. In the space of 2 1/2 hours
we landed about 65 mackerel, with about 40 odd of good size. Slight
breeze and a lovely sunny day.
Rye Boys
16 June 2003
Soles
are in at Dengemarsh. Not far out 60yds. Lug or prawn baits. Usual
pout/dabs/rockling also. Lots of small fry close to waters edge,this
years brood of skate/bream ect. Large fish chase them in,fry bury
themselfs close in to hide predation.
T E JONES
Dungeness
7 February 2004 Time: Day
Braintree Sea Angling Club's latest match gave members the opportunity
to head south and fish Dungeness on the Kent coast. With gale force
winds coming straight down the stretch of beach in front of the power
station, the fishing was moved to where the boats are kept on the main
beach.
There were plenty of fish including undersize codling, dabs, pouting,
rockling and whiting, with catches of up to 30 fish per angler, although
most failed to reach the size limits.
The match was fished on a catch and release basis with Peter Costin
claiming first spot with 3 dabs for 80cm. Second place was tied between
Barrie Senior and Kevin Thorpe who had 3 dabs each for 77cm. New member,
Tim Maples claimed the best fish with a dab of 31cm.
Further details on the Club's website at www.geocities.com/BraintreeSAC
Braintree Sea Angling Club
E-mail address:
BraintreeSAC@aol.com
7 February 2004 Time: Day
Fished by the boats from 1:30pm til 8:00pm with low tide being at around
7pm.Used fresh lug and rag.Between me and my girlfiend we had about 30
fish.Loads of dabs and a few whiting and rockling.
Simon Lindfield
30 January 2004 Time: Day
In a force 5 to 6 south, south west wind the only place to try was by
the boats near the lifeboat station. Unortunately I started at low tide
and had no fish at all until half tide. Half a dozen Dabs, four Rockling
and a Flounder all on Black Lug tipped with either Squid or Sprats at
least saved a blank. The Sprats were collected from the tide line where
plenty of Starfish and Sea Mice showed how stired up the sea was.
Surprise of the day was to see a charter boat come in late afternoon
which had been fishing out in the bay. The party on board were all a
strange blue colour!
Conger Clive
4 January 2004 Time: Day
HW 0900 04/01/2004
Fished just to the right of the boils outside Norman. Few nibbles as the
tide started to recede, but deathly quiet all day. Only thing worth
eating were the pasties.
Rye Boys
27 December 2003 Time: Day
Fished the mark to the right of the lifeboat house from 10am to 4pm.
Lousy whether but a good days fishing. Plenty of dabs, numerous small
whiting and pout, but alas no cod!!
Whether was awful, but a good days fishing.
Rye Boys
22 December 2003 Time: Day
Fishing on point loads of Dabs and Whiting plus a few Pout and Poor Cod
- many treble hits. Saw three Cod landed from 5lb to 8lb on large lug
baits in broad day light.
Conger Clive
8 December 2003 Time: Day
HT 10-45am/Wind light south.Fished east point...dawn to dusk...In short
winter days,select mid-day HT,for best fishing odds...One codling 5 lb
on squid...Whiting up to pound and half...Dabs/pout and rockling....Whiting
are bigger this year,but lug chopped to shreds in minutes by small fry..
T E JONES
30 November 2003 Time: Day
HW 16:04
Fished the tide up from midday. Weather not too great (showers), but
mixed haul. One flounder (1.5lb), small school bass, numerous dabs,
pouting and whiting.
Steady fishing but little of any size. All fish caught on lug tipped
with baby squid.
Rye boys
18 November 2003 Time: Day
Cod turning up all Kent shore venues now....Not prolific,but steady
drip...Six codling on neap tide Tues NOV 18th..Biggest 7 lb...Few
whiting about,mostly pout and dabs on lug..Cod taking squid and razor.
T E JONES
28 October 2003 Time: Day
Fished the point from 10am-7:30pm with high tide at 12:30p.m.Used fresh
lug and squid.1 rod at about 100yds with lug,1 with big squid bait at
about the same distance and 1 close in with big squid bait.No bites on
squid.Caught about 8 whiting,1dab,1 flounder and a small bass on lug.No
codling!!
Simon Lindfield
14 October 2003 Time: Day
Fished the point low water to just after high tide (8am to 4.30pm
approx.) First 3 hours were very slow with just 1 pout caught. Things
then started to liven up with loads of whiting plus a few pouting and
dabs. As I was running short on bait I started using a 3 hook flapper
with size 4 hooks and baiting it with 1 black cut into 3 pieces plus a
mackeral tip and that was coming in with 3 fish almost every cast. I
also fished a second rod with various big baits looking for
codling or bass but drew a complete blank there. Fish were still biting
when I finally packed up. Lovely sunny day but a strong easterly blowing
straight on shore.
Colin
13 October 2003 Time:Day
Fished the point from 11:00a.m til 5p.m.High tide was about 1:30p.m.Used
fresh lug and mackerel.Had a big mackerel bait out on 1 rod in hope of a
bass but none about.Used 2 lugworm on the other.Caught 12 whiting all
good sizes but returned,a pout and a 2 1/2 pound codling on lug.All in
all a good days fishing.Lets hope for a few more codling in the next few
weeks!!
Simon Lindfield
12 October 2003 Time: Day
Fished from 8am to 6pm... Tried various baits Mackeral chooped up squid
and lug... From 12pm untill 6pm loads and loads of whiting biting as
soon as I casted out. took a nice bass on lug about 3-4lb about 2-3pm..
Too many whiting.. night could have been interesting as tide was coming
up, will try the night thsi saturday....
John
22 September 2003 Time: Day
HT 8am neap...Wind sw...fished dawn to 11am...Four big bass to
11lb...All took mackerel head and guts....Mackerel heads cast ok if tied
on...Bass are between boats and point,feeding on gutted offal from
boats...Mondays best,thats when all boats out over weekend...Bass
collect there untill November...Giant baits needed.
T E JONES
20 September 2003
HW 7pm-ish, fished 5pm-11.30pm. Caught about 8 mackerel at dusk but
didn't have a bite on normal baits in daylight hours. As soon as
darkness fell the "whitin just didnt stop bitin". Caught loads
of whiting (some double shots but none sizable), a half decent dab, a
pouting and a poor cod. Bait was mackerel, lug and rag. Lug and mackerel
was the better bait. Stuck a mackerel head and guts on for an hour or so
in the hope of a bass but didn't get a knock. Bloke fishing next to me
said he had a smoothhound. An enjoyable session.
Ian S
2 September 2003 Time: Day
HT 3pm/Wind light north lee off point......Six bass to 4 lb on
squid....One large 1lb 12oz sole and many small whiting on black lug
tipped sprat....Bass during day and sole/whiting at night is trend at
moment....Large Bass will move in soon on big baits.
T E JONES
10 July 2003
Dead calm.LW 2am.Fished dusk to dawn for
Soles,low tide better for soles at Dungeness. Soles avoid shingle bank.
No large fish,but very mixed bag. Small thornback and two robin huss/eel/soles/a
plaice and four pout.Baits were squid and lug. Squid esssential as sall
fry stripping other baits in minutes. Used 3 hook flapper rig.
T E JONES
26 May 2003 Time: Day
Low tide 2pm. Fished from low tide to high tide. A bit slow to start but
then had almost a fish every cast. Caught whiting, small dabs, a huge
pouting and a bass of about 2lb (returned). Bait was lug, rag and squid.
A pretty good day out.
Ian S
19 May 2003 Time: Day
T E JONES fished 8am to 4pm. Spring Tide HW noon. Lots of small
bass,few plaice and sole on lug/squid kebbabs. Thunder and
lightning,torrentual rain and hail flattened bivvy. Every thing soaked.
T E JONES
6 April 2003 Time: Day
A group of us fished from 11.00am to 4.00PM.
Had some sizeable Dabs, a few small whiting, pout a rockling. Nothing
noteworthy.
S.K. Marsh
23 March 2003 Time: Day
Fished aboard the Three Sisters boat skippered by Chris
Hetterley 01797 321107.Lots of codling in the 3lb range,together with come
large whiting and pouting and a few small dabs.
Bigfish
26 February 2003 Time:Day
Wed 26th Feb.Fished with nine pals all day,8am to
6pm. SFA. Not one bite,not one nibble. 100% blank between us. Lovely warm
spring sunny day. Got home afterwards with bad attitude. Shouted at wife
and kicked dog. Kids said it was other way round.
T E Jones
2 February 2003 Time:Day
The match was fished just to the east of
the power station on the point, this provides access to clean ground,
fishing from a shingle beach. 5 Members battled with the conditions
which forced most to fish with only 1 rod for part of the time. Although
there were plenty of undersize fish caught in the first hour, conditions
deteriorated and the combination of a Force 5 to 6 south westerly and
strong tide run reduced catches over high water.
About an hour after high water the sea
conditions smoothed slightly and it was possible to reach the fish
again. A cast of aprox 80 yards was required to reach fish but catching
anything sizeable was a major problem. Although there were many double
and treble shots of dab, rockling and whiting, the only sizeable fish
was a dab, caught by Simon Farrow after high water.
Photo's of match at the Clubs web site
http://www.geocities.com/braintreesac/
31st December 2002
Yes....we did fish new years eve...& it was really enjoyable. fished
from 3pm right up until ht at 8.30pm.sea moderate,freezing cold but
bright. fished on squid & rag cocktails & struck lucky with
every cast all bar one.caught a fine looking codling,loads of flatties
of a good eating size.large amounts of whiting & a few pouting to be
had.all in all an excellent time was had by all(including the mrs).cant
wait to get another weekend off to have another go!!!
Clive & Aly Chandler
24 December 2002
Me and 3 companions fished the point...due to xmas
nobody was there. Fished from 4:30pm to 2am. 2 dogfish, 12 Dab, 25
whiting, 5 large pout and a lovely plump codling of 5lb's. Around
midnight we were collecting literally hundreds of sprats that were
washed up on the beach.
Its sessions like this that help keep the faith!
Kas
8 December
2002 Time:Day
11 of us fished a 5 hour match in front
of the power station. Fished low water up to high tide. Slow start but fishing
became frantic with 2 or 3 fish a chuck. Loads of whiting, plenty of dabs, a
flounder and a sole and, best of all, a dozen or so codling (only up to 3.25lb
unfortunately but, hey, who's complaining!).
Col
9 December 2002 Time: Day
Wind NE but sunny day, bitter cold.
Fished West of point. Four cod to 10 lb, One good plaice at 2 lb, many
large whiting to 2 lb. All on mixture of fresh and frozen black lug.
Second rod big baits(squid or livebait),untouched. Heavy frost brings cod
cose inshore, if the're about.
T E Jones
10 December 2002 Time: Day
Fished near the point from 9am till 3.30
small whiting and dabs nearly every cast,used lug and squid. Will someone
please tell me where I can find codling in the south east.
Andy Banks
Dover
5
November 2003
1x 4lb coldling (not me, a guy called Peter Dartnell fishing next to
me), 2x doggies, 1x smoothhound, 11x flounder (8 of which were my
fiance's, very jealous, but I have now nickname her 'flattie bashing
butti'), 15x channel whiting, 4x grandaddy pouting, 2x mackerel (weird
for the time of year), 5x edible crabs (our drop net always comes in use
when their a no big fish about, plus the usual harassment from smallfry!!
Not a bad afternoon/evening out - 13.00hrs to 20.00 hrs. Great venue to
fish with the right bait 'cocktails!' Yellowtails,rag with squid tips
worked for us!!!!
Harvey B
27
October 2003
Had
a good load of fish - a few dab, loads of whiting (all sizeable) big
pout up to about 1.5-2 pounds and best of all several cod - one a double
and one a 5 pounder. Someone else had a 14 pounder, whilst there
was a few 8 pounders caught. On my last cast, I had a 3 pound
whiting on a big yellowtail bait intended for a lucky last cod.....I was
v. pleased to say the least...
All fish taken on Yellowtail lug tipped with squid
27
September 2003
Fished
Shakespear Cliff, 8.30 to 2.00 loads of codling on lug and squid and one
horse mackeral.
G Geatherall
4
July 2003 Time: Day
Had four dogfish, 2 pout/poor cod?, a couple of mackerel and a black
bream. Never caught a doggie or a bream before so well chuffed. Rag worm
was the prefered bait.
Ian S
30
May 2003 Time: Day
Friday end of May. Mackerel murder on Dover Admiralty. Kids hauling them
out. Immigrants shoulder to shoulder with rubbish bags full.
Name: T E JONES
6
April 2003 Time: Day
Admiralty
Pier. Fishing was a bit slow but I had 3 plaice to 1.5 lbs and a few
small whiting from the first bend
Alex
4 January 2003
Turned up at 8am fished till 7.30pm, excellent
days fishing, caught around 60 fish, 3 decent dog fish plus more doggies, nice
size whiting, loads of flatties and plenty of pouting. Took 10 home for the
table, caught mainly on squid and yellow lug. If your gonna take a drop net, you
will need plenty of rope. 1 hour before and 1 hour after high tide cannot be
fished properly, tide runs too hard. Can't wait to get back. P.S. I better type
this, Daron caught more fish, I'll do him next time.
Nicky Hurley / Darron Marsh
28
December 2002
Admiralty
Pier
Come
and get your cod ! before they become extinct , 9lb er caught last night by
yours truly , two doubles caught by others on previous day and night , if you
can pick your way thru the mass of doggies and pouts , make sure your rope on
your net is long enough to reach at low water . could not get on second half as
talk of the doubles had done the rounds , fished hundred yards back from the
turret , bit snaggy but you win some you lose some , one rod couple of yellows
tipped with squid kept busy alnight , other with whole squid on pennel plenty of
hits also good luck , iv'e been waiting all year for a decent one and it tasted
excellent , roe for brekkie tomorrow keep the toast coming
demondriller
8 December 2002 Time: Day
Fished the Breakwater, lucky to get out , but
well worth it , doggies everywhere , cod yes cod upto 4lb , loads of pouting and
a few dab , new railings standing upto the test so far {fingers crossed }
knuckle fishing well but it's a long walk {must be getting old} but worth it
yellows and squid doing the bizz
demondriller
Elmer
23 January 2004
We fished last hour of ebb tide and one hour of flood tide. No bites. We were
hassled by a local drunk we named Cedric Spangler. It started to rain so we
called it a day and went home for a drink ourselves.
Steve The Bass and Dave The Rave
Folkestone
26
June 2003 Time: Day
Fished Rotundra Rocks as no amusements operating or people about.Gets
desolate if closed up.Beach to only anglers then. Fish not scared off by
water sports. Another crab best spot,on ebb tide. Two small
bass and four robin huss caught.Lots of fry in water.
Spider crabs about again nicking baits.
T
E JONES
22 June 2003 Time:Day
The
Warren
Got
to the warren just before high water, decided to 'plug'. Started
off with a rapala jointed but nothing with that, switched over to a
dexter wedge and on the second cast connected with a fish, it felt a
nice fish but came off just before I could see it. Continued for
about another hour with nothing, switched over to some 'mackeral hokkai'
feathers just before I went and landed a small mackeral on the last cast
! Spoke to two other fisherman who had both caught one mackeral
each.....where are the bass !!
D Mitchell
Gravesend
9
December 2003 Time: Day
Gravesend Charity Open - the following article was written by Graham
East, the owner of Dolphin Angling Centre, 5 Queen Street, Gravesend,
not myself, but it was an interesting day to share with everyone. I was
in the running for a while with a 42cm whiting, but hey, thats life the
cod came in the end. Here goes.............
Cloudy skies and intermittent light rain showers could not dampen the
enthusiasm of the 141 competitors who contested the Gravesend Charity
Open on Sunday.
The high spring tide brought the fish close in searchof food, where
there was a variety on offer from anglers aiming to win the day.
As expected, whiting made up the bulk of the catches with 968 caught,
but there were also 2 bass, 14 cod, 1 dab, 8 eels, 21 flounders, 18
pouting and 12 rockling.
One garfish was found in a rockpool by one of the oldest entrants, Ernie
Cook, 68, but was ineligible as he caught it by hand and not by rod and
line.
All these fish meant a close contest to decide the winners, where Jason
White from Dartford emerged successful after landing 26 whiting for a
total length of 799cm.
Jason, formerly from Northfleet, paid tribute to the fishing club help
he had when a teenager years ago, that gave him the knowledge and
expertise to be in contention.
Runner-up was Paul Chapman, with Nigel Bundock in third spot and the
three shared £900 in prize money.
New for this year was the introduction of £100 zone prizes, with the
main winners excluded, ensuring the money was shared out evenly.
Winiing the promenade zone was Bob Bushell, with the other three zone
winners being Glenn Longhurst, Peter Dartnell and Peter Bundock.
A fine crystal goblet, along with a rod and reel, went to the ladies
champion, Claire Squires (my best friends missus, she had a smile like a
cheshire cat for days)who landed nine sizeable whiting.
Also getting a new rod and reel and a big trophy was junior winner
Steven Morphew, with the same prize going to runner-up James Young.
The other 23 youngsters who took part all received a box of lures to
encourage them to continue particpating in our nations number one sport.
Best round fish of the day was a 4lb cod landed on the first cast of the
day by Guy Strand, who won £160 from the optional pools.
The best flatfish was a tie at 1lb 6oz for both Dave Harris and Peter
Bundock, who took £80 each.
Gravesham Mayor and Mayoress, Richard and Samantha Burgoine Smith, along
with Suzette Bradnam of Cherished Memories Charity, presented the main
awards and congratulated the organisers on another highly successful
day, raising £700 for local charities.
I hope you like it, thought it was a very pleasurable write
up!!!!!!!!!!!
Name:
Harvey B
13
August 2003
Denton Wharf.....Eels and sole quarry....Big eels showing all River
Thames.... soles showing local hot spots....... Mullet cruising near any
obstruction....Lots of river traffic,stiring things up......Seven
eels,one sole 1 and half pound on raw tiger prawn.
T E JONES
Hastings
20
December 2003
FISHED HASTING PIER 16:30hrs TO 23:00hrs.
FISHED WITH LUG, CAUGHT 4 BASS 1lb-2lb THEN BEFORE WE PACKED UP I HAD 3lb EEL
(FISHING WELL).
Ricky
27
September 2003
WOW! What a huge cod! Unfortunately it cam from the Blue Dolphin Fish Bar :-(
Fished Rock-A-Nore from LT to HT and back again. A couple of flatties taken on
rag and lug. Changed rigs and took some huge hits but nothing taking the hooks.
Rumours of big bass coming up at the pier.
Uncle Buck
4
July 2003
Fished
from about 15:00hrs with my brother inlaw we both had several rods set up.
Fishing on LUG but due to the heat fish were not about to take our offerings. We
both decided to try feathers and ended up giving some of our catch of Mackeral
away to passers by when we caught more than we could handle. Well at least we
didn't blank.
Name:
Patrick & Ricky
Herne
Bay
3 June 2003 Time: Day
Fished the beach at Herne Bay, bait used was lug, rag, peeler and squid. Mainly
fished the tide up, had two bites but failed to connect ! Loads and loads
of weed about, it made it quite hard to fish at times with the line being swept
at a 90 degree angle along the beach ! Last cast had a nice bite but there
was so much weed on there the line snapped, gutted ! I fish the south east
often, especially Herne Bay ( I live there ) so expect quite a few reports !!
D Mitchell
Hillhead.
No reports in last twelve months
Hythe
24
January 2004 Time: Day
Reclaim Land. Fished from barge. Caught 5 flounders with the biggest one
2lb 5oz.
John Rushmer
9
January 2004
Fished from 2100 to 0200, high tide midnight. Bait mackerel strip,
squid, mussel. Sea rough after strong gales. Calm night though, with
bright moon, could see without lights! Only 3 fish. A very small
whiting, put him back. Two better whiting at high tide, one a two
pounder.
Name: Mike Dack
Langney
Point
30
September 2003 Time: Day
Fished
opposite sewage plant of small jetty. Caught small pout, couple of plaice and a
sole at sunset, whiched seemed to be when most of the action was. been very
quite recently although is supposed to be better at night, but have not tried
yet.
Ski
16
August 2003
Fished
from 4PM Saturday til 9AM Sunday. Bait used was fresh lug, squid and peeler. Had
4 rods out between us. Caught 1 tiny bass and 2 bootlace eels. Easterly wind did
us no favours. A load of crap!!!!!
Simon Lindfield
31
May 2003
Fished
from 3pm saturday through til 1:30 pm sunday on a beach near the outlet.Bait
used was fresh lug,mackerel and squid.Caught one pout and 2 bass.Caught 2 lb 6oz
bass 2 hours before high tide which was about 12:30am and a 3lb bass about 3
hours after high tide.Both bass taken on whole squid on a running leger 30yds
out.Waste of time fishing with lug here,not one bite in nearly 24 hours of
fishing!
Simon Lindfield
4
May 2003 Time: Day
Actually fished the other side of the Harbour from Langley Point, just below the
Martello Tower (North Harbour). Fished between 11:00 and 1:00 during the
day on a rising tide. Two bass, one about a pound and a half and one about
half a pound. Also caught a flounder af about a pound. All on black lug
and WD40. Lots of bass about post high winds and with an on shore breeze.
Seven pounder caught off Billy's Tower, Pevensey on May 3rd
Fished Eastbourne Harbour the day before and took five bass, the best being
three and a half pounds.
TC
18 April 2003
Fished
from 4:30 p.m til about 3:30 a.m.High tide was about 2 a.m.Bait used was black
lug and squid.Caught 1 fish.A bass of about 1/2 lb on lug.No other bites.First
of many bass for this year I hope.Reports of mackerel being caught from
Eastbourne pier and beaches.Don't know how true that is though.
Simon The Bass Master.
Simon Lindfield
Leysdown-on-Sea
4
July 2003
Three large sole on Seasalter blow lug. Two eels on sprats.
Night fishing only here in summer,too many people about otherwise.
Mums pointing fingers at cruel fishermen and telling their kids to throw
stones at them.
T E JONES
Isle of Sheppey
LEYSDOWN Isle of Sheppey Kent
Newhaven
No
reports in last twelve months
Pevensey
24 May 2003 Time: Day
Fished opposite the moorings pub from 4:00pm til 8:30pm.High tide about
7:00pm.Used fresh lug and frozen peeler.Caught 6 pout and a small smoothound.One
of the pout was just over a 1lb caught on peeler.So was the smoothound.
Simon Lindfield
River Medway
4
December 2003 Time: Day
HT at 10.20, fished a couple of hours either side. Plenty of pout and
few whiting to lug and black lug tipped with squid. Lost nice bass on
while squid stuffed tipped wih lug on sleeper rod. Other anglers
catching plenty of pout and whiting through high water and the falling
tide.
NO cod to speak of, river like a mill pool and small tide.
Alex S
29
December 2003
Fished
at the isle of grain just before dark (1 hour up 2hours down)plenty of
bits. only one flounder and a little bass.
Jeff
30
December 2003
Thought
I would try out my new christmas prssie, nice new rod and multiplier.
Turned up at sun pier at 4pm with a few score of lug and some squid to
find half the population of chatham stuffed on the pontoon. Made my way
down past the command house to the wall behind lloyds instead. Fished a
sleeper rod with whole squid and lug at 60-70 yards and another rod with
two hook paternoster with lug and squid at about 45 yards. Nice flattie
first chuck on close rig followed by plenty of pout and the odd whiting.
sleeper rod was constantly attacked by crabs and probably pout so
although the bait was checked every 20-30 mins nothing came to it. On
turn of tide changed close rig to pennel crammed with plenty of lug to
catch possibly the smallest codling ever. Went back to two hook rig and
had another flattie and soem pout and a rockling. Loads of bites all
fish returned safe and sound.
Alex S
26
December 2003 Time: Day
Midday til 15.30 - High Water @ 14.57
Started off at Dover, picked up my Xmas pressie, new abu garcia
multiplier! Couple of score of rag and yellows (absolutely huge
sons)aiming for a Boxing Day trip on Prince of Wales Pier, but the winds
were exceptional, very dissapointed. One the way home thought we (me and
the Mrs) would try out Gillingham pier, a first for us. Found it
eventually, winds still strong, but decided to tackle up a give it our
best. Fun from start to finish, great mark, especially if your out with
the nippers. Easy access with car, deep water and safety barriers in
place. Fish started biting immediately, but choose your hook size
carefully. Started off with 2/0 & 3/0, plenty of action, but hooking
the buggers was impossible. Change to 1/0 & 1's on a 3 hook
paternoster rigs, then the plague of rockling and pouting besieged us.
Back to 2/0's after an hour, then the Channel Whiting hit hard, hour and
half before high tide. Some beautiful specimens landed, but alas no
codling about, plenty of stories by the other anglers, even dogfish
& bass caught recently????? Still we had fun!!! Baits - rag, yellow
tails, whole squid, mackerel strips, blacks! Worth a try by any means!!
Harvey B
22
October 2003
Fished
the Medway City Estate from 7 to 11pm. Cold night but the spot we fished
was nice and sheltered from the strong winds elsewhere. River was like a
mill pond. First cast (2 hook flapper rig) caught 2 pouting in just a
few minutes. Mate turned up and we both fished 1 rod with 2 hook rigs.
Lots of bites but no fish for ages. A couple of whiting were caught
after about 2 hours then my mate caught a lovely codling. Estimated
weight about 4lb. Managed to land it with the aid of a big bucket and
long length of rope. Nothing else caught after that. Bait was common
lug.
6
October 2003
Had
a couple of short trips to the Medway this week. Saturday late afternoon / early
evening fished the Medway City Estate. Lots of pouting early on plus an eel and
a sole as darkness fell. Tried the Pier at Gillingham Monday evening. Slow start
but towards high tide a few nice whiting caught at distance. 6 or so anglers
fishing but few catches, just a couple more whiting and an eel.
Colin
Reculver
5 July 2003 Time: Day
Parked in reculver car park and walked left along the little promenade
and down on to the beach. Tide goes out a long way here so I had a
little time to 'survey' the ground. Choose to fish about 300
metres along which seemed to have the least rocks. Got off to the
usual start, lost trace and leader 1st cast, 2nd cast birdsnest etc...
About high tide caught a nice bass of about 3lb on lugworm.
Nothing then for the rest of the day apart from a few bites. Will
probably try this venue again, seemed quite good, easily capable of
producing big fish including bass, ray, doggys etc. Watch the high
tides here though, water can come right up to the cliff !!
D Mitchell
Sandwich
Bay
17
June 2003 Time: Day
Missed
out on session from boat due to work commitments , next door neighbour
did'nt ended up with brace of bass 3 to 4 lbs and his first smoothounds
a 12 and a 14lb'er {jammy git} there downfall was yellowtail and a whole
squid , decent bass being caught from shore also on yellows at either
end .
demondriller
8 December 2002 Time:Day
Just popped out for a couple of hours to fish either
side of the high tide. Perishing cold easterly wind meant the bay was
deserted... went down the Prince's end, fishing about 40 to 50m out with
yellow lug and squid... quite a few Whiting to start with then, just as the
tide was turning got a few codling to 2lb. Chuffed!
Seaford
12
September 2003
Fished
from low tide up using live prawns, 1st fish was a 2 1/2lb codling (yeeha
first this year) then nothing for about 2hrs then it went mad &
caught 9 bass one after the other mainly schoolies but two worth
keeping. Ran out of prawns so went home & had cod & chips.
Dave
24
August 2003
Four of us arrived just after low water and started catch mackeral
straight away. Large shoals were moving up and down the beach. They were
so close in that some were beaching themselves. One friend got fed up
using a rod and just used a spinner on a handline to catch them. Some
non-anglers were wading in and using picnic cool boxes to scoop them up.
Further out we were catching garfish and scad. We fished until after
high water in the dark using squid and mackeral baits but only had a
couple of knocks.
Gary Saunders
26
July 2003 Time: Day
Tried eastern end of beach in heavy rain on late evening tide. There
were schoolies jumping close to shore at low water but soon disappeared
when it started to rain. Gave up after over four hours of continuous
rain. Tried mackeral strips for bass as this worked a few weeks ago when
mackeral were chasing fry onto the beach. Sadly only two spider crabs to
show for our endurance.
Gary
24th
October 2002
Pouting are frequently here this time of year all along the beach and
have had a small Thornback Ray along Seaford Head.
A few school bass were taken the other night. The largest was taken
for a meal, when we opened it up it was stuffed with slipper limpets ...
seems to be a good bait for them although larger Bass are falling to
whole squid ( with part of a cork to keep it up off the bottom away from
the crabs ) and even lures. Both Codling and Bass are to be found around
low tide during the day ( might be at night as well but have not fished
low tide at night or met anyone who has for a report ).
Richard Souter
Stamford le Hope
No
reports in last twelve months
Swale
Estuary
17 January 2004 Time: Day
My favourite place, so much to see, even if I don't catch anything! Bird
life, seals, and solitude! Fished from 7am, high tide at this
time. Trying or a possible late flounder or two. Bait, mussel, frozen
sandeel. No luck at all. Probably too late for flounder now, must
have moved out to sea.Lovely sunrise.
Mike Dack
Tilbury
Fort
16
May 2003 Time: Day
decided to give tilbury fort a try seeing i have not fished that spot
for over 10years.
fished right in front of the fort on the seawall.
high tide was at about 14,00 so got down there at about 11,00.three of
us fishing 1 rod each using rag worm as bait had 1 eel on my second cast
that was it for me chap fishing with me had a very nice sole just before
we packed up at 16,00 the other chap with us blanked:o( so not to many
fish, and lost loads of end tackle loads of snags.
Name:
Tom Hackett
Thames
Estuary
No
reports in last twelve months
Walmer
No
postings in last twelve months.
Wallasea
Island
No
postings in last twelve months.
Worthing
No
reports in last twelve months
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