Recent content by James81

Breads a great bait had bass on it as well as mullet,easily available whenever you decide to go fishing at the last minute too!

Yep they do go well on light tackle, I'm surprised more people don't fish for them .

Hi, apologies not posted for a while , had this one today in Southampton 4 lb 2oz, on my float rod and centrepin and bread as bait , put up a really good fight , nice to be out in the sun 🌞

Happy Christmas to everyone , good luck fishing for the next year.

They are good rods but a bit top heavy , I use mine occasionaly but I prefer rods with glass tips(such as the Daiwa Supercast). I've also got a Fireblade (not the glass tip one) and it's lighter and slimmer but a stiff rod all the same .

Hopefully I can get out again soon for another go!

It's a real shame they're so few and far between now , when I first went beach fishing maybe 20 years ago they seemed quite common.

Hi , fished at Netley today between 12 and 4 o'clock, fished 2 rods with 1 hook clipped down as usual , with size 1 hooks and rag for bait . Had a nice little flounder so happy with it not caught one for years !

Weston shore is not brilliant for fishing , but if you fish with rag in summer you might catch schoolie bass or maybe small smoothounds .Its easy to fish no strong tides or anything to worry about. You can only really fish it over high tide, at low tide its mud flats . Hope this helps .

Thank's for the advice mate

It was a long shot but close to home , someone I used to work with caught a thornie off the wall there a few years ago .

Fished over low water at Netley hoping for a Thornback , fished mackerel baits , caught one dogfish but that was it . Fished on the remains of an old jetty very snaggy , has any one had success with rays in Southampton water? I know they do turn up because I found some washed up in the past...

Sounds like you'd be better off with the fathom which are built like tanks compared to an Abu . Plus you get a ratchet which is handy for smoothounds .

How about a second hand Abu green mag elite, lovely easy to use reels . It's probably my favourite multilplier , they come up on ebay quite a lot .

Akios have a reel under £100 , new , it's called a Dynamo has centrifugal brakes and a ratchet but no mags ( I guess thats why its cheaper than their magged reels), also its orange . Its on there website 89 pounds , might be worth a look if you want something new under £100 .