Late report from 12/4/24
Hit the beach about midday target were rays id heard doggies were abundant.
Baits were Squid/mackie/bluey and a handfull of peelers.
No scratching rod this time just two rods up n overs.
First cast a doggie ,first cast on second rod a doggie then 2 whiting and 2 more...
Fancied a change so had a daylight session targeting dabs before the darkness brings the whiting in.
Went right about 200yds under the cliffs.
First rod out about 1115am with lug n mack on a 2 hook loop rig second rod a 3hook flapper same baits
On retrieval nothing on first rod but a treble shot...
With the warm weather still hanging on Dave and i decided to try for some summer species before the whiting invasion starts.
We both fished 3 rods i used a 3 hook flapper a 2 hook loop rig and a pat pennel.
First cast resulted in a small pouting [blank avoided] the next 3 fish were 2x...
A couple of late reports First ShingleStreet 30/6/23
Me and Dave headed out hoping for rays ,We were met with strong winds ,i noticed a rattle and pulled in a 3lb ray target achieved ,A few hours later another ray 2 3/4lb ,Dave also had one about 2lb ,Strangely we didnt have any other fish i...
Me and Dave after rays on the beach about 5pm both with 2 rods for rays and 1 for scratching ,Dave had a whiting first chuck then the doggies turned up i had 6 in a row then a double shot doggie and a sole then a pb pouting a monster of 33cm another doggie and a schoolie bass,Dave finished with...
Arrived about 430pm whole beach to myself got the shelter up just before the rain came in 2 rods out for a ray ,sun came out reeled in to rebait second rod and a bit of weght on felt good but was a small ray of 1 3/4lb lovely none the less ,the whiting turned up and i couldnt find any more...
Started about 430pm was hoping for some dabs and an early ray,whiting from the off Dave managed to find some dabs amongst the whiting,nothing happening on the mackky fillet for rays so i whipped some rag on to it and was rewarded with a ray of 4 3/4 lb never had a ray in feb before.
Finshed with...
First session of the year me and Dave got on the beach about 4pm was hoping for dabs,first cast double shot whiting then another then afew singles, just before high water a dab then 2more in the next 2 casts things improved on the ebb with some more double and treble shots finished with 6x dabs...
Dave and i were hoping for bass and sole,finished with 1xweever 1xeel 3xbass 4xsmoothound and 8xwhiting.
Dave had eel/bass/smoothound/whiting and the only sole.
28/1/22
Me and Dave went after dabs and rays
i fished 2 rods 1 3 hook flapper n 1 pulley 2nd cast on flapper got 2whiting then a dab on pulley then 2 more dabs then just whiting ,Nothing taking ray baits so for the last hour or so i changed it for an urfe rig and it paid off got 2 more dabs...
On the beach about 3 flat sea and no wind Whiting from the off with a few pouting mixed in and a dogfish ,nothing taking bigger baits for a bass /ray finished with 1xdogfish 7x pouting and 65 xwhiting some a good size biggest 38cm.
A big thums up to Breakaway for the bait and a while you...
Fished 17/9/21
Started about 4pm baits were being stripped ,hoping for bass and sole,nothing for 2 hours then an eel saved the blank followed by double shot bass and a pouting followed by a sole target acheived finished with 1xeel 1x shore rockling 2xbass 3xsole 4xpouting and 10xwhiting. Packed...
Fished with Dave target was bass and sole,Dave had a bass first cast not long after i had a bass blank avoided then a few more dave had another couple slightly bigger ,I finished with 9x bass 5x whiting 3x eel 2x weaver 1xsole 1x smoothound .
A bit of crab stripping baits but not too bad ,beach...
First time me and Dave had got together fishing this year,Iwas hoping to target sole and bass but on arrival the sea looked a bit choppy for sole but bass was aa possibility .Started about 6pm Dave had a bass first cast and guys in a match to our left were carding fish,About 8pm i had a little...
Fished 13/6/21 started about 6pm baking hot sole n whiting straight off then quiet followed by whiting ,pouting ,eel then after high water a thornie of 51/2 lbs well chuffed ,hard going but worth the wait.
Friday 27/11/20
Fished from about 445pm catching the usual whiting ,had one rod set up for a livebait ,one three hook flapper,one fixed pat for a codling.
Was fish throughout but not every cast but a lot of bites i think there was a lot of small fish about sucking at the baits,livebait rig was...
Me and Dave fished from about 5pm fish from the off and on every chuck on a flapper ,wind was s/w a bit of weed but not too bad .
1 rod baited with sqiuid and bluey hoping for a ray but he had other plans .
finished with 84 fish 1xdab 27cm 2x dogfish and 81 whiting 77 fish to flapper.
Dave had a...
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