ferrybridge info anyone please

[pingu]

Hi all
well it looks like i have a pass to 2nd leg of exmouth v honiton match

and its a 10hr grueller 2pm-midnight at ferrybridge on the 28th of this month

anyone got any advise on fishing there, what to expect as never have been there ( or even best parking etc )


cheers

dave

[Tiny1976]

Originally Posted by pingu

Hi all
well it looks like i have a pass to 2nd leg of exmouth v honiton match

and its a 10hr grueller 2pm-midnight at ferrybridge on the 28th of this month

anyone got any advise on fishing there, what to expect as never have been there ( or even best parking etc )


cheers

dave

My favorite mark. The best car to use the main bird stacye car, can't miss it's on the right as you drive toward Portland past the ferrybridge pub, costly thouge £5+for 12hours. The an good cafe and toilets there. The car park it self's is 1/4mile long and made of chork to keep speed down be cairly if you got an low siting car.

Fishing wise this time of year be peared for an long walk. The top of the shigle bank if 40ft above the car and is steply slopping and even more so onthe sea facing side on the bank. This time of year the best mark are to found to the right of car park ( faire right ). You see an old WW2 bunker walk that way than up the bank and theres an line of post marking an keep out area because of nesting bird. DO NOT fish in fornt of the 1st post thers an bloody big stag there the fearth you can walk normaly the better the fishing. All thoug this is deep water mark distance casting work's the best in the summer but in the winter cod of up 17LB can be taken with 20 mters of the shore (I've got the pictures )

Day light will give black bream and small red bream, garfish, scand, mackel and the odd place. there have been mulite showing the last few year as well.
Try flote fish for the scand and garfish even bass over the flooding tide with samll strip of mackel taking most of fish. Distace casting is the best for the bream and place useing rag and squid, trigerfish to crad are also possible

Night time see's the Soumthound's, bullhuss, triger fish, dogfish, large pout, conger eel. Most of hound's I've had have fallen to sandeel's with crad acounting for the bullhuss and triggerfish. Party squid seams to wedd out the bigger dogfish and pout, congers love mackle or small pout.


Rig wise this time of year: 1 up 1 down cilp up patinoser, 2 hook boomer, wish bone, pully rig. Theres normaly an lot of sippder crads around in the summer foalting beads work well I've found that one mid size along with two small beads per hook snood work's and still take the better fish. Hook's wise size 1 saltwater champoins or semi circle do the job going up to size 2/0 or 3/0 for coggers or cod.


Hope this help, good luck in macth.

[pingu]

wow thanks tiny

dave

[maghouse]

... wot he said !

Plus if you walk over the bank - almost straight in front is a small wreck which can produce Trigger fish !

The car park is the other side where it says 'Landing craft ... this is taken looking towards Weymouth ...

[pingu]

unfortunately family stuff stopped me fishing, dont know how comp went but heard of 30mph wind and 6ft waves so sounded tough

i will go soon though as sounds a good spot, and i fancy a go at a trigger

dave

[wishbone]

Go to www.portlandbill.co.uk You will find comprehensive information on ferrybridge area and portland plus
chesil beach through to west bexington etc.