help

Hello all,

I am a new member and thought I might ask for a bit of help to see if anyonre has any ideas.

I have been fishing in the UK for 4 years now and have a terrible record at catching fish.

I always try a variety of baits, rigs and spots (all along the south coast - hampshire, dorset, cornwall, isle of whight) but to no avail.

I reckon I probably catch 1 fish every 14 hours!

Is it me or are the south british seas void of any fish life?

I used to live in the middle east and they have commercial fishing there too but anglers could always be sure of many a catch.

Any ideas anyone please?

[pingu]

welcome and wow you have covered some big area for little result as you say, could be all manner of reasons, wrong bait ,rigs for area targeting wrong fish etc, do you usually find out whats catching at places before you go etc, I found going to same spot over all tides, conditions and learnt 1 area now more willing to travel,the fish are there (i,ve only just started getiing it right(ish)) sorry if cant be specific but too many variables

thanks for that mate,

no haven't done anything as organised as finding out about spots/tides, etc. before I go, where is a good place about where to get info on good spots at the right time?

[tommy a]

Hello mate welcome to the forum and the fishing world !

My advice would be to simply speak to the local tackle shop - they usually give great advice on baits, species and whether they are being caught on low or high water and whether night is better.

Not really any expert myself but have always found most tackle shops friendly and useful.

The other alternative is to say the specific area you are going to fish and no doubt someone on here will be in that area and be able to help !

Cheers

thanks for that, some very useful tips.

I will ask the local tackle shops and try the forum when I go next,

cheers!

[Ben]

a good place to find info out from is here
http://www.solent-fishing-guide.co.uk/
it has catch reports of lots of beaches in the solent area and alittle bit of info on what to do there
the forum is a good place to get catch reports from, i always post catch reports whenever i go and say exactly what i did

[massive pollocks]

welcome 2 forum.in the clear south coast waters you need to fish after dark and a high tide after dark is a very good starting point.

[Old Smoothound]

Welcome to the Forum Ozzie

We have a meet on the 30th Jan ayt Hurst Castle....so we can all blank together

[pingu]

agree with others if its a good tackle shop they will help, and if you ask on the forum you may get the answers(helped me loads)