shrimps

[baker boy]

hi all ive seen some nice size 1" -11/2" (wot i think r brownish shrimp) in my local river (ouse in newhaven) how do u hook them for bait thats if u can use them, and wot fish go for them?

tightlines all

graham

[captain chaos]

How did you get on up there? Foot is alot less painful to walk on now but still a nasty open wound, If they are of a decent size or quite small, same as prawns third segment of the tail, you will catch mullet,Bass, sea trout. (flatties if fishing the bottom....if the crabs don,t get ther first! )
Be warned they tend to sort out the bigger Bass and don,t leave your rod unattended unless you have the drag set.

Tight Lines, regards Jason.

[tonybolton]

The tractor tyres that are exposed at low tide at Warshaw should be teaming with decent shrimp now. Just take a soil sieve dip it the the water and pull up quick, sorts the big boys from the little 'uns. I then mount 'em on a size 1 hook in underneath the tail and push them up round the hook. Top bait for this time of year.

[scottish_and_mental]

Try them lightly hooked ( as suggested near the tail ) under a float for almost anything thats swimming about mate !! Pollack,Mackerel,Bass etc love live shrimp and prawns

[baker boy]

hi all, jason we went up on fir nite got there a 815 set up on bend, managed to get some rag, nt big size bout 21/2" long, put some on a mepps spinner (treble cut off replaced with single) nothing all nite with that rod, also whilst using that rod had carp rod out with a running ledger on with rag on as well, NOTHING, tried bread, crab, tiny pieces of makkie NOTHING, packed up at 1140pm and thats when we went looking for shrimps found loads will use them next time.Also never relized how strong the tide can be coming in that far up river 6oz weight moved a good 40ft b4 it held(is this normal?).

eny way thats my report for now tightlines all graham

[captain chaos]

Yes mate re tides, it is very quick running, i found that when i used to fish there, also there is very small window of opportunity, this is either at the top of the tide when it starts to go slack or turn, again at the bottom of the tide.
I am utterly amazed you didn,t do better, one trick i did learn there is to cast against the tide, let your lead roll back towards you until it comes to a rest, sometimes it will find its own spot and stop, don,t be put off by this as generally the fish are only feeding about two feet from the water line.

When you cast against the flow of the river and the lead is making its way past you or even settling on the bank 40yds away this is when you will get your takes...generally on the move, Bass will chase it, Leave the settled bait for say 5 minutes, if no takes retrieve and certainly rebait, if no fish took it the crabs would have depleted it.
Its not a sit still and wait for a bite river, the action is normally fast paced and you need to be holding your rod waiting for tugs to strike, if you can imagine a fish taking your bait when your lead has settled, he swims back up across the tide he will get himself off due to the lead being pulled one way by the tide, you won,t know unless you are holding the rod, if in a rod rest you will assume it was the tide, i made this mistake when i started fishing there.
Same float fishing, cast against the tide and let it trot downstream, but retreive when it settles, repeat process and rebait if necessary.
Good later on (September) is to float fish a mepps spinner leaving the treble on and load with red rag, smallest mepps they do, cannot remember exactly the mepps size, it is tiny (for mullet) fight of a life time. For some reason it seems to be a rare occasion i have caught them this way earlier on in the year, they seem to switch off algae eating and turn to worm baits.
Maybe the fishing has gone down hill up there mate, but i saw fishyrob did alright a month or so ago, had a few Bass and caught a few Mullet up there by the bridge....tap in fishyrob and go to his web site, don,t know if he mentioned what baits he was using/methods.

[baker boy]

hi jason did wot u first did put rod in holder most of the nite, will try holding the rod next time poss try low tide ,that way can get more rag,i have seen the fishyrob report he done up there that wot made me av a go, thanks for all the info i WILL take it all on board and keep u posted on how i get on, i will also let u know when i go up there next to c if u can make it(foot providing),

tightlines for now

graham

[captain chaos]

Originally Posted by baker boy

hi jason did wot u first did put rod in holder most of the nite, will try holding the rod next time poss try low tide ,that way can get more rag,i have seen the fishyrob report he done up there that wot made me av a go, thanks for all the info i WILL take it all on board and keep u posted on how i get on, i will also let u know when i go up there next to c if u can make it(foot providing),

tightlines for now

graham

Hi Graham, yes let me know, it will be nice to have a bit of company and i will try the fly rod, just got back from an unrewarding session, although it was nice to see a sea trout put in an appearance, it would of been nice to accidently catch it, instead it nosed and tailed in front of me just to take the pi$$, looked like a few school Bass playing around at about the turn of the tide tonight but could not connect, loads and loads of mullet which gave the fly a very tentitive tug and dropped it straight away. Thats the way it goes, Hi to Paul if your reading this tonight, i think i met you at Barcombe res a few times, it was a pleasure and an honour sir. Hope to bump into you again and hope you join the forum too as you have a wealth of wisdom....surname remains safe!