Eastbourne and pevensey devoid of fish?

[excarper]

Hi all, dont know what has happened to the fish in eastbourne and pevensey bay. Nearly everone is blanking on a regular basis. Even glynn who runs the Anglers Den admits its been crap! Its like there is a net been laid right accross that stretch of coast! Any ideas? we cant all be crap!

[cuckoo]

Same all across the solent mate , bloody weed is killing the hound fishing

[NICK R]

By all accounts the North wales coastline is struggling as well ,

[excarper]

Is it the weed stopping the fish coming in then?

[cuckoo]

Not sure on all the fish mate , but when targeting hounds as soon as the weed hits the hounds piss off

[captain chaos]

Originally Posted by excarper

Hi all, dont know what has happened to the fish in eastbourne and pevensey bay. Nearly everone is blanking on a regular basis. Even glynn who runs the Anglers Den admits its been crap! Its like there is a net been laid right accross that stretch of coast! Any ideas? we cant all be crap!

What are you using for bait down your way and what species are you targeting? This particular time of the year there is such a rich source of natural food for them, find out whats available to them and try to mimick the richest source....you may find they are concentrating on one thing only...sourcing your bait locally is important too, just a thought, i,m going to shut up now and go to bed, night night!

[excarper]

we fish over the worm grounds and thats what the majority have been using on the snoods.

Going to try a completly new approach on saturday night which is more akin to freshwater fishing and see if i can winkle a few out. I will report back on sunday to let you know how the new tactics worked.

[captain chaos]

Originally Posted by excarper

we fish over the worm grounds and thats what the majority have been using on the snoods.

Going to try a completly new approach on saturday night which is more akin to freshwater fishing and see if i can winkle a few out. I will report back on sunday to let you know how the new tactics worked.

I am presuming you are using worm bait then, topping it off with deadly squid?

[excarper]

not quite i got a good deal on some hand grenades!

[excarper]

Just to let you know as promised i would keep you posted i blanked last night! But went out again this lunchtime on my new tactics and caught my first bass. Only small but hey its a start! Them dorsal fins are sharp!