fishing deal kent

hello everyone just joined forum looks cool anyone been fishing at deal lately going down there next weekend any advice apprecited
thanks

[fishypaul]

hi marky,welcome to the forum mate,i am local but havn't fished deal for a long while,
a fellow forumite john-boy fished there last week and posted a report,you should be able to find it.

when he sees this i'm sure john-boy will give you all the info you need,

best of luck mate

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Welcome to the fishing forum

Not my area but look forward to your posts

[Norfolkboy]

Welcome to the forum

[kiwimarty]

Not used to your area mate but welcome to the best forum.

[delboy]

welcome to the forum sorry dont know your area but best of luck for the weekend

[john-boy]

Originally Posted by marky

hello everyone just joined forum looks cool anyone been fishing at deal lately going down there next weekend any advice apprecited
thanks

Hello mate,

Yep - I've fished there a few times in the last couple of weeks. Depends on your preference, but you could do worse than the pier. I helped a first-time fisherman net a 15.5lb Cod there last week, and had one myself (around 1.5lbs), and my neighbour had two (in the 2-ish lb bracket).

Also done OK on the beach - would suggest either Kingsdown or Sandwich end, as I say it's down to preference, whether you fancy beach or pier. I would aim to do high-water at Sandwich end, and probably low water at the Kingsdown end. Pier doesn't seem to matter much about the state of tide, basically any time you're getting a bit of run. I suspect it'll be pretty busy on Friday/Saturday night, and that combined with spring tides may make things interesting in terms of tangles on the bottom deck!

Best baits have been (predictably) lug (preferably yellow-tails or blacks) and squid. The 15lb-er came on squid strip.

I think whatever happens you can expect a good haul of decent sized Pouting and Whiting, plus the odd Codling. Last trip I had Pouts, Whiting, Dogfish, Dab and a Codling - so there's plenty of variety.

Good luck!!

Cheers,
JB.

[Old Smoothound]

Welcome aboard Marky to the best forum on the net

John Boy and Fishy Paul are the "Guru's" for your area.

Look forward to reading your posts.

[fishypaul]

never been a guru before,do i have to wear strange clothes ?

[Rob M]

Originally Posted by fishypaul

never been a guru before,do i have to wear strange clothes ?

I think sandals are standard issue for gurus mate.

Rob