middleton on sea

[browners]

been meaning to fish here for a while . after the weed that hounding the selsey area . i bit the bullet , had a look at low water to see what i could find . found loads of rough ground , sand banks and gullys . was a pleasant suprise . found what i thought was a good looking spot . so dug some lug and got my gear ready .

arrived at 9pm to a calm looking sea , after a 20min hike to my area of choice , as theres no parking due to private roads .

plan was to fish a 2 hook distance rig , baited with lug , squid and mackerel . the other would be a 3 hook flapper fished in close for the sole with lug . from the word go i had bite , after bite , after bite . you guessed , bloody pout after pout , after bloody pout . only good thing was they were all between 10 and 12 inches and mostly came to the distance rig . but the strtangest thing was it was a big tide and there was no weed .

the 3 hook flapper produced the odd pout . 3 bass around a pound and a half each and 2 eels about a pound each . was nice to fish a new spot and catch , even if i still not found the sole . packed up around 4 am . looking forward to fishing there again

[pingu]

not a bad session there well done

dave

[BaggieRich]

Nice one Browners. Keep going mate, the sole will come..

[essentialmix75]

Well done on the fish m8.

[couldntcatchacold]

Excellent stuff Browners..

I live in the sussex area and I really want to move away from the arm at shoreham and the peir at worthing whereabouts in middleton was your fishing trip?

I am desperate to find some local spots to go fishing and challenge myself a little more.. Any tips or suggestion for down your way!!

cheers

Right now after three trips to the arm and three blanks a pout would thrill me right now

[browners]

Originally Posted by couldntcatchacold

Excellent stuff Browners..

I live in the sussex area and I really want to move away from the arm at shoreham and the peir at worthing whereabouts in middleton was your fishing trip?

I am desperate to find some local spots to go fishing and challenge myself a little more.. Any tips or suggestion for down your way!!

cheers

Right now after three trips to the arm and three blanks a pout would thrill me right now

theres plenty of spots round here . it was the first time i fished middleton . i had walked it at low water and found a few nice spots . theres alot of rough ground there . i fished the western end towards felpham . parking around there is a nightmare , due to private estates . hoping it might be good for whiting and cod .
bognor pier is always worth a bet , thats if the polish not on there . it can chuck up anything , but you need to be on the end to be in with a good chance , so need to be there early in the tide .then from there up to the beach huts is much the same sort of ground .
pagham is always worth a visit any time of the year , but does get busy when the smoothies are running . .
then theres selsey . so many good marks there at all states of the tide . but when weed around does get tuff . you can catch everything and anything here
hope this gives you a starting point

[couldntcatchacold]

Thanks Brownie

I will check out those areas on the map... And see which one would work best for me to start with

Any suggestions on bait....

I will probably skip the pier as they sound very much like worthing and shoreham...

Thanks again I will let you know how I go....

cheers again

[browners]

that ok . baits are run of the meal really . lug , rag , squid , mackerel , sandeeland crab . you wont go wrong with them . i have alot of fish on lug and squid or rag a crab cocktails or 3inch strips of mackerel or medium sandeels . if your out this way let me know . i fish mainly in week as find weekends get to busy every were know adays .

[Davey]

Nice catch mate for a new venue