East Beach today

[mininewts]

Evening All...

Just got in from a high tide session down at east beach hayling. Sea was reasonably calm, few others fishing along the groins. Pitched myself and my dad up by groin #20. Started off with rag with the tide coming up but not even a bite, so after an hour or so i switched to some peeler, which i was using for the very first time. Had bites every cast, cleaned the hook off mostly which was frustrating (any tips to stop this much appreciated..think i need to up the hook size) but did land a couple of small black bream.

Dad stayed on the the Rag and had nothing!

WIll head out tomorrow afternoon to use up the remaining rag. Any tips for a low tide venue in the portsmouth area?????

Cheers

Mark

[pingu]

bream will strip hooks bare in seconds
try tipping the rag with a small peice of squid

dave

[showmythefishy]

Use fine wire hooks around the 2-4 sort of size with a long shank. I would just use small strips of squid. Rag is good but if you leave too much tail dangling off the hook the bream will just strip it off. Squid is cheaper and tougher. Il be down that way sat nite armed with squid for the bream and hard back crabs for the smuts ;0)

[mininewts]

Thanks for the tips, i was almost going to say i'll see you down there, but then remembered my bro is getting married sat, so won't be about lol!!!

I have managed to wangle today and tomorrow off work, so might head down tomorrow for a bit.

Cheers

mark

[showmythefishy]

Chichester harbour entrance on hayling is good over low tide (go left of where you were fishing in this report its a fair walk tho) when you get around the corner youl see a post to ur left and a bouy to the right of that, they mark a deep hole (around 60ft at high tide) to the left of the post there is another hole but not quite as deep. The smuts tend to follow the edges of both these holes as do the bass. Just to the left of the life boat station it shallows up a bit but is good for bream, bass and smuts u also get mullet here. If you walk down to the sailing club youve got a lil point which is good for bass and mullet. Early mornings in the summer round this stretch of beach is good for spinning for bass and mackerell. I would say fish an hour or so either side of low or high. The tide is very strong round here and can get very weedy very quickly. Hope this helps fella.

Mark

[mininewts]

Cheers Showmythefishy, thats some very welcomed tips, i might head round there tomorrow, planning a day out tomorrow, fishing for 10 through the high and back down again.

Cheers for those tips, much appreciated!!

Will let you know how i get on tomorrow!

[showmythefishy]

No prob. Good luck

[showmythefishy]

Take sum feathers you should get sum mackerell on the run up to high water ;0)

[mininewts]

well, i went out for the tide around midday, east beach, hayling again, fished it from half ten through til 3 with my bro. Using rag, squid and crab, wind was light, sea was calm, sun was out, but where were the fish?????

We both had a few light rattles on the line but amounting to a blank sadly... there were a couple of others out and they seemed to have less luck than us! lol. Nothing seemed to be taken, 90% of the time the bait reeled back in pretty much as it went out, albeit a little drowned.....

I think i'll aim at an evening/dusk session for the next outing, i'll check the weather and tides for next weekend......

[showmythefishy]

Unlucky mate. Bet it was lovely sat on the beach tho, the weather has been glorious. Im heading down there this arvo. Im just hoping there arent too many sun worshipers when i get there!!