Magazine Lane or Town Quay

[Chris "Rag'n'Crab" Turner]

Hey guys, this is my first post on this site.... so first of all hi to everyone!!!

i have been visiting this site for a while so thought i better join....

i am looking to pop out tonight after work for a evening session, either to town quay or magazine lane.... i have never caught at maggy lane yet people are always recommending it.... so does anyone have any tips on where to fish down there??

also town quay has been dead of late so i think maggy is the best option... i have frozen peelers, some cuttlefish fillets and a few frozen lugworm and 1 and a half mackeral....

any help would be grately appreciated, thanks guys and lets hope one of you can help :-)

cheers all and tight lines,

Chris.

[geejayy]

hi chris & welcome,

i've not fished maglane for years ,there are several little marks i'd recomend along there.

1, beach by the yachtclub pontoons/slipway, it is very snaggy but chance of mixed species, top tip free line or floatfish live/deadpout on an ebb tide and let it drop back towards the pontoons.

2, 1st lamppost by the railings clean ground once your over the boulders at the bottom of the wall , 40-50yd lob used to be the sole mark, they prefer fresh blowlug but rag will do.

3, 1/2way along the wall - at lowtide you can see a clear spot by the water outfall at the base of the boulders, good spot for mixed species + mullet /flounder around the water out fall, doggies and butterfly thornies at range.

4, the red milbrook? bouy, eel city, bass, smuts all kinds of everything + small wrasse to floats against the rocks.

5, the beach faceing the narrows opposite the container dock , deepwater strong tides, here can be the most weedy, i'd target smuts here but mixed species possible.

everywhere there should be millions of small pout or whiteing but somtimes they dont play.

most versatile bait is ragworm , the best from your selection seems to be the pealer as long as it is top quality and has not been refroze,

fish with small size 2 hooks unless targeting big smuts or bass then up it to 2/0-4/0 depending on bait size, keep the fish baits small for variety - doggies, ray, pout ,bass live or dead baited pout freelined just over the wall at high tide just might nail a good bass at the top of the tide
its mainly a small fish venue, but there is sometimes better there if you can avoid the pout, don't discount the chance of mackerel at dawn the fish you can see rise on a calm morning arn't all mullet.

town quay seems to give occasional better specimens but i hate both venues.
regular local anglers could give you more upto date info.

tight lines ,gord

tight lines.

[gullyworm]

Cracking reply that Gord.
Agree with your last comment about hatingboth venues though.

[scottish_and_mental]

Originally Posted by gullyworm

Cracking reply that Gord.
Agree with your last comment about hatingboth venues though.

thats our garden your slagging off

[Chris "Rag'n'Crab" Turner]

Thanks Gord for the help, very very handy to know... i actually went down town quay on the friday night and it was rather interesting... ill post it as a new report mind... but once again thanks for your help mate, and i agree that your slagging off our homeland but.... you are right... its just at short notice these are two of the most productive places within a 20min drive from my house lol

cheers gain,

Chris