is it worth a try

[matty198111]

me little girl likes the idea of fishing and she loves to eat mackerel so my questio is

would it be worth a trip to south parade peir in southsea this weekend if so what would be the best time to go, morning day night ect

must add all i have is a carp rod and reel with 12lb line i do have a few feathers laying around and just thought it would be lovely to spend a couple hours with me daughter especially if she can bag a few maccy, also are you allowed to take dogs on there as we have a small dog that we usually take every where, but if not its not a problem


thanks all

[Leigh Cocker]

All I can say is to make sure that you only use a 1 ounce weight if your not going to use shockleader, I can't comment on the are though so sorry about that :)

[matty198111]

would i need to cast though as its on a peir so i thought just drop it over the side lol

[scottish_and_mental]

as far as im aware theres no restriction on dogs - by god ive seen some dogs on that pier in the past
Carp rod is fine but i would suggest float fishing at high tide for best results for the mackerel or using little ragworm baits straight dowen for a trillion little pollack and pout plus wrasse ..
use slivers of mackerel on the float for mackerel and garfish or a spinner will work just as fine mate

[matty198111]

thanks for that mate

just wandered when will the mackerel still be there until will they be there for another month or so or will they be going soon.

also is there a best time of day, i appreciate high tide but is it best to catch a mid day tide or early tide


cheers

mat

[zonnkers]

Check before you go as I tried to fish there today and was turned away by the police because they were demolishing a burnt out building opposite (Harry Rednapps nightclub) when we drove back past about 2.00 the road was still shut but most of the building had gone. See my post "change of plans"

With regard to the Carp rods and 12lb Line , when I use my Bass rods I only use 15lb line and no Shockleaders but I only use a 2oz lead and I only give it a flick , so as long as you are not power casting you should be ok, what weights do you use with the 12lb line when coarse fishing? that will give you some idea what you can cast with the set up.

[matty198111]

Originally Posted by zonnkers

Check before you go as I tried to fish there today and was turned away by the police because they were demolishing a burnt out building opposite (Harry Rednapps nightclub) when we drove back past about 2.00 the road was still shut but most of the building had gone. See my post "change of plans"

With regard to the Carp rods and 12lb Line , when I use my Bass rods I only use 15lb line and no Shockleaders but I only use a 2oz lead and I only give it a flick , so as long as you are not power casting you should be ok, what weights do you use with the 12lb line when coarse fishing? that will give you some idea what you can cast with the set up.

cheers mate

when carp fishing i was sometimes using a 3 oz lead to get to an island but usually a 2 oz lead with a big bag of pellet on as well

wont be goin this week now gettin a couple rods on momday so will hopefully be out monday evening


cheers mate