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| Re: kingsbridge estary Hi Bigworm; Well done and it seems you have struck gold. I posted the post below a couple of months ago but copied it to save you searching. December is a tough time to fish the estuary but if you have a boat, anywhere on the edges of the channels/drop offs will get you a bucket load of flounders. Try the middle of the harbour about 200metres from the public landing stage. Use your depth sounder to find the edge of the channel and then fish the incoming tide with rag or lugworm. Guarantees a good feed. In springtime you can catch dozens of them in the early morning/incoming tide as well as a few thornbacks. Much harder from the shore though. Cheers Plato -------------------------------------------- Hi guys; I saw this post and couldn't belive the post 'I never do well at Salcombe'. I now live in Australia but return to the UK each year and go back to Salcombe where I have fished almost every year for the last 45 years. IMO Salcombe has always been a 'boat fishing' mecca rather than a shore based fishing venue. Up until the mid 1980's it was amazingly easy to 'whiff sandeels' for bass at sunrise and sunset in the Estuary. We caught plaice up to 5lbs off the 'bar house' about 100 to 150 yards out. And the edges of the channels around the old lifeboat mooring abounded with flounders, thornback and plaice. Even round in the 'bag' you stood a good chance of a thornback during the day or a conger at night. Wrasse were ever present at the mewstone and small pollack were around all the rocks off South Sands. Slow trolling resulted in heaps of mackeral and garfish. Trolling out past the mewstone saw good pollock caught and conger only a half mile offshore. In more recent years the estuary has still fished well on occassions but the need for finesse with very light lines (4-6lb) and 1/0 or 2/0 hooks is apparent. Dont expect to catch during the day in the estuary other than sunrise and sunset. I still do fairly well but it is much harder than it used to be. Have other ex patriots experienced a similar scenario? We are lucky in Australia that we can still catch loads of good sized fish right up to our 'bag limits', but the greenies are trying to tie up more marine reserves and stop our 'Australian way of life' i.e. a right to fish! I still enjoy coming back to the UK and fishing but seeing the comments on Salcombe are not unexpected but certainly not good reading. Cheers Plato     |
| #3 12-16-2010, 12:01 PM | ||||
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| Re: kingsbridge estary nice fishing bigworm  dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #4 12-21-2010, 04:34 PM | |||
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| Re: kingsbridge estary hi there .k.b estary and salcome are fantastic fishing venues all year round you just have to find the hot spots and there s plenty of them ,at the moment there s lots of flounder,and codling yes codling from the shore just 1 mark produces them on a big tide .best this year is just under 4,1b if any 1 has a boat and wants to go out let me no , ile be happy to pay towards fuel and show you a few marks , Last edited by bigworm; 12-22-2010 at 07:49 AM. Reason: new picture |
