South Coast Out of the wind!

[Kenny84]

With the weather still pretty crappy I decided to try fishing in a sheltered area of Portsmouth harbour a little estuary called broadmarsh.

Pretty comfortable spot fishing next to the van.

I was on the hunt for some flat fish with whispers of flounder being caught at a near by mark on budds wall I made up some up and over rigs with size 4 hooks and blingy beads and spinners.

1 rig with pop ups and 1 without just to see if one was better or a bit of defence against the crabs.

Bait was black lug and squid.

Fished the tide up from low retreating across the mud but absolutely no bites and a plague of swans gave me a bit of a break in play so time to fry up a burger and have a cup of tea untill they moved off.

Just about on high tide at 1545 and just as it was getting gloomy I had the faintest of bites, fish on! Target achieved just as I was muttering about not fishing this spot again. Always the way isn’t it!?

Happy to get out in the fresh air and beat the weather.

 

[chesilpete]

I have never caught a flattie up there on lugs!! usually rag outfishes it easy.
Great report.

 

[Kenny84]

I have never caught a flattie up there on lugs!! usually rag outfishes it easy.
Great report.

Me neither Pete! I’d usually get hold of some
Maddies but the only worm bait I could get hold of at the last minute was lug. I think because of the wind the diggers haven’t had much demand for it.

 

[chesilpete]

Me neither Pete! I’d usually get hold of some
Maddies but the only worm bait I could get hold of at the last minute was lug. I think because of the wind the diggers haven’t had much demand for it.

Used to be a great spot for flats had some mega bags in the late 80s, my fave spot up there was behind the petrol station at Hayling Holt ( about a mile over hayling bridge).
I do know that over the last few years in the summer months a couple of guys have been taking big bags of some quite decent bass on spring tides casting into the channel from the foot of the old railway bridge.
It was a spot fished quite a lot by goldsie . If you hunt youtube you can see what he was doing, night tides worked much better with rag but it can produce a lot of fish to 4lb.
We used to get some cracking plaice up thrre in May......

 

[Wolf]

Nice one mate, well done

 

[Chalton]

Well done that man hardway in elson gosport you can walk through the water at low tide at night with the headlamp on and spot them in the shallows good video on you tube I'll try to find the link

 

[Allthegearnoidea73]

Dont go to that robbing bastard on Hayling……£20 a lb for rag…..I nearly fell on my arse in the shop.

 

[flappy]

Well done that man hardway in elson gosport you can walk through the water at low tide at night with the headlamp on and spot them in the shallows good video on you tube I'll try to find the link

And what do you do next.. stab them with a pokey stick..?

 

[Chalton]

And what do you do next.. stab them with a pokey stick..?

P I s s on the flat rats

 

[Kenny84]

Used to be a great spot for flats had some mega bags in the late 80s, my fave spot up there was behind the petrol station at Hayling Holt ( about a mile over hayling bridge).
I do know that over the last few years in the summer months a couple of guys have been taking big bags of some quite decent bass on spring tides casting into the channel from the foot of the old railway bridge.
It was a spot fished quite a lot by goldsie . If you hunt youtube you can see what he was doing, night tides worked much better with rag but it can produce a lot of fish to 4lb.
We used to get some cracking plaice up thrre in May......

Good info. Sounds worth checking out, I’ve not fished that spot before.

 

[Kenny84]

Well done that man hardway in elson gosport you can walk through the water at low tide at night with the headlamp on and spot them in the shallows good video on you tube I'll try to find the link

Sounds like all I need is a Torch and a net then!? Let’s hope this wind buggers off soon!

 

[Kenny84]

Dont go to that robbing bastard on Hayling……£20 a lb for rag…..I nearly fell on my arse in the shop.

I’ve not been in there but rag is crazy money most places compared to years ago.

 

[Had1]

Nice cosy set up in the back of the van there

 

[Trampster]

Great report & photos Kenny! Looks like my kind of mark - fish out the back of the Car/Van! Target achieved - nice one!

 

[Kenny84]

Nice cosy set up in the back of the van there

Haha yea you gotta make the most of it when you can right?!

 

[Goateeblank]

Got to love a fish out the van spot. Good stuff.

 

[richtic]

Great report, well done getting out and catching