cap'nhaddock
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A trip to the Bristol Channel area , it is often said that there are not many species in the sea there.
I fished this place many years ago before the dock was converted to a marina, then we caught some big Pollack, estimated at three to four pounds, and Flounder. I've seen reports of other species there so thought I'd give it a go with modern tactics rather than the 1/0 minimum hook size and big bait style of thirty to forty years ago.
I called in at Reel Fun to get some ragworm bait, it's a very well stocked shop very conveniently located with parking outside, a cafe to one side and toilets to the other. I got some great bait and detailed advice on where and how to fish the marina.
Parking at the marina is easy and free on Station Road, I tried the area nearest to where I'd parked, on a small jetty, the usual small hook, small bait close in fishing provided Black Gobies, Sand Smelt and tiny Whiting, bigger baits further out found Pouting and a Flounder. That area is used by boaters to launch, there were gig crews under training so casting to the right hand side, the shallow end, was not possible.
I moved anticlockwise around the marina to get a takeaway coffee at the restaurant and to set up to try the deeper water that the gigs were not using. The same population of Black Gobies there and small Bass further out, I tried float fishing but nothing was interested in bread or ragworm. It's a pleasant enough spot to watch the world go by, it helps if you can understand the local, Bristol influenced, language spoken by the locals.
There are no toilets at the marina but a 'Spoons pub and a Waitrose store are just across the road.
Results, six species caught.
I chatted to others who fish there and was told that Thin and Thick Lipped Mullet are regularly caught, Red Mullet have been caught recently along with Gilthead and Black Bream. I saw a cormorant struggling to swallow a bootlace Eel so they live there too, I wanted to catch a Common Goby which can be caught there but had no luck.
Nothing new caught but it was a interesting day, there are different species to be caught in the Bristol Channel.
People expect photos of big fish from the BC, so here's a bass I caught.
A card printed off one third size really does make your catch look impressive.
I fished this place many years ago before the dock was converted to a marina, then we caught some big Pollack, estimated at three to four pounds, and Flounder. I've seen reports of other species there so thought I'd give it a go with modern tactics rather than the 1/0 minimum hook size and big bait style of thirty to forty years ago.
I called in at Reel Fun to get some ragworm bait, it's a very well stocked shop very conveniently located with parking outside, a cafe to one side and toilets to the other. I got some great bait and detailed advice on where and how to fish the marina.
Parking at the marina is easy and free on Station Road, I tried the area nearest to where I'd parked, on a small jetty, the usual small hook, small bait close in fishing provided Black Gobies, Sand Smelt and tiny Whiting, bigger baits further out found Pouting and a Flounder. That area is used by boaters to launch, there were gig crews under training so casting to the right hand side, the shallow end, was not possible.
I moved anticlockwise around the marina to get a takeaway coffee at the restaurant and to set up to try the deeper water that the gigs were not using. The same population of Black Gobies there and small Bass further out, I tried float fishing but nothing was interested in bread or ragworm. It's a pleasant enough spot to watch the world go by, it helps if you can understand the local, Bristol influenced, language spoken by the locals.
There are no toilets at the marina but a 'Spoons pub and a Waitrose store are just across the road.
Results, six species caught.
I chatted to others who fish there and was told that Thin and Thick Lipped Mullet are regularly caught, Red Mullet have been caught recently along with Gilthead and Black Bream. I saw a cormorant struggling to swallow a bootlace Eel so they live there too, I wanted to catch a Common Goby which can be caught there but had no luck.
Nothing new caught but it was a interesting day, there are different species to be caught in the Bristol Channel.
People expect photos of big fish from the BC, so here's a bass I caught.
A card printed off one third size really does make your catch look impressive.
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