Blog entries tagged Shore Fishing

SWSF Road Trip Day 5 – Fowey

nath richards — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:27:59 +0100

As things panned out, what with the weather of recent days and the lack of sleep on the trip, day 5 of our cross Cornwall Road Journey turned out to be quite a sedate affair.

Our initial plan was to get out on a boat - a trip kindly offered by a fellow member in possession of a Dory and holidaying down there - and fish the Fowey Estuary.

Regrettably, the weather put the mockers on our plans to fish the Lizard (Prilla) with John, so instead we chose to head up to Fowey a day earlRead More...

Time to take stock, take a break and recharge the batteries

Matt Jones — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

After 3 manic months scouring Cornwall, Devon and Dorset for fish, racking up almost 8,000 miles and getting up at some un-Godly times just to get to various marks, I am taking what I believe is a well deserved week off from fishing and blogging. I'll be retreating to my summer training camp to get into peak physical and mental shape ahead of the eagerly anticipated SWSF shore competRead More...

Fishing is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get

Matt Jones — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100

West Bexington was the venue once again for Saturday's session and you may think that i'm hammering this venue this summer, but that's the beauty of Chesil Beach - it is so diverse and it can throw up absolutely anything. This weekend I had the pleasure of Jack and Tony's (Airmech) company during the day and I was joined by Nath and Curt for the evening session. It was a long old day butRead More...

Brilliant banter at Branscombe

Matt Jones — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:00:00 +0100

We are very fortunate in the South-West to have so many different fishing locations within an hour or so that it would take a life time to fish them all. Every month I challenge myself to fish a completely new mark - I go through the same process each time researching it, which bait, which species and which rigs and I find it very satisfying if all this "homework" results in a decent day's Read More...

Wreck fishing..............from the shore

Matt Jones — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100

Recently I have taken the opportunity to re-visit Chesil Beach - a place that is synonymous with my own personal fishing upbringing. It was the first beach I ever fished from, where I learnt to cast, gut my first fish and caught a whole variety of species for the very first time. On Saturday I made the trip down to the Portland end of Chesil Beach to fish the wreck of the "Royal AdelaiRead More...

So many to choose from, my head is in a spin!

Matt Jones — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0100

I have always been a fan of spinning, whether it be for mackerel, pollack or of course bass. It is the perfect method of fishing if you want to dash out for a last minute impromptu session as no bait is necessary and there is definitely no need to pack a heavy tackle box. Spinning allows you to go after the fish rather than waiting for them to come to you - if you're blanking in one spot, jusRead More...

Went to Devon......came back with a nasty case of crabs

Matt Jones — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:08:20 +0100

Contrary to what you may have thought, this post is not about an affliction caught by some poor, unfortunate sailor on shore leave, it is in fact another weekend session report. Still euphorically bouncing and with a distinct swagger in my walk after last weekend's bass and smooth hound, I thought that I would get out again and try and continue my "hot" streak. However like a player at thRead More...

"Women can't pull caravans..................fact!"

Matt Jones — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:25:09 +0100

Ignoring the title of this post for the moment as I will explain that later, this is actually an epic tale of intense Bank Holiday fishing. One man taking on the odds and manning it out until he got what he felt he deserved.

This weekend I took in the delights of East Portlemouth and on Sunday I ventured up to West Bexington (Chesil Beach). Here is how I got on.........

The art of casting

Matt Jones — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:39:58 +0100

Many people take the ability to sling a bait out seaward from a beach, pier, breakwater or rock for granted. I must admit I certainly have throughout my fishing career. After all it is not the most complex action in the world, all you need is balance and a little co-ordination. How hard can it be................?

Well, I have certainly found out – I posted a Read More...

Fishing North Corner, Plymouth

nath richards — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I managed to get out again last night to have a fish with Mike and Mike at North Corner, Devonport. We all pitched up about 6pm to a rather busy pontoon (probably about 4 other anglers already there) to fish the first part of the ebb and fished through till dark, so around 9:00 pm.

From what I could gather from the lads already down there, the fishing had been pretty slow all afternoon (at that point no-one had managed to catch anything) so I began with a scratch around tigRead More...

Bass Fishing at Seasons Point

nath richards — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

With things slowly getting back to normal here, yesterday I managed to get in the first session in over a fortnight. By god it was good to get back out again – 2 weeks without fishing is 2 weeks too long!

After seeing Curt’s post in the fishing buddies section of the forum, myself and Adam (who’d just joined the site that very same day) jumped on board and partook in the session down at Seasons Point (a nice little mark on the western side of the entrance to the Yealm estuaRead More...

July's Fishing Fortunes

nath richards — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Despite my lack of reports recently, the shore fishing sessions have still been going ahead and what a month July has turned out to be!

It's been all about the Bass - in fact, I can’t ever remember another month when the BaRead More...

South Devon Plaice Fishing

nath richards — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Rather than head up to North Devon again, we night-fished closer to home at East Portlemouth, a popular fishing mark on the Salcome Estuary.

With good tides and such promising weather, things looked good. As it panned out, however, it proved to be an evening of mRead More...

Bass Fishing in North Devon

nath richards — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

By anyone’s standards, our recent SWSF get together North Devon proved to be a rip roaring success. The fishing was superb, the weather was excellent and, most importantly, it marked the first session where a group of anglers who’ve joined our SWSF network have proposed a mark, met there, shared their knowledge on it and subsRead More...

Shooting heads: The Devils Invention?

Mike Sullivan — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Well, Salmon fishers have used shooting heads in Scandinavia for many years and they are now making a great comeback on the UK SWFFing scene. So, what are they?

Shooting Heads are a head line that is rated higher and heaver than your standard fly line, for instance, if you have a 8wt rod then you would use a 9 or 10 rated head dependant on your ability, quality of rod ect. Then, the head is attached to a thinner shooting line - standard head lengths are around 30ft in lengtRead More...

Night Fishing @ Laira Bridge

nath richards — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Elton was wrong. Saturday night isn’t for fighting, it’s for fishing. And more so when you have a mild evening, clear skies, a light southwesterly and high slack water just before last light. Perfect, or at least it should have been.

I met up with Mike for an evening session at Laira bridge. Being a Saturday night – prime fishing time and all that – I was expecting us to have to fish behind the Quick fit on the PlymstoRead More...

Latest Outing 10/0/09

Mike Sullivan — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Well went on a bit of a mission over the past couple of days, all started the night before when I met up with Nath to see what was happening on the Plym on the ebb tide. Coincided with last light on the change - usually very productive at this time of year to the fly.

Cast about and searched the depths for a couple of hours and had a couple of small bites but no takes. Not even fish showing on the surface.

So it was onto plan B: I fished first light from 5am at wembury on Read More...

What Do I Need to Salt Water Fly Fish?

Mike Sullivan — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

As time went on, I refined the kit that I used and dropped a lot of it, still replacing the odd piece here and there but nothing like I used to.

You truly do not need all of the kit in the world. Personally, I have listed the gear I use for all of my saltwater and carp fishing here to give you a rough idea of what you might need in the end:-

Rod: Snowbee deep blue 9wt 2009 model i replace this yearly.

Reel: Snowbee XSD 780 cartridge reel 5 spools

How to start Saltwater Fly Fishing

Mike Sullivan — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Oh god this takes me back to the old days, I have worked my way through most of the disciplines, involved in angling. Be it bait casting, boat fishing, carp fishing, match fishing, fly fishing, spinning ect.

The only one that ever realy caught my imagination was fly fishing so I continued with this and looked for more interesting and varied methods and targets. Thus I tried SWFFing for the first time in mid July. Just as dawn was breaking I was stood waist deep in the sea cast after casRead More...

Night Session at North Corner, Plymouth

nath richards — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0100

With the fishing having been a bit slow during the day recently, I thought I’d do a spot of night fishing in the hope that the fishing would pick up after dark.

Not wishing to venture to far on my first eveninRead More...