St Catherine’s Deep

[Ivan Tuna]

OK - many of you boys are Solent specialists - does anyone regularly fish the deeps? what for ? Techniques?
 

It looks a stunning piece of ground but other than a few small pollack I’m fishless…..

 

[Andy135]

Bah! Me too. Spent a few seasons trying to work it out. @Hoop once described it as "combat fishing", which sums it up nicely. Tides too fierce to anchor, and too fast to drift effectively most of the time. I had a few bass from the pinnacles and the ledge off Ventor but nothing worth the fuel to get round there. I tried SPJ off St Cat's point once and quickly got fed up of the jig kiting out past the stern.

If I was to make the effort to get there again I'd be tempted to drift the series of ledges & broken ground north west of St Cat's lighthouse in Chale Bay. They look to have potential but probably not worth the steam from Pompey/Solent area.

A tenner says JDP will be along soon telling us about how well it fished in the good old days before he was deported...

 

[Saintly Fish]

10 hours ago, Andy135 said:

If I was to make the effort to get there again

How exactly would you get there? Swim? 

[captin slows old outlaw]

no he whont swim , he is whaiting for you to invite him 🤣

[Andy135]

37 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

How exactly would you get there? Swim? 

I hear there are lots of small rubber boats going spare on the south coast...

[GPSguru]

14 hours ago, Ivan Tuna said:

OK - many of you boys are Solent specialists - does anyone regularly fish the deeps? what for ? Techniques?
 

It looks a stunning piece of ground but other than a few small pollack I’m fishless…..

 

Hurds deep is similar, been there at least six times over the last few years and never caught much to speak of 🤷‍♂️

Edited February 9, 2024 by GPSguru

[Odyssey]

A nice big bucket of chum, 3 rods out all with wire traces, a mackerel on each, ideally live and wait for a thresher to come along….

that’s about as much as I know about st cats deep.

 

I remember reading about awesome wrecking in Hurds Deep, also a few blue sharks being caught but that was back in the 90s…. I guess that the wrecks aren’t as productive anymore 

[Andy135]

53 minutes ago, Odyssey said:

A nice big bucket of chum, 3 rods out all with wire traces, a mackerel on each, ideally live and wait for a thresher to come along….

that’s about as much as I know about st cats deep.

I believe you don't actually fish the Deep itself for sharks though. From what I've heard you push a bit further out and start the drift east of Dunnose Head and drift west to the the south of the island in 30-40m. Or vice versa depending on the tide. 🤷‍♂️

[JDP]

Great bottom. 

Edited March 26, 2024 by JDP

[Hoop]

On 2/8/2024 at 11:24 PM, Andy135 said:

Bah! Me too. Spent a few seasons trying to work it out. @Hoop once described it as "combat fishing", which sums it up nicely. Tides too fierce to anchor, and too fast to drift effectively most of the time. I had a few bass from the pinnacles and the ledge off Ventor but nothing worth the fuel to get round there. I tried SPJ off St Cat's point once and quickly got fed up of the jig kiting out past the stern.

If I was to make the effort to get there again I'd be tempted to drift the series of ledges & broken ground north west of St Cat's lighthouse in Chale Bay. They look to have potential but probably not worth the steam from Pompey/Solent area.

A tenner says JDP will be along soon telling us about how well it fished in the good old days before he was deported...

 

Hey guys, happy new year!! 🤔

It's that time of year again and the fishy season kicks off for me in 6 days! 

Funnily enough, Andrew.. I was recently talking to someone about the deeps, apparently.. it's bloomin amazing!? Mostly spinning Shark dits but other species also got a mention..

I'm all for cracking tricky spots but our session there still gives me nightmares. Best left to those with webbed hands and funny shaped heads I reckon.. 

 

[mike farrants]

On 3/26/2024 at 4:43 PM, Hoop said:

. Best left to those with webbed hands and funny shaped heads I reckon.. 

 

you talking about us Caulk'heads? haha!