Ivan Tuna Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 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….. Bazzer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 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... Dicky, Bazzer and Geoff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 10 hours ago, Andy135 said: If I was to make the effort to get there again How exactly would you get there? Swim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 no he whont swim , he is whaiting for you to invite him 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 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 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 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. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) Great bottom. Edited March 26 by JDP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoop Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 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.. daio web and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 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! Hoop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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