Hooked1980 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 What's is everyone's favourite target species & method,and why? After a trip to the channel islands I've fell in love with bream fishing and the lighter the tackle the better Just can't beat that rattle rattle Redcap19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 A good bream on a small rod certainly does give a good account of itself. Fishing the solent, most fish are relatively small. So when a decent fish bites it’s always a pleasure. I’m not into eating fish too much so for me anything that fights back is what I’m after. A large conger, or a decent hound or tope. Rays are nice but don’t fight too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Sharks on the drift, absolute adrenaline rush. No. 2: uptiding for blondes. I can get to a Mark and have 40-50 a few hundred yards from the marina. All will be double figure some well over 20lb. Also a good chance of cod. It’s just such easy fishing, kettle on, pizza in oven, sausage rolls in oven, feet up 🙂 No 3. Cod. Tastes great 😊 no. 4: hounding. Can get too busy but I’m usually in shark country when these turn up. No 5: Bream. It’s a 40-50 mile for the bream from Milford or Cardiff so tend to make a weekend of it. Do a bit of bassing/toping too 🙂 Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Got to be the humble dogfish for me 🤭 The most welcome fish in the world on a barren session 👍 captin slows old outlaw, GPSguru and Hooked1980 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 dont you mean rock salmon Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, captin slows old outlaw said: dont you mean rock salmon That too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Andy135 said: Got to be the humble dogfish for me 🤭 The most welcome fish in the world on a barren session 👍 FFS, even Stevie wonder with his hands tied behind his back could catch them .................🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 minute ago, GPSguru said: FFS, even Stevie wonder with his hands tied behind his back could catch them .................🤣 You obviously ain’t fished with Andy then 🤣 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, GPSguru said: FFS, even Stevie wonder with his hands tied behind his back could catch them .................🤣 You really should come to the July boat meet Ian. You’ll witness just how great Andy is at catching the humble dog. He doesn’t get called the 👨🏼🦰👽🐶🐟 for nothing you know. GPSguru and Andy135 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Saintly Fish said: You really should come to the July boat meet Ian. You’ll witness just how great Andy is at catching the humble dog. He doesn’t get called the 👨🏼🦰👽🐶🐟 for nothing you know. He should have called his boat Battersea or kennel ...............🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Hooked1980 said: What's is everyone's favourite target species & method,and why? After a trip to the channel islands I've fell in love with bream fishing and the lighter the tackle the better Just can't beat that rattle rattle We dont get a whole lot of Bream here, but catching Wreck Pollock has to rank as one of my favourite pass times .............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, GPSguru said: He should have called his boat Battersea or kennel ...............🤣 Heinz GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, GPSguru said: FFS, even Stevie wonder with his hands tied behind his back could catch them .................🤣 I just called.... to say... I love them 🐶🎣 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 On a more serious note, big conger are fun, and bass on light lure gear. I spent a few seasons lure fishing for bass from shore and really enjoyed the watercraft that goes into catching a bass on a lure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_Egg2012 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) For me in no particular order Tope - Uptiding Conger - For the fight Blondes rays - They can put up a good show on the right gear Bream on light gear Not a particular fan of Cod fishing I'm hoping the growing numbers of Spurdogs are going to allow me to concentrate on them in the future rather than chasing Unicorns Edited January 17, 2021 by Scotch_Egg2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, Scotch_Egg2012 said: Not a particular fan of Cod fishing What! You mean you don't enjoy blanking in the freezing cold?? 🤣 I have to agree. So few of them about now that we fish for them more in hope than expectation... Scotch_Egg2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 Sharking on the drift 2 Bassing with livebaits 3 Wrecking with lures 4 Mixed fishing at anchor uptiding hounds, rays, conger, unicorns, tope. 5 Drifting for plaice, turbot, rays on banks I love it all and wouldn't want to just do 1 style all the time and like a bit of variation Saintly Fish and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 On 1/16/2021 at 2:20 PM, Odyssey said: Sharks on the drift, absolute adrenaline rush. No. 2: uptiding for blondes. I can get to a Mark and have 40-50 a few hundred yards from the marina. All will be double figure some well over 20lb. Also a good chance of cod. It’s just such easy fishing, kettle on, pizza in oven, sausage rolls in oven, feet up 🙂 No 3. Cod. Tastes great 😊 no. 4: hounding. Can get too busy but I’m usually in shark country when these turn up. No 5: Bream. It’s a 40-50 mile for the bream from Milford or Cardiff so tend to make a weekend of it. Do a bit of bassing/toping too 🙂 I'm with you on all fronts there, bar the sharks, they have never really interested me Where abouts do you go for Bream from Cardiff and Milford, I assume it's over the other side and pretty central to both ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 2 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: I'm with you on all fronts there, bar the sharks, they have never really interested me Where abouts do you go for Bream from Cardiff and Milford, I assume it's over the other side and pretty central to both ? I head to Swansea. Fish off langland reef. May/June can be good as can late August. If you get a shoal it’s great fun 🙂 jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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