New member introduction

[bloke08]

HI Peeps,

just a quick note to say HI.

I started shore fishing about 2 years ago. This last year I have started to get to grips with it all by asking questions & basic trial & error.
Places where I mainly fish are
Magazine lane (SOTON)
South parade Pier (POMPEY)
Stokes Bay (GOSPORT)

I had a fun summer, Caught a 3.3lb bass at stokes & a 4lb smoothie. A 3lb smoothie at south parade as well as a bottle nose eel.

This is my first winter & I'm looking for the Cod hot spot as are most of you. I've tried Hurst castle & Marchwood but no avail.
Went to South Parade Pier last Saturday night from 20:00-03:30 but ended up with tiny skooleys.

I'm interested in entering a competition at Lee on Solent in March but not quite sure about the the rules & etiquettes, IE how many rods can you use, do you have to use a particular rig/bait etc..
Any advice would greatly received

Bloke

[loopy78]

Welcome aboard matey, can't help ref the spots on the mainland due to being an islander but i fully expect a few of your locals will chirp up, tight lines.

[Sunny]

Welcome and thanks for the great intro. Hope you enjoy the forum.

Sorry I can't help on the shore comp question either. Try posting a question on the General Fishing Discussions page.

I'll send you a pm with some more spots you may want to try - especially in the summer.

I think the Cod are pretty much away now...unless you go off to Chesil or Dungeness. Not sure that Pagham way is still holding Cod ?

Tight lines
Nick

[maninblack]

Welcome aboard Bloke.
:fishing-smile:

[snoopy54]

Welcome on board Bloke - good luck with your Comp in March should you enter it - your best bet re etiquette etc would be the local tackle dealer in that area,the rules re rods and hooks etc should be plainly marked on the entry form mate

[Purple]

Yep - the comps each have their own rules, but a typical set up is one rod and no more than two hooks on the rig - may find that two rods and one person is ok, but means entering twice - check for details everytime basically .....

Anyway - welcome to the board mate - might see you down at Mag lane sometime :smiley-happy070:

[olsmelly]

Hi Guys! Happy New Year!

My apologies fr a prolonged absence from the MBs. My PC suffered a major viral attack. While that was easy enough to sprt out, finding my way back to my favoured websites has been a long job.

In the meantime I have been turning my inventive mind to "green power" issues. As a result, Huhnie Baby has at least three of my proposals in his in-tray........... 2 in the last week; one of which seems to be creating some excitement.

I 'll be back with some off the wall ideas on fishing tackle.

[Sunny]

Jan 15, 2011 12:03:53 GMT olsmelly said:

Hi Guys! Happy New Year!

My apologies fr a prolonged absence from the MBs. My PC suffered a major viral attack. While that was easy enough to sprt out, finding my way back to my favoured websites has been a long job.

In the meantime I have been turning my inventive mind to "green power" issues. As a result, Huhnie Baby has at least three of my proposals in his in-tray........... 2 in the last week; one of which seems to be creating some excitement.

I 'll be back with some off the wall ideas on fishing tackle.

Welcome back ...looking forward to reading about those ideas