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Post by cuckoo on Jan 10, 2007 23:53:03 GMT
Evening guys ,
this is a question for all you pompey anglers out there ,
farlington marshes , good or bad !!!! heard a report of a angler friend of mine catching 5 decent bass and three flounder in a 2 hour session !!!!!! , myself never fished it , so any input would be great !!!!!
lee.
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Post by Pete B on Jan 11, 2007 18:34:42 GMT
I've fished what I would class as Farlington Marshes only once & that was many moons ago (12 or 13yrs ago) & as far as I can remember it only produced shoalies. I like the look of the place, it looks really fishy, muddy shallow water with plenty of deep gullies (typical flounder territory!). I dont think generally its considered by many pompey anglers because its a nature reserve, you would probably suffer a few rolled eyes from the twitchers there.
It is a massive area so there will be good & bad bits. I know just round the corner 'Buds Farm' has given some good bass to anglers prepared to walk out on the mud flats (not advised!!) & fish directly into a chanel working your way back with the flooding tide. It involves taking a bit of ply to stand on & filling your pockets with bait & spare tackle.
Remember that any of those marks at the back of Langstone Harbour are bass nursery areas.
Bass & flounder should be the recipe of the day.
Goodluck!
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Post by darenw on Jan 11, 2007 19:20:55 GMT
I've often wondered the same about that mark, it juts out into langstone harbour quite a way.
Be nice if it fished like Tipner can. Never fished it myself but have seen a small shoal of fair bass ( not thick lips) between the island and the bird reserve one summer on a walk. I might make the effort on this one,be nice to get a decent flounder. There still doesnt seem to be decent numbers of flounders in langstone this year, cant understand it .
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Post by Pete B on Jan 11, 2007 19:47:40 GMT
Its been the same story the last few years Daren, I knew boat owners that never ventured out of langstone because there was all year round fishing. Even the lads that did push out into the Solent would fish Langstone around this time of year for the flounder.
You remember all the boats on the beach from the locks (Thatched house) round to the 3 lakes area? all gone now, pity!
One theory is the amount of Bass there have gorged themselves on the baby flounder however someone on the forum did say that their nets still contain plenty of small palm size flounder in langstone, easy pickings for a bass no doubt!
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Post by darenw on Jan 11, 2007 19:57:05 GMT
Yeah I guess thats as good a theory as any other I've heard, shame we cant have both. Budds wall has always fished ok for flatties in the past, be a shame if it disappears now.
These nets, are they oystering?
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Post by Pete B on Jan 11, 2007 20:15:27 GMT
Yeh, pondered over that myself whilst posting it just then? The original post is somewhere on the old forum, when I get chance I'll see if I can find it.
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Post by eccles on Jan 12, 2007 0:16:01 GMT
I actually know the reason for the shortage of flounders: 3 or 4 years ago a couple of yobbos bought a small boat with inboard diesel and some secondhand nets. They the proceeded over a couple of years to net every flounder they could get at night in Langstone. For why? - To sell them for pot bait; they made a nice little killing and then moved on somewhere else so I was reliably informed. I guess it is going to take a while longer yet before stocks are back up to where they used to be.
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Post by darenw on Jan 12, 2007 17:25:45 GMT
Oh man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pot bait for **********sake. Been fishing langstone on and off for most of my life and 2 twats wipe it out for potbait in just 2 years.....i hope you are wrong Eccles mate, though I think you're right
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Post by squideyebarnes on Jan 12, 2007 20:20:46 GMT
the crab fisheman love them as they stay in the pots along time!  |
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Post by darenw on Jan 12, 2007 20:27:30 GMT
Love crabmeat my favourite  Shame they use good fish as bait whilst netters throw back all that bycatch, think they could help each other out there. Some Weymouth potters used to use a lot of wrasse for the same reason. |
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Post by cuckoo on Jan 12, 2007 21:35:16 GMT
Well thanks for the info guys ,
im still a little confused as to where farlington marshes are , is by hilsea lido ,
as i sort of know the area , i used to work in harts farm way havant ,
lee.
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Post by Pete B on Jan 12, 2007 21:49:57 GMT
come off a27 at eastern rd, its the carpark at the bottom of the slip rd.
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Post by cuckoo on Jan 12, 2007 22:08:52 GMT
I know excatly where it is now pete and thanks ,
dam the tide goes out along way there !!!!!!!
lee.
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Post by Pete B on Jan 13, 2007 9:34:34 GMT
No probs Lee, Im glad you posted this one, its somewhere I have ignored really but would probably offer some decent fishing.
I might have to walk the dogs round there sometime soon & have a bit of a reccy!
Cheers!
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Post by meoc4life on Jan 13, 2007 12:56:31 GMT
I know excatly where it is now pete and thanks , dam the tide goes out along way there !!!!!!! lee. if i remember correctlly theres a deep chanel near there so that s going too trap some flounders and mullet and odd school bass if this helps |
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Shame they use good fish as bait whilst netters throw back all that bycatch, think they could help each other out there. Some Weymouth potters used to use a lot of wrasse for the same reason.