Socksy Squirrel

If a post is a real mess; solid block of text, all capitals, no punctuation etc, then I do not bother reading it.

Mark and I were fishing off the back wall of St Catherine's Breakwater and caught four wrasse to about a 1lb each on Saturday 2nd April. We also caught a few pout and the inevitable horde of doggies. Anyone who has never caught a doggie should go there to break their doggie duck. Has anyone else caught a wrasse yet? [ 04. April 2005, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

A quick Google will reveal that the sea fishing may not be up to much, see here for an example; www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual...cleID=2937&l=en The alien jellyfish sound horrible.

At the spring and autumn equinox our days are approximately the same as Scrabster. Our days are longer than Scrabster in the winter and the sun is higher in the sky 21st December 2005 Sunrise 8:01 Sunset 16:13 GMT And shorter in the summer but the sun is overhead for longer in the season. June 22nd 2005 Sunrise 4:08 Sunset 20:18 GMT We are in the top five for tidal range, I think the record is held by the Bay of Fundy. On a calm day with a big spring tide on a flat beach like St Aubin you can see the tide coming in. [ 24. March 2005, 12:17 AM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

These are the comparative figures for Jersey for the Sunday; Sunday March 27 Sunrise:05:57 Sunset:18:32 GMT 7:24 10.9m 35.8ft 19:42 10.8m 35.5ft 1:49 1.3m 4.4m 14:07 1.2m 4ft [ 23. March 2005, 05:05 PM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

...and dogfish, the shallower parts of the Bay Of Biscay is crawling with the beasts. There are not many out Alderney way but we are only twelve miles from the French coast and we have them in spades. Need I add that they love sand

Thankfully thay slack off a lot during the day and summer nights can be almost dogfish free. Sometimes you see three coming in on the paternoster and one swimming alongside. Dogfish 1 "I don't like this" Dogfish 2 "Don't worry mate, being dropped off the end of the pier is great, just shut your eyes when you hit the water"

That is without really trying. If I was using something that dogfish actually like eating such as mackerel... It is just that the packs are so dense when you get on to the sand at St Catherines that anything edible is taken. The upside is that if you can cast on to the sand after dark you will never blank.

At a rough guess my account presently stands at; Dogfish 100+ Pouting 20 Pollack 5 Three bearded rockling 1 Scorpionfish 1 Almost three months of fishing gone and nothing worth eating yet [ 22. March 2005, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

It refers to % weight to volume w/v. So the salt water varies between 37.8 and 38.5 g of salt per litre or six ounces per imperial gallon. [ 22. March 2005, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

He will be back. Just give him a few weeks to smooth his tutu [ 22. March 2005, 04:06 PM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

If you want to make it a bit stronger then combine it with a Spider Hitch. http://neilmackellow.sea-angler.org/knot6.html If conditions are really awful then just fish 40lb all the way through, although that is best with a multiplier.

Conger are noticably more active around slack water. They are big powerful fish and should have no problem dealing with the currents. Maybe their favourite food, small pout etc, are more active around this time when they are not being battered by the currents.

Fished Saturday night at St Catherine's, small tide, details above and warm settled weather, 20C the following day. Caught 17 dogfish and 2 pouting in a five hour session.

Hi there, This is something I should think about as we have large tidal flows and big differences between neaps and springs. To give you an example; Saturday March 12th 11.0m difference between high and low water Saturday March 19th 2.0m difference between high and low water There are places that can be fished for longer on a neap as the currents are smaller. Some fish only feed in certain states of the tide.

I am going to France. Walk around St Malo, dinner at a nice restaurant in the city walls, bit of shopping and home. Best of luck for Scrabster

Apart from the distance, there is a wee bit of France in the way

I think you will find a feeder rod very unwieldy for feathering. I do not know what they use up in the Medway but we use up to 8oz of lead to take the feathers down in the strong currents and stop them from being pushed sideways in the currents and getting tangled with the person next to you's gear. I would say a 12-20lb boat rod would be more like it.

Hard to tell from Jersey but next time I am up on the north coast I will try casting in your general direction

If it is a charter boat then they will have tackle available. I would guess that a feeder rod and fixed spool reel would be about the least useful tackle to take on a boat. If you are thinking of going on a regular basis and want to buy your own tackle then a good quality 20 - 30lb boat rod and a SL30SH loaded with 25lb line should stand you in good stead. [ 15. March 2005, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

Sadly a load of verbal is just the reaction that you would get. And the coastguard would be pretty much ignored as well, spoiling the kid's fun etc. I have seen plenty of these ninnies around and these days I just leave them to it. When an accident happens they turn up on the local television, nobody warned us etc, err there are big red and white signs saying "Fast flowing tides. Bathing is dangerous in this area."

Glad to see that the website is still up and running. If you do shut it down maybe you could move the stuff elsewhere. [ 14. March 2005, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Socksy Squirrel ]

Yes, also known as snotty eels due to the slime

I think you mean the horizon

It could have been a conger or it might have been a freshwater eel. They turn up from time to time in the sea, particularly if there is a stream near by.