Suffolk Sole Fishing

[Elton]

I'm thinking of nipping to Felixstowe tonight to see if the soles are about. Does anyone rate my chances, or am I better off targeting something else?

[Westie]

Chap at the tackle shop said that he'd caught a couple of sole last week - he was fishing in the area to the left of the pier.

[Elton]

Cool. Gotta be worth a shot

[Worms]

Chap at the tackle shop said that he'd caught a couple of sole last week - he was fishing in the area to the left of the pier.

I tried there, all I caught was a couple of bootlaces and they were looking a bit down at heel to boot!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry

[Elton]

Got down there at the lowest tide I think I've ever seen there, which was fantastic for seeing how all the sandbars pan out. I also saw, a little way out, what turned out to be a Roman fort! Had quite a long chat with a local policeman, who also happens to be a kayak angler.

 

Excuse the quality of the photo below, as it was taken on a phone from some distance away on the clifftop, but you can just about make out another use for the sandbars if you look carefully enough

 

I had a sole first cast, so things looked good....but that was it. We were plagued by pouting and lucky old Westie managed an eel! I think I'll try fishing it over low water next time, rather than on the flood. It was a pleasant evening, quite warm in fact, but the soles just weren't there.

 

 

[Westie]

You told us to target the pouting - I'm sure I remember you saying that you consider them to be one of the East Coast's finest sport and table fish...

 

Still, the bacon and sausage butties were a bonus. Shame mine got covered in snotty slime.

[Elton]

Nothing to do with the fishing (although I'm sure it's a god mark!), but I found various references to the fort I saw, including this:

 

http://newsattic.com/d/hl/roman_fort_still...felixstowe.html