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glennk

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Steve Coppolo Member

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That does sound like a good bit of advice. My neighbour told me he used to find sandbars or sandy gullies amongst thbe kelp at low water, and mark them with a plastic bottle on a rope attached to a brick on the botom. He would go back out and locate the bottle and fish there when the tide was coming in. Said he managed a lot of flat fish this way. Ive been on a bit of a species hunt of late and Im trying new things that I never normally have the time to do. I think we need to stop being creatures of habit and try new things to improve our fishing. In the past 2 years Ive caught more species and used more diverse methods than I had done in the previous 20 years.

 

I used to locate sand bars and gullies by walking along the front during onshore blows and looking where the waves were breaking, but I only ever did it for beach fishing. I've never even thought of trying to find boat marks by doing the same thing. Charts and plotters have made us lazy, I suppose. That band of sea just beyond casting range and inside most of our inshore marks, is probably the most underfished, (Yes, I've seen Barry's photo!), bit of sea bed out there.

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They certainly do. :D

 

ukfinestinshorefleet.jpg

 

Sorry for putting this one up.....................again, couldn't resist.

 

Flat calm, clear water, in day light I'd be surprised if there are any soles on that boat, a few cuttles perhaps.

I fish to live and live to fish.

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Has anyone any experience of fishing for soles ? Its something I would like to have a crack at and I know they are about as Mike even saw 3 of them in a shallow gulley we were fishing for bass.

 

Im wondering about baits, hook sizes and if its best at day or night.

 

Have a look here, it may help a little.

 

http://iowsolepage.blogspot.com/

 

Dave does catch his fair share of the things.

 

Dave

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wurzel Member

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I'm afraid that soles are a dying race ...

 

 

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Total rubbish Ha!! Get a life.

 

If anglers took the same time and effort into catching soles as they do cod or bass they would find they are very prolific at times.

 

Unless the water is very stirred up and dirty you would need to fish at night.

 

Glenn

One of the best areas we found soles was close in on the soft edges under the old light house just south of Whitby,Saltwick along to Robin Hoods Bay.

I fish to live and live to fish.

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Flat calm, clear water, in day light I'd be surprised if there are any soles on that boat, a few cuttles perhaps.

 

Surly they won't be trawling that close, in the pursuit of cuttle, that would be the same as cracking peanuts shells with a sledge hammer, hardly worth it.

 

I'm asking the same question to the guy who orgionally supplied the photo.

Free to choose apart from the ones where the trust poked their nose in. Common eel. tope. Bass and sea bream. All restricted.


New for 2016 TAT are the main instigators for the demise of the u k bass charter boat industry, where they went screaming off to parliament and for the first time assisting so called angling gurus set up bass take bans with the e u using rubbish exaggerated info collected by ices from anglers, they must be very proud.

Upgrade, the door has been closed with regards to anglers being linked to the e u superstate and the failed c f p. So TAT will no longer need to pay monies to the EAA anymore as that org is no longer relevant to the u k . Goodbye to the europeon anglers alliance and pathetic restrictions from the e u.

Angling is better than politics, ban politics from angling.

Consumer of bass. where is the evidence that the u k bass stock need angling trust protection. Why won't you work with your peers instead of castigating them. They have the answer.

Recipie's for mullet stew more than welcomed.

Angling sanitation trust and kent and sussex sea anglers org delete's and blocks rsa's alternative opinion on their face book site. Although they claim to rep all.

new for 2014. where is the evidence that the south coast bream stock need the angling trust? Your campaign has no evidence. Why won't you work with your peers, the inshore under tens? As opposed to alienating them? Angling trust failed big time re bait digging, even fish legal attempted to intervene and failed, all for what, nothing.

Looks like the sea angling reps have been coerced by the ifca's to compose sea angling strategy's that the ifca's at some stage will look at drafting into legislation to manage the rsa, because they like wasting tax payers money. That's without asking the rsa btw. You know who you are..

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Total rubbish Ha!! Get a life.

 

If anglers took the same time and effort into catching soles as they do cod or bass they would find they are very prolific at times.

 

Unless the water is very stirred up and dirty you would need to fish at night.

 

Glenn

One of the best areas we found soles was close in on the soft edges under the old light house just south of Whitby,Saltwick along to Robin Hoods Bay.

 

 

Cheers Peter, I was talking to a lad who had a long line in that area (Near Maw Wyke) and he said he had done well for Brill and Turbot. The only problem I have down that bit of coast is being able to distinguish hard and soft ground on the yak. If I can get it all worked out I certainly will give it a go. I was thinking of trying in the sand off Sandsend at least I know theres plenty of easy to find soft ground. The neighbour trawls in there and reports lots of all species. Its just a matter of time and confidence.

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