uptide fishing

[james hunt]

i am going uptide fishing at bradwell next month does any one own one of the cheap uptide combos(jarvis walker ron tompson etc) if so what are they like. or does any one no of a suitable alternative.

[Norrie]

Hi James, I bought a Ron Thompson uptider, for toping in the summer,havent tried it yet, but,took it out with me on the boat,just in case....It was leaning against the cabin, fell down, and one of the inserts shattered, my fault I know....The finish is great for what you pay, and I know that Peterthefisherman had or has one and swears by it.... I got mine on Ebay for about £17.00,incl.P+P,but granted,it was the middle of the night when the auction was finishing....

[Guest jay_con]

I have a cheap leeda uptider. Its a great rod and has no problem at all in the average tide flows we have here. My friend has a cheap ron thompson and that is fine too

[Ian Burrett]

You will be fine with any of the cheep uptiders but perhaps would be better spending more on a decent reel.

Go for the lightest rod you can get away with depending on tide sizes and depth. An 5-9 oz uptider equates to a 30 lb class rod, which isn't going to give you much sport on a 5 lb fish

 

Also try bouncing a small bomb downtide as i recon this will beat uptiding most days. Mainly because fish are more likely to attack a moving bait.

[Salar]

Ron Thompson should be OK, I have two RT boat rods and they are fine. My uptider was a pressie - ABU Conolon with a nice extending handle but a bit more pricy. I use a Penn 535 reel which is very sweet. When the tide is not too mad I cast out sideways with a plain bomb and let the tide roll it in a big sweep until its downtide, then bounce the lead further downtide. You cover a lot of seabed that way.

[samuel-cox]

Are you fishing with john Rawle or on Terry Batts boat the Vicky Emma, these two skippers I think will hire tackle of good quality. They are both good skippers and you should catch a few cods and roker. Take faulkland island squid if you can get them.

[Bob on Stronsay]

I bought an RT uptider from the 3 for £99 range and I have only used it for conger from a pier. Haven't cought a conger yet but bite detection from crabs is good. My kids use the 6 and 7 foot boat rods from the same range and they are OK.

 

Wouldn't give you tuppence for their budget reels though.

 

Bob

[james hunt]

the ron thompson rods sound ok.

as anyone used the cheap end okuma reels that come with them. i have used a okuma coarse reel that was really good for the price but i am new to using a multiplier and dont no really what to look out for.

[james hunt]

it is john rawle that i am going out with as i did before christmas. not sure about the squid you mention but he did give us some pink stuff half way through our trip and no one had a bite on it.

[Salar]

If it was pink squid it was very old, no wonder there were no bites. Good quality frozen squid should be lilly white. The only fish I know that actually prefer rotten squid are dabs, but you need tiddly hooks for them. Good eating though