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Originally Posted by foxfish
There are plenty of keen fishermen on our thread Mr X,...I find drift fishing from my boat the most effective & enjoyable way to catch fish. I have a
favourite spot only 100mt from shore which has a sandy-gravely bottom. I drift down tide with my
bait on the bottom, I find shellfish works the best as a bait. Razor clams or sand gaper clams
are very good because they attract most species. I use light tackle, 1oz weight, 10lb braid & 3'
of 8lb mono hook length. Of course you have to be there at the right time & tide.
If you can find a similar spot on the edge of the tide about 40-60' deep you may well find
success.
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Of course, this would assume I had a clue as to how to collect clams!
(Sorry, I guess if you live by the sea, you probably learn this as kids). Are limpets any good? (My father-in-law grew up by the sea, he rarely talks about fishing though but when I asked him while crabbing last year he suggested limpet).
I am surprised to hear that you are using braid for only 10lb breaking strain -- that sounds like a fine, sensitive fishing technique compared to most advice I have heard. Do you cast with that set-up or just drop & drift?
I managed a spot of fishing at Ringstead in Dorset yesterday, after a fruitless but enjoyable spearing session (got a nice spider crab...not so many around now though). I managed to do a direct comparison with the sweet little shimano set-up & my new rig. The shimano set-up is far lighter, easy to cast one handed & set up quickly (or leave set-up). Compared to my new rig it felt toy-like though -- but it worked just as well! The adjustable-lip plug helped us get deeper in the water than our usual lures ...although the lip always reset itself by the time we got it back. Also tried a 17cm Eddystone Eel, with a section of large split shot that I made up last year. Nice eel action, need a longer leader & proper weight set-up. Was not surprised to get no bites - only saw wrasse & just 2 small pollock (were many more last visit) while diving.
I thought we weren't casting far at first (we use those old plastic "tennis" balls with lots of holes in to practice casting...which are heavier than our lures & go much further) but then I realised we were reaching onto the reef ... over where the fish usually hang out. So I guess it was far enough.
