Fishing for Sole in Essex ?

Regular Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 333

Hi I live in Essex and so this is where I will mostly fish (near southend). I have looked everwhere and cannot find a single reference to sole being caught in essex. Do we offend them? :lol:

I know the likes of Dover can hold them. Anyone know of other near-ish locations for Sole?

Thanks

Guest

The Walton beaches hold sole, particularly around the pier and the coastguard's station. You need to fish close in over the top of the tide and in the dark.You need to fish over the top because the beaches are very shallow. Ragworm is the best bait and you need small hooks, size 2 or size 4 should do. Sole are being caught NOW! Don't wander too far away from your rods just in case a large bass picks up your bait and disappears with your gear! I'm going to the pier with a couple of mates Saturday night as we can only fish the tide down and over low water. I will be very surprised if we don't have a few soles as we have caught them on our last four trips. Hope my reply has been helpful.

concrete.

Regular Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 333

Thanks cocrete - but what does "we can only fish the tide down and over low water" mean? Sorry for being dumb :wink:

Guest

High tide is about 5 o'clock and we will fish the whole of the outgoing tide until low water at about 11 o'clock. We will carry on fishing to get the first couple of hours of the incoming tide as this can be a productive time on the pier.

concrete.

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:10 pm

my mate has had a lot of luck with sole at canvey at the wall, there big as well,the biggest i have ever seen,that was at day time in the run out of the tide,

Regular Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 333

Thanks everyone

Daiwa... thanks. Do you know where abouts in Canvey? Casting close in?

PS Maybe we'll get together for a fish sometime as we seem to want to fish the same areas....

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:10 pm

hi gingerangler,it was this time last year my mate cought his sole over at canvey, they only seem to hang about at one spot,how to get there, park in the normal car park ,not the caravan park, go up the grass hill and go right,walk along the wall, its about the 3rd set of steps that the spot is, if you look on top of the wall,it is marked with spray paint e6,at low tide you will see a little rock jetty going out in to the water,fish the right hand side of it, thats where they are dont cast out that far,long flow trace,lugworm,worked for him,

ps, am up for fishing get together, i have fished alot of spots in southend now,i only have one year of fishing under my belt, but have had a lot of tips from the best in the area,my mate and i were out fishing in southend and have fished with paul kerry,from sea angler magazine,

if your up for it let me know, daiwa,

Regular Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 333

Daiwa... thanks for the info.

Will hopefully sort out that trip soon then mate. A few q's if you dont mind... happy to answer any you have on me.

1. How often do you go?
2. How old are you?
3. Where do you normally go?
4. Ever venture further afield?
5. What days do you generally go?

Cheers - talk soon

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:05 pm

hi gingerangler awnser to your questions,

1.as many times as i can, sometimes evrey day,usaly once a week,
2.am 26 years old, easy going guy, been fishing for a year,
3.southend peir,southend beach,canvey,fambridge,
4.been all over the place, in the uk,as well as america,
5.usaly most weekends,just when i feel like it really,

can you post the same things about you?

regards daiwa

Regular Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 333

have only been beach fishing for about two months, but am already a long time coarse fisherman so adept at angling generally.

1. at the mo, whenever possible, once a fortnight - sometimes more if lucky
2. 30, just married this year for sins! fat. ginger. easy going.
3. shoebury east beach
4. not really. but want to!!
5. friday evenings or any time over weekend.

will be in touch very soon mate and we'll go. unfortunately this weekend looks rammed!! might get to go next sunday (wedding sat!!)

Guest

Have I come on to the Dateline website by mistake? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Regular Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 333

Why you fancy some sailor? :wink:

Guest

Watch it Concrete-We all know Mrs Concrete looks in once in a while. Mrs DuncBooth says shes watching too and is really starting to think that a fishing widows site would be good! If they can get Mrs gingerangler to join he might get out more. Anyway, leave the poor boy alone! LOL

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:39 pm

keep us posted gingerangler,it would be good to if all the anglers on this site,in the essex area had a meet up,

daiwa

Guest

Well he does call himself GINGERangler. big grin

Rest assured I only bat for the right side. Mrs concrete is finding this all rather funny. Incidently Mrs concrete has come home with a new toilet seat covered in pictures of fish. Maybe I'm getting her converted :lol: .

concrete.

It will be a cold day in hell before I get converted!! And, anyway, on an evening when my husband doesn't catch the 'big one' (or even a little one!) he can come home and feel all nice and cosy on the throne covered with fish :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: .

Mrs concrete.