Southend pier 5th May

Member Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 21

so what is a good bait to use. i have used squid and mackeral but just caught crabs, the only luck ive had is with soft crab and rag, ive had no luck with lug worm. and the rigs i use are a 2 hook flapper and a 2 boom paternoster

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mads wrote:

so what is a good bait to use. i have used squid and mackeral but just caught crabs, the only luck ive had is with soft crab and rag, ive had no luck with lug worm. and the rigs i use are a 2 hook flapper and a 2 boom paternoster

If you are fishing for mackerel a paternoster is fine but tip the hooks with a small pieces of mackerel, you can also use a set of feathers and work them that will work shortly, but with regards to the garfish people tend to float fish for them using mackerel strip, as you need the bait as high up in the water as possible.

Member Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 21

what bait for bass and flatties, i have only caught bass so far and would like to try and catch something else

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mads wrote:

what bait for bass and flatties, i have only caught bass so far and would like to try and catch something else

Maybe you should ask the beach anglers how to catch other species.

Member Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 21

ok thanks for answering all my qestions, sorry there was a few, its great to have a site like this to ask

Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:23 am

Rocket, without doubt, is the man for sound advice on fishing Southend Pier.
I fish the stem fairly regularly and have found that during the flood the 2nd, 3rd and 4th hours are the most productive, and that during the last two hours it goes very quiet. The fishing then tends to pick up again during the 2nd and 3rd hours of the ebb.

Tight Lines.

Member Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 21

rocket if ever you fish the pier lets us know maybe you could show me how to fish and collect peeler crabs. is there away to get onto the pier before it opens at 8.15, ive heard people go on there as early as 6am

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mads wrote:

rocket if ever you fish the pier lets us know maybe you could show me how to fish and collect peeler crabs. is there away to get onto the pier before it opens at 8.15, ive heard people go on there as early as 6am

Shame you never asked yesterday, as I went out and showed fish4fish how to collect crabs today, and I managed to get 30 peelers and 17 jellies in under an hour, but next time I go either pier fishing or collecting crabs I will post something on the site.
You can get on the pier 24hrs a day, as long as you get a pass from either the pier itself or the council office, but you do need to belong to a fishing club.

Member Joined: May 06, 2007 Posts: 21

do you know of a club i could join, be nice to get on the pier at 6am as i work nights and can go straight from work.

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mads wrote:

do you know of a club i could join, be nice to get on the pier at 6am as i work nights and can go straight from work.

Private message limely1 and ask him to join the East Coast Fishing Club, which has a forum section here.