Tips please on rough seas

Member Joined: Apr 22, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: TORQUAY

Hi everyone, i'm after some tips on catching fish during times of rough seas, i went fishing off my local pier the other day during a 29mph wind and only had one bite in 3 hrs.

I'm normally a summer fisherman, but i got so annoyd at waiting to go fishing that i thought sod it, and came up against this problem.

Any and all tips or advice wil be gratefully appreciated, Thanx.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:45 am

All I can sugest is to use the heaviest weight possible coupled with Braid line to minimise tide drag this also puts us in direct contact with the fish. I suspect that you were mising bites due to the fact that your rod tip would be doing a war dance due to the heavey weather. Braid would minimise this and if you haven't used it before the use it on a fixed spool. Hope this helps.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:52 am

can't help sorry mate as i never go fishing in strong winds

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:09 pm

IMO fishing is meant to be enjoyable so agree with bassman. Having tried some rough sea fishing in the past and just loads of weed and problems with the sinker staying put, I just don't bother anymore unless I can find a spot where it's sheltered.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:06 pm

Years ago we looked forward to heavey weather, This is the time that fish go on the feed with all the seabed being churned up. Iv'e seen and caught some of my best fish at times like these. Don't let these fair weather fishermen put you off, LOL. I was even fishing on the jetty at Blackpool when the jetty collapsed, (not recommended)

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:33 pm

rabbi2 wrote:

Years ago we looked forward to heavey weather, This is the time that fish go on the feed with all the seabed being churned up. Iv'e seen and caught some of my best fish at times like these. Don't let these fair weather fishermen put you off, LOL. I was even fishing on the jetty at Blackpool when the jetty collapsed, (not recommended)

i'm no fair weather fisherman thank you very much big grin

and i also find the fish feed better after a good blow or storm

but whats the point of getting blown and soaking if you don't catch anything

p.s rabbi jettys have a weight limit so there keep off big grin

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:26 pm

Sorry to disappoint you but I weigh about 10 stone wet through. I wondered why you don't do pier fishing. lol lol

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:05 pm

rabbi2 wrote:

Sorry to disappoint you but I weigh about 10 stone wet through. I wondered why you don't do pier fishing. lol lol

i got 3 piers by me 2 are in the grounds of corus which we can no longer fish from as they're stopping the licences and the other one is surrounded by poxy jackstones

there is mumbles pier but i ain't paying £3 per rod fek that

and porthcawl is always full of people who cast over all the time

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:58 pm

If you cannot catch fish off the Mumbles pier Bassman at least you can go and get fish & chips close by at the best Fish & Chip shop in South Wales

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:11 pm

Seaspray wrote:

If you cannot catch fish off the Mumbles pier Bassman at least you can go and get fish & chips close by at the best Fish & Chip shop in South Wales

i know mate but i ain't saying i can't catch fish there i'm not paying £3 per rod

p.s the best fish and chip shop in south wales are in port talbot and porthcawl its called finnegans bloody lovely

the one in mumbles is called yallops i think mate

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Sussex

Hi BooBoo83, nothing wrong with fishing in rough weather. I was fishing Chesil in force 9 winds back in summer 2007 and was catching! Tips: Fish off the beach not on a pier, you will be lower to the ground so can combat the wind better. Use a beach shelter to keep you and you kit warm and dry. Set your tripod low down and have your rods facing in the direction the wind is blowing, this helps minimise movement.other than that all you can do is lob out a 7 or 8oz fixed wire lead and hop it holds bottom.

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:21 pm

thats one of the problems in south wales our beaches are not like chesil and cannot use the bivvies due to the fact that we got the highest rise and fall tides in the world some of oue beaches from bottom to top tide you can walk back about 1/2 mile sometimes further

Member Joined: Jan 02, 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Sussex

use a 42in umbrella?

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:43 pm

Still wouldn't cover im. lol

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:55 pm

rabbi2 wrote:

Still wouldn't cover im. lol

you right mate big grin

also i would not use an umbrella i just put my waterproofs on sit on my box and forget about it, as i'm welsh and we are tough miners and all that big grin