Looking for mark near Soton with a good chance of catching

Joined: Sep 27, 2010 Posts: 3

Just returning to fishing after a 20 year break (life got in the way!) and I'm looking for a shore mark in the Southampton area that offers a good chance of catching something (anything!). I want to take my 7-year old lad for his first taste of fishing, so a mark where you can just dangle your tackle over the side is preferable to somewhere that requires long casting. Any suggestions?

Member Joined: Jan 13, 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Hampshire

Welcome back to the great hobby of fishing, if you look at the reports on here you will see that the town quay is spot on for your requirements. there has been some good fish caught lately,also a lot of the forum members fish there and are a great bunch of lads who are always willing to give advice. tight lines

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:13 pm

welcome back to the fold, the town quay is the best place at the moment but it does get busy, even more so now after the superb reports. happy

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:24 pm

Try Magazine Lane , its the same stretch of water and only half a mile or less up from Town Quay.
Last week i had a decent thorne back , sole and a place in daylight.
Its a deep water mark where two or three hook scratchers do well , big baits on pulleys could bring in just about anything but right now a one off and one nailed to the bottom trace seems to do well.
Google it ?
Cheers
Pete

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:37 pm

wheres the report pete ?? am i the only one that does catch reports on the south coast lol big grin

Joined: Sep 27, 2010 Posts: 3

Thanks for the warm welcome and great suggestions. I had been considering Town Quay and went over there to take a look. I noticed that there was a rather large and damaged "No Fishing" sign. Does anyone enforce this?

Member Joined: Jan 13, 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Hampshire

i belieive the town quay has new management but at the present time it is not enforced.

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:19 pm

For Cuckoo...gunna try and add pics here ?
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just a few mate.
Plenty more where that came from...just none of bass !!!! pm me mate ?
Cheers
Pete[/img]

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:26 am

Dont worry about the signs mate , its only the car park thats private , the path that runs around the outside where we fish is public right of way , and security are great there , not your typical hoodlum , they even let you park for free as long as you fish by your car.
Cheers
Pete