The story so far

Member Joined: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Guilford

During the summer, I was clearing out some of my dads stuff (R.I.P) for my mum
When I found his old beach rod from the 70s, so I though I would hang onto it
and have a go at beach fishing.

As I was off to Camber sands I took it along and picked up a multiplier reel and
a few bits from a tackle shop up there, and some advice that dungeness was a
good place to start
So we headed up there for a bit of makrel bashing, but the sea was cloudy and the fish
were not biting, all I caught was a small dragon fish (?)

so I had the bug and continued when I got home, driving to Pagham a few times, bognor as well, and also brighton marina (where I caught a small pot lol)

So, long story short, a lot of fishing, not a lot of fish, and an interessting learning curve, which all payed off last night when I caught my first codling

The point of this post is that I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who posts here, as this is where I have gotten most of my practical knowledge !

I'm hooked now, with 3 rds, and a lot more gear, so bigger, and better to come I hope, with bass being the main target yet to be landed, as theres
a picture of a bass on my dads old rod :-)

So thanks all for all the advice, and good threads to read.

Member Joined: Sep 19, 2007 Posts: 51

Well done mate,

Regular Joined: Jan 13, 2005 Posts: 449 Location: Norfolk

Great story derived from sad circumstances but what a brilliant introduction to beach fishing for ya. Good luck and tight lines for the future. happy

Guest

Well done on the codling. There will be plenty more where they came from.

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:24 pm

Excellent post big grin

Guest

Nice post mate and weldone on those codling,keep up the good work and hope you catch many more codling>but hope they turn out to be cod mate,sorry to hear aboutyour lose mate
all the best
howie