Hi we was fishing opposite the car park yesterday and we had the same as you small dabs and yting nice day thoughWith only Saturday available to fish I had been thinking about where to go for a day session. I was keen to fish locally at Felixstowe again but given the good forecast I knew it would be busy on all the beaches. I hadn’t been to Shingle Street for awhile so I decided to try there hoping that it would be reasonably quiet. I wasn’t really targeting anything in particular but an early ray or codling would be a great start to the year. My plan was to start at 1000hrs and fish low tide up to the high tide at 1630hrs and into dark.
Walking up to the beach from the car park revealed a few fisherman already present but by walking south to the end of the concrete road and cutting across the shingle I found some empty space to set up. The weather was really good for a change with barely any wind and a flat calm sea. The sun came out and the sky went blue. Probably not the best weather fishing-wise but great to experience especially considering how lousy the weather has been recently.
Given that it was low tide I made up one rod with a 3-hook Dab rig to fish with lug and the second rod with a pulley-pennel rig with squid/herring and sprats. The dab rig proved effective from the start and three consecutive casts led to a single dab each time. All were small, perhaps best described as micro-dabs! Things then went quiet so I changed the dab rig to a Bomber rig with lug and squid in the hope of a some interest.
Whilst waiting for a bite I started watching the sea and noted at least three seals fishing offshore. All three were a good distance off but given my recent close encounter with one at Thorpeness I decided to keep an eye on them and loosen the drag on my reels!
As the tide moved towards high water the tings started to appear finding my Bomber rigs. Despite my pennel baits being large they also became ting targets too! I was trying a double sprat bait for the rays and several of the tings were smaller than these! High tide came and went and then it was dark. I fished on for a couple of hours but only a few more tings were caught.
Calling it a day I walked back to the car reflecting on a nice session, no rays or codling but it had been good to get out again and I didn’t lose any tackle.
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Shingle Street, 28/01/2023
With only Saturday available to fish I had been thinking about where to go for a day session. I was keen to fish locally at Felixstowe again but given the good forecast I knew it would be busy on all the beaches. I hadn’t been to Shingle Street for awhile so I decided to try there hoping that it would be reasonably quiet. I wasn’t really targeting anything in particular but an early ray or codling would be a great start to the year. My plan was to start at 1000hrs and fish low tide up to the high tide at 1630hrs and into dark.
Walking up to the beach from the car park revealed a few fisherman already present but by walking south to the end of the concrete road and cutting across the shingle I found some empty space to set up. The weather was really good for a change with barely any wind and a flat calm sea. The sun came out and the sky went blue. Probably not the best weather fishing-wise but great to experience especially considering how lousy the weather has been recently.
Given that it was low tide I made up one rod with a 3-hook Dab rig to fish with lug and the second rod with a pulley-pennel rig with squid/herring and sprats. The dab rig proved effective from the start and three consecutive casts led to a single dab each time. All were small, perhaps best described as micro-dabs! Things then went quiet so I changed the dab rig to a Bomber rig with lug and squid in the hope of a some interest.
Whilst waiting for a bite I started watching the sea and noted at least three seals fishing offshore. All three were a good distance off but given my recent close encounter with one at Thorpeness I decided to keep an eye on them and loosen the drag on my reels!
As the tide moved towards high water the tings started to appear finding my Bomber rigs. Despite my pennel baits being large they also became ting targets too! I was trying a double sprat bait for the rays and several of the tings were smaller than these! High tide came and went and then it was dark. I fished on for a couple of hours but only a few more tings were caught.
Calling it a day I walked back to the car reflecting on a nice session, no rays or codling but it had been good to get out again and I didn’t lose any tackle.
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Walking up to the beach from the car park revealed a few fisherman already present but by walking south to the end of the concrete road and cutting across the shingle I found some empty space to set up. The weather was really good for a change with barely any wind and a flat calm sea. The sun came out and the sky went blue. Probably not the best weather fishing-wise but great to experience especially considering how lousy the weather has been recently.
Given that it was low tide I made up one rod with a 3-hook Dab rig to fish with lug and the second rod with a pulley-pennel rig with squid/herring and sprats. The dab rig proved effective from the start and three consecutive casts led to a single dab each time. All were small, perhaps best described as micro-dabs! Things then went quiet so I changed the dab rig to a Bomber rig with lug and squid in the hope of a some interest.
Whilst waiting for a bite I started watching the sea and noted at least three seals fishing offshore. All three were a good distance off but given my recent close encounter with one at Thorpeness I decided to keep an eye on them and loosen the drag on my reels!
As the tide moved towards high water the tings started to appear finding my Bomber rigs. Despite my pennel baits being large they also became ting targets too! I was trying a double sprat bait for the rays and several of the tings were smaller than these! High tide came and went and then it was dark. I fished on for a couple of hours but only a few more tings were caught.
Calling it a day I walked back to the car reflecting on a nice session, no rays or codling but it had been good to get out again and I didn’t lose any tackle.
