The Solent Live
· · December 8, 2015Live weather, wind, waves and tides for The Solent
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Solent & Around - Hazel Tipping
Best laid plans
· · October 14, 2015As a matter of habit I’m always looking at the weather patterns and tides to try and pinpoint the best places and times to fish and collect bait. It was on Sunday that I spoke to my mate Martin saying that if the unsettled weather continued Chesil would be on fire this weekend for bass [...]
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Mail order bait
· · September 29, 2015Times have changed and whether we like it or not, technology has vast become a huge part of our everyday lives. Internet shopping has become hugely popular within the UK with mounting pressure from work and bills, we as a nation struggle to find the time to spend, not only with our family and friends [...]
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Sole fishing at Southbourne
· · August 10, 2015Sean is at River Cottage today so the catch report will be delayed until Tuesday. Here is Leo’s catch report on a couple of successful trips last week. – Ade. Thursday night saw me down at the Bistro on the Beach at Southbourne, still trying to crack that elusive first sole of the year. [...]
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Solent Smoothounds
· · June 16, 2015After reading lots of good smoothhound were being caught up the Solent I decided to try and get a piece of the action! My mate Martin tagged along and we decided on fishing “parkshore” a venue well known for producing good hounds this time of year. Never having fished that far East before we used the satnav [...]
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How and where to dig Lugworm
· · June 11, 2015Lugworm, in my opinion, is one of the most under-rated baits there is. When you think about what we all think fish prefer to eat, we think of blood, guts, smell etc and Lugworm is one of the best baits which fit all of these criteria. Couple that with the fact that Lugworm is one [...]
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Fly and lure fishing for Bass around Hayling Island
· · May 18, 2015During the summer months Hayling Island can be one of the best fishing marks on the south coast both from the beaches and off the boats. This week I was invited on a boat to join my good friend Ian on a Bass fishing trip with a difference. Ian has been a keen angler for [...]
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Solent Smoothounds and Rays
· · May 12, 2015Smoothound fishing in the Solent can be amazing. In my first report for Fishing Tails, I will take you through a recent trip after the Smoothounds and Rays that the Solent is famous for. Myself and my friend Alan Brown decided to head to a local mark on the shore at Selsey, West Sussex. We [...]
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Last session of the year at Browndown
· · January 2, 2014The final fishing session of the year was going to decide which out of the two of us, myself and my husband Rich, would win this year’s fishing competition, purely on highest number of fish caught. We count them to keep fishing interesting, fun, and a little bit competitive between the two of us. Rich [...]
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Fishing on the Isle of Wight
· · December 3, 2013The end of November saw us heading over to the Isle of Wight, the place where I grew up, to fish with two of the Island’s finest anglers, Adam Landy and Martin Kennedy. This was a fishing session I had won in a charity auction (supporting the RNLI and Marie Curie Cancer Care) so the [...]
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LRF fishing on Gosport Pier
· · October 26, 2013Gosport Pier, Back for more LRF Having thoroughly enjoyed our Light Rock Fishing trip to Gosport Pier, we have recently returned another four times to hone our technique and perfect the tackle set up. Rather than tying our own mini-rigs, Rich and I have opted to use small pre-tied traces. After experiencing a couple of [...]
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Gosport Pier LRF Report
· · October 10, 2013Millennium Pier in Gosport was our chosen venue for a spot of LRF or, as my husband Rich has known it for years, “Fishing for small stuff!”. LRF, or Light Rock Fishing, is a fun fishing technique, utilising light tackle to fish for a variety of species. We have only tried this style of fishing [...]
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Langstone Boat Report – Wight Huntress II – September 2013
· · September 29, 2013Boat fishing for Bass in the Solent! A boat trip on Sunday saw us sailing out of Langstone Harbour in Hampshire with 8 other keen anglers in search of bass. We sailed on Wight Huntress II, operated by skipper Glen Milligan. His deck-hand Reg was also along for the day to provide tea, coffee, some [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Stokes Bay in the Solent
· · September 25, 2013Late summer fishing in the Solent. My last report saw my husband Rich catch up to just one fish behind in our annual fishing competition. On Saturday evening we returned to Stokes Bay in Gosport, Hampshire, to fish the rising tide. High tide was about 1.30am and the first baits were in the water by [...]
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Catch report & fishing forecast for Stokes Bay in the Solent
· · September 21, 2013Solent Report – Stokes Bay – September 2013 Sometimes, fishing is not about catching huge fish or even fish big enough for the table. It’s about fishing and catching the smaller stuff, but still getting the same amount of joy and excitement from the hobby. For my husband Rich and I, fishing is also about [...]
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Solent Fishing marks: Gosport, Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head area
· · July 17, 2013If you want to know some of the best marks to fish in the Solent are then I am glad to say that as promised, loraine has provided me with some very useful information on some of the marks in her area. She has created a map to help you with the locations 1. Millennium [...]
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Solent area fishing forecast and reports
· · July 14, 2013I am delighted to say that I have finally managed to get someone to commit to providing some regular fishing reports for part of the Solent area. I guess I would call it mid Solent. It is an old haunt of mine from the days when I was in the Royal Navy and based at [...]
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