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Issue 10/0506.10.05

The Circular ------Your Monthly Newsletter

Hythe at this time of year should be a cracking venue with plenty of fish. Expect to catch loads of whiting, a few big pouting, the odd rockling, maybe a nice little codling (with cod cup up for grabs) and if you are very lucky a big bass that can be caught close to the shore eating all those little whiting that are being put back into the water. If the whiting are about in plentiful numbers I would use a three hook paternoster with 225 - 300 mm long hook lengths with size 2 hooks (but there again I would use that most times on the beach anyway!!). Try a few luminous beads above the hook, a little thumbnail size piece of squid or mackerel or herring on the hook tip and you'll be catching all night long!! However those whiting do not get you many points towards your total so why not target better 'value' fish - codling and bass.

Those codling will be hungry so if you want to target them you'll need plenty of lugworm - a 4 -6 " compacted length of lug worm squeezed onto a long hook length some 600 mm (24") long fished on the sea bed. Leave it out than the normal 15 - 20 minutes ...say 30 minutes to give them time to find the bait and let the struggle begin to bring in that record breaker.

When you hit where the fish are feeding it's a good idea to cast to that spot again to set up a feeding frenzy area!! However when its dark it can be difficult to judge just how far out you have cast ......so when you get a bite tie a small elastic band to the line before you reel in.......when you cast out again when the elastic band goes through rod rings stop the reel and you will have your bait fishing in the sameish place that you caught your last fish and that may increase your chance of catching another fish by at least 62.354%

Don't forget that we are currently fishing for the Harold Hammond Winter Trophy which is awarded to the angler catching the greatest aggregate total of points during the months of October, November and December, you've got to be in it to win it so I'll see you on the beach.

If you have any queries, you are not sure about anything or you need to know something phone me on the number below and I'll do my best to help.

I'll see you on the beach

John Padmore
Secretary