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Ahhh you bought gripper weights for spinning, rather a clean lump of lead than one with spikes in the back of my head, you will be casing constantly not once every 1/2 hr like a baited rig.

You don't need a landing net, you may need a drop net if you fish from height.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Fishing...7BQG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348058525&sr=8-1

Use that when the tide is flat either in or out

http://www.amazon.co.uk/6-Curved-No...AF00/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1348058569&sr=8-2

When you catch

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Floating-Fi...sr_1_4?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1348058604&sr=1-4

Filleting bait and knocking the catch out
 
maccapacca said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/POWERSTORM-...4FE6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348058680&sr=8-1

With that rod and the fact your spinning I'd go for a shock leader, you don't want to hook into something and find your line snaps
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Err, you know that a Shock Leader is for casting right? Stops the main line snapping under the strain of power launching 6-8oz weights + bait.

If you want to get into Sea Fishing, bin the books and stuff, find someone who knows what they're doing, share petrol costs and bait, you'll learn far more and far quicker.
 
Can't see you having much luck with that kit, Maybe a few whiting but nowt I'd want to eat. I may be wrong as I don't know that particular area but I've fished off the beaches up the east coast & a few piers. You need to get distance if beach fishing so you need a beach caster rod & a decent reel with a good capacity. Then you need some big **** off weights with metal spikes, the weight gives you the distance & the spikes grip the bottom once out there so the tide don't chuck your bait about unnaturally. If you can get the distance or find a pier to fish off or a decent underwater feature like a wreck then you'll get into some good eating. :)

Bare in mind I said I haven't fished the area you mentioned. :)
 
doofer said:
Err, you know that a Shock Leader is for casting right? Stops the main line snapping under the strain of power launching 6-8oz weights + bait.
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I think we are talking about the same thing from two angles, shock leader to not damage the main line when casting yes, a few times I without shock leader have damaged the line only to find out when I hooked into something and it snaps.
 
I'm a fluff chucker myself, I've never had the attention span to sit next to some muddy carp lake for twelve hours in the rain with some fangly bite alarm.

Sea fishing used to be a very frequent hobby of mine, but my local waters are just empty these days. From Brighton to Chichester has just been hammered over the past years. I was talking to a skipper of a charter boat the other day and he was saying he often dives the wrecks ~10miles out and has found discarded trawler nets on three occassions in the last twelve months, just draped on the wrecks, with dead fish everywhere. Not to mention the crap weather the last few months the mackerel just aren't moving in during summer.

Not sure what it's like your neck of the woods Glaucus. I went to Minehead a while ago and was told by several people that the estuary was pretty dire for spinning/feathering because of the muddy visibility. I've been told that it's more of a sit-and-wait trip for codling and the very very seldom bass (though where isn't seldom with bass these days?).

Good luck mate, hope you catch something, though I'm afraid you're not going to be giving Monty Halls a run for his money any time soon! :p
 
I'm going out in the Kayak this weekend. Heading about 3km off shore to catch some big fish with a mate in his kayak. Can't wait! Haven't been out for a while. Kayak fishing is big in NZ as we still have lots and lots of coastal fish about.
 
Eames said:
rod, weights, line, hooks, bait and most importantly a tide book.

also possibly of importance a disregard for the cold and rain, but I wouldn't stand by the sea fishing in the rain personally.
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i would also possibly add a flotation/all in one suit to that. if you fall in and its rough sea, it could save your life. (edit: assuming you'll be fishing off rocks)

it also keeps you dry if you happen to get caught in rain or go fishing in the winter.
 
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