Your appreciation of our natural world is seen and appreciated through your excellent films . I;ve followed you for a number of years . Loved every episode Stu . Best wishes and tight lines . Keef
Cheers Stu for another top quality video Great tranquil scenes and great clips of the wildlife in the area. Totally agree with the years and time going by quicker as you get older my Parents always told me it but i never believed them as a kid but it's definitely true they were right, Cheers Stu. See you on the next one.
A truly magical place. However it doesn't seem right to fish it using modern methods. Three rods and boilies, Richard Walker et al would turn in their graves, also it has been restocked, wonder how the original king carp will cope with the modern varieties?
I beg to differ. Richard Walker was by no means a traditionalist, he was, in fact, at the forefront of modern fishing technologies, revolutionising carp fishing and inventing many new ways, many of which paved the way to carp fishing as we know it. No, I think if he was still around today, he'd embrace new ways and new methods. On the other hand, I get your point about using modern methods at what is now pretty much a living museum. Some folk go there armed with just cane and 300's, I've been there many times, some use modern advances in tackle, methods and bait. My take on it, you pays your money, your fishes however suits you.
@@altonphotography hey buddy. It's just passed Port Solent, you literally park next to the casting spot. It's double yellows but you're not leaving the car so it tends to be ok. 👍
Brilliant video , glad you caught them litte beautiful bass, i would be chuffed to catch one,theres bass in the estuary where im fishing. I'd take one to break my blanks,they not intresed i even tried flies with a bombarda float,i will get one eventually 😊
Excellent video Stu,congratulations on your PB,fishing with lures down here in Cornwall is hard going.Looking forward to watching more of your content.
Excellent video as usual… every morning at 6 when I drive over that bridge I wonder why I don’t see more anglers around there as looks like a great spot to try light gear..🎣
Thanks for watching Mark. Yeah it's an odd one, not the easiest to get to if you don't know the route. There were other anglers there, it is known, but not over fished, which is nice. 👍
It is, but that particular one is at Portsbridge near Hilsea, so a long way either side to reach the harbours. There are better placed slipways closer to the harbours.
Eazy stu you ok pal, absolutely loved the tune on the first part of vid chief. Nice one for another vid to watch. Well done ya bass, plus ya P.B. All the best from GRIMSBY
A really lovely, engaging and tranquil video with none of that tiresome and mindless whooping and hollering that is often a feature of such contributions. It brought back memories for me as I used to collect crabs and fish there back in early 70s when loads of big silver eels could be caught but sadly not very common these days. Do you find that big tides are more productive there or doesn’t it matter? Maybe a trip back eastwards along the coast from Dorset is called for!
Thank you David. Means a lot to hear that. I do find that a tide with more flow is better than one with less pace. With regards to the eels, I too used to catch some quite large ones there perhaps 20 or more years ago. I did recently catch a small conger eel from that spot, those are becoming more and more widespread these days. 😎👍
@@thesweetcornkid266 Yes, it’s strange how things change. When I fished the Solent beaches way back in the 60s and 70s congers were never caught from the shore and now they are everywhere. Also despite many, many hours spent fishing around Stokes Bay, Gilkicker, Eastney and Lee on Solent during that same period I never heard of or saw a ray being caught nor a smoothound and, just like the congers, they are now very common.
Lovely vid as always mate. Some awesome rod bending action! I did chuckle every time you hot footed to your rod as it bent over! Well done on the pb, cracking fish.
That’s a nice way to fish 1 rod a little bag of bits and bait do you ever see anyone else fishing when your on that stretch. I know you do a lot of different types of fishing and venues but these trips are bit special and well done on your pb
Cheers Steve. Yeah I always love the simple trips, travelling light. Funny enough there were people fishing beside me on the last trip, found out about the mark through my videos. That's the danger I guess, but it's a free world. I have two choices, fish there and don't film, or share the sessions with you guys and have others fish there. plenty of room, and it'll more than likely be a few weeks till I get back.
I'm a member of PDAS, so usually find one of their waters to have a dabble, although I do enjoy a quiet prolific day ticket water now and again, usually midweek days are quietest.
Glad you enjoyed the video. With regards the lures, I've only caught on the surface lures thus far. Although I am trying with the soft plastics and will continue to do so. From what I can see, the black minnow has a wonderful action, and some pals of mine swear by them, so that's good enough for me 😎👍
