Catch Fish from the North Kent Coast: JOY LANE, SEASALTER 

Thank You for yet another fab video! Great camerawork in them all, and your thoughtful and informative commentary blend together with quality sound to create a thoroughly immersive experience. You are clearly a 'thinking man's angler', and I have learned much from sharing your fishing excursions - and thought processes. I used to live in Kent (I worked on the Grain peninsular for over 10 years, and often went fishing after work when the tides were right) and you have definitely captured the character and atmosphere of those Southern venues that I used to fish. Now in my dotage I live in Lincolnshire, and I mostly fish the sandy beaches of Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe, and Huttoft, and my main quarry is the Flounder - so I share your love of Flatfish. Give me a single decent Flattie and I'm a happy man! Please carry on making your lovely, soulful (and hopefully soleful) videos - they are in a class of their own! Tight Lines!

Good to see another video. I fish Seasalter a lot, though at different marks to yours. I've seen many shad jumping particularly at sunset when the water is very calm and clear. It's a much different breach to bass or mullet, but I only ever see them in the warm summer months..... As for the Sea Trout If anyone has ever caught a Sea Trout in the Swale, then that would be a good indication if they are at Seasalter... You can often see Smelt beaching themselves on the north Kent coast, but these are small so most likely not your culprit.

Particularly enjoyed this one, good to see you showing the odd blank day. Sea trout sometimes come out on Mackerel feathers up here in Yorkshire Rod.

Rod, brilliant video (again!) I particularly enjoy the north and east Kent features - I grew up fishing these beaches. Sea Trout is a possibility - a few were caught in the Medway last year. However (sorry to burst your bubble), they’re almost definitely mullet. They’re always there, and often jump (mainly at dead low and high water). I think they’re mostly thin lips, but there are thick and thin lips to be caught. But re the sea trout - look up “Fordwich trout,” and then fish where the river empties, that’s all I’ll say ;). Lures although they do pick up peeler crab as well. I’m out on the east Kent coast tomorrow- undecided between deal, walmer or kingsdown yet, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. Thanks again!

Another great video Rod. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

Enjoyable video rod thanks never get bored watching your fishing videos mate thanks again 👍

Great video! I've had sea trout on lures in the summer and seen them caught on sandeel ray baits in March and April. Plenty in the Solent from Portsmouth to Southampton as they run up the Test, Itchen, Hamble, Meon etc

When I was a kid & fishing the Thames a small fish jumped right next to my line. I also thought it may have been a Trout but another angler & an experienced one at that I might add, reckoned it was a small bass, so going on that, probably a Bass. Nice video by the way Rod. Very enjoyable.

Great video again love watching your videos 🎣 keep them coming 🎣

Another nice film Rod.

Great video as always Rod, nice location.

Hi Rod, I just rediscovered your channel. I wasn't getting notifications and I am looking forward to catching up. Sandeel is the best for catching sea trout in the sea. Best of luck.

Brilliant video once again

Another relaxing video, thanks Rod. I hooked a huge sea trout on mackerel feathers in Norfolk last year, it did a lovely leap clear of the water as it threw the hook!!

10/10 simples...thanks Rods and stay safe.

im looking forward to some big fish to be cuaught , keep em comeing good videos , cheers.

Another great Video Rod Hope alls well I’m off to Bahrain again next week. Keep the vids coming I go into quarantine for 2weeks. Need some new material to watch Take care happy fishing m8

Rod when I was still at school we use to stay at the battery in sea salter for our shool holiday the use to be a lid man by the name of Mr porter and he use to take a group of us out on he's rowing boat to do a bit of flattie bashing great memory's of there and good fun to.

great video Rod

Great video and great content!

Well done Rod

Hi Rod I fish for sea trout here in Ireland and mainly catch them on sand eels or lures. I like watching your videos very enjoyable.

Great video, 👍👍👍

Like all your films especially around Kent as we are due down soon for a bit of fishing. Will be fishing at Seasalter and Deal along with a trip to Hythe and Sheppey likely so the films are useful to some one from up north. Cheers.

Grew up fishing here, it is actually called Sherrin's alley to the locals, and before all the beach work was done the tide used to come right up to the concrete wall area. The battery is not in that spot it is further west past Admiralty Walk along the beach and you will see the final house on the beach is blue, that is a former Royal Naval firing range and that is the Battery and is known fishing spot. The best mark was actually about 30 to 40 metres behind you on the beach before the house by the beach. All the fish I refer to below were caught at that mark. We used to catch lots of school bass, flounders, the odd plaice, eels, and on occasion a ray or two in the right time of year, and even Mullet in the summer. Now the seabed has changed a lot in the 40+ years since I started fishing this spot it is however a nice spot but would suggest you check it at low water first before fishing it. Certain shingle banks and sand/mud banks and more allow you to see where the fish will be. In regards to bait, you need local worms really dug opposite or near, not blacks, and you should have harbour rag if you can find some, to tip it off. Some very nice fish can be caught all year along this stretch but not on every tide and every condition. Distance is not always needed, in fact if you think as boys we were casting not that far and catching a lot of nice fish. The biggest fish I have caught off here is a 6 lb Bass spinning and a 2.5 lb Mullet on a fresh water line. Most flatties are sizeable too, and the largest Eel was back in the 1980's and that was 3.5 lbs. Not many eels about these days along this stretch, a shame really remember when the bootlegs would be by the thousands, now you are lucky to see one. Nice video, pleased to see you enjoyed fishing here. Not many people fish here but plenty fish, but you just need to know when and the best bait.

I've not heard of sea trout on the North Kent Coast, Rod, but they are certainly present in Sussex. They tend not to feed on the bottom, so lures or even a fly (sandeel pattern or similar) are probably your best bet. That does limit the range you can fish at, of course, although bass and sea trout will chase small fish into shallow water. I've been getting into saltwater fly fishing over the last couple of years - mainly for bass, which don't half go on a fly rod. You even could try a float rig. I've seen anglers on Sheppey catch bass on a float from the shore.

Excellent and interesting. Video recently here in N Wales shows early mackerel and a 4lb sea trout all caught on feathers with metal lure used as a weight. Trout was on the lure . Tight lines.

great video. You can catch seatrout on the rigs you were fishing with, also with float and trout lures.

I should think the fish counter at Tesco is prob the best place to get a sea trout🤣 I would love to see you catch one though👍

Hi Rod of next Saturday for a fish on the beach next to folkestone pier great video again

Thanks for the video, Rod. As @Laurie Harper said, it seems sea trout are caught more using lures/fly. They catch a lot that way in Denmark. I invested in some Savage Gear Line-through sand eel lures on the strength of videos from Denmark showing how effective they were with sea trout. I'm after bass, of course. I often take my lure set-up with me when I go bait fishing, just in case I see what you saw with the fish jumping in close.

There are numerous thin lipped grey mullet in that area, the most likely culprit to be jumping is the grey mullet or school bass.

Great to see some of the fishing trips with blank or only 1-2 fish, it does reflect the reality rather than making people thinking that there are loads of fish to catch. Thanks for sharing the locations as it helps a lot for new anglers. I think it is very selfish for people to keep spots as secret to themselves because at least for me each fishing trip would cost me at least £50, usually around £100, if I plan to catch fish to take home then it is better for me to buy from local shop as it is a lot cheaper. If we could stop people to using net fishing or trawlers to take less fish then it would be better, the number of fish catch by shore anglers is nothing compare to net and trawlers. Btw, I see you using various rigs, but I guess the 3 rigs would be able to fish anywhere are 3 hooks clipped down rig, loop rig and pulley pennel rig. I am just curious to know how many rods you actually have, i have 4 rods but you seem to have a lot of different rods.

hi yes mepps do some great ones and they will also be good for bass etc

Well that was a very pleasant 40 minutes or so (despite the "missing link" in the first session!). Fabulous video (as ever) and a real joy to watch you fish, change tactics every so often and explain why. Incredible perspective on some of your shots...what lens do you have on your camera or cameras? I went boat fishing at Wallasea Island a couple of Fridays ago...caught 2 roker, a starry smooth hound, a common smooth hound, several dogfish and a whiting. Was hoping to do a bit of beach casting this week but the weather looks a bit grim for that! Stay safe and stay healthy. Cheers. Ken

I often watch the mullet coming in on the tide in the Medway at Rainham. They often leap out of the water. I have never got them to feed, they just seem to play around just under the surface. Now there is a challenge to see if you could catch one

Enjoyable and informative as always. Some good advice on the Sea trout, my input is search Fyn -sea trout on RU-vid . A called Greg wood on Southampton estuary beach fishing reports (Facebook) annoyingly good on the trout recently. Bombarda is probably the way forward in your situation. All the best and Thankyou for videos..

Nice to see you're still connecting with the flounders Rod, I might have to venture over that side myself one day!! I saw fish jumping & topping on the Crouch estuary earlier in the year & someone did suggest sea trout to me then, it was way too early for mullet & no schoolies had been out yet at that time so it did make me wonder, I know brown trout are present in the upper reaches albeit in small numbers. I once caught a parr from the East India Docks when I was a kid & the budget angler documents a sea trout being caught from the London Docks in one of his videos, here-ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-awgaZLoVsgw.html, I think they are probably more common & catchable than people realise, definitely something to think about in the future. Very informative as usual, keep em' coming!

hi mate... I wondered.... was the bass too small to keep ?????? Here in Italy that one is considered as a good size....... ciao

Its normal Mullet topping and jumping. Lots about down there

spin for them

hi rod greetings from newcastle australia look up sticky fishing on youtube a guy from nelson bay near newcastle ps look how short the rod buts are have you heard of circle hooks regards rob.

yep just saw the ending of this lol

Doing well Gramps give em Hell