Rockley (new Pontoons)

[bootlegger]

I was over at Rockley on Tuesday blagging a cup of tea at Polaris and got chatting. Apparrently the bass are in and around the new pontooms and under the bridge at Lychetts. They are after the mullet fry and I stood and watched airborne mullett jumping out of the water as they were being pursued.

 

At the moment the bass are only intersted in fish prey, but live baiting or using a lure would appear to work.

 

Best time would appear to be on the tide as the fish are attracted by the movment of the water over the bar under the bridge.

 

I know of course that this is not strictly a boat mark but good for a couple of hours in the evening when everyone has gone home and you can't be bothered to get the boat out.

[duncan]

basically the fish move with the tide - on a flood they are the other side of the brifge - on the ebb they are sitting around the pontoons etc in ambush.

 

Yet to see how the dredging effects things.

 

However - it's not really accessable for fishing! Pontoons are a no no and security has been beefed up significantly; more to be implemented yet.

 

The new holding pontoon arrangements prevent access from the 'undeveloped' shoreline and access to the bridge itself is being prevented.

 

The revised layout also restricts / prevents some of the older 'pick ups' for boats too.

 

Personally it believe that if you have a boat the area around the marine camp is significantly more productive for quality and quantity although of course restrictions on bass fishing from a boat apply all around that area (and most of the harbour!)

[bootlegger]

Beefed up security, that's a laugh. That can't be difficult from last year, several outboards stolen, a number of props stolen off engines including mine and a Merry Fisher stolen from the pontoon and abandoned in Lychetts after they tried to drag it off onto a trailer and stripped.

 

Their security last year consisted of defective CCTV which didn't cover the yard and a couple of 'boys' in white Fiesta who drove around the beach and never actually got out the vehicle.

 

Probably why I received a discount on my boat insurance when I removed my boat from Rockley to Parkstone Bay.