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Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:18 pm
by fortula999
HI all,
WOndering if anyone knows how to fish these? what baits to use, rigs, and which one to go to? Also, would lures be any good on these rock groynes ? I'm just looking for some new spots to suss out
Cheers
Re: Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:48 pm
by Fish-cador
Snag city.
Be prepared to tie up rigs multiple times. Bring 100 sinkers, 200 hooks and a few hundred meters of leader material. That place eats sinkers and rigs.
Not a place for many.
Re: Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:57 pm
by croe04
Few squid and occasional snapper/pinkies around but like fc said it's full of snags. If I were you i'd just walk south for 5 minutes and fish sandy break wall. Flat bottom and deeper, produces a lot more fish especially in summer.
Re: Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:40 pm
by fortula999
croe04 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:57 pm
Few squid and occasional snapper/pinkies around but like fc said it's full of snags. If I were you i'd just walk south for 5 minutes and fish sandy break wall. Flat bottom and deeper, produces a lot more fish especially in summer.
Yeah I don't have any surf rods, I went there last Saturday morning and got swamped by toadies, they even had a go at pilchard and I caught 3 flicking plastics as well
Re: Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:45 pm
by Lightningx
Have lost 11 sinkers iN 1 session in that place before.
Re: Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:53 pm
by croe04
fortula999 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:40 pm
croe04 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:57 pm
Few squid and occasional snapper/pinkies around but like fc said it's full of snags. If I were you i'd just walk south for 5 minutes and fish sandy break wall. Flat bottom and deeper, produces a lot more fish especially in summer.
Yeah I don't have any surf rods, I went there last Saturday morning and got swamped by toadies, they even had a go at pilchard and I caught 3 flicking plastics as well
Did you fish the pier, off the beach or from the breakwall? each place can be fished differently. On the breakwall you barely need surf rods, if you can get a spot at the end of the wall theres about 3-4m deep water about 10m away from your feet, as well as the channel into the marina.
Re: Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:29 am
by fortula999
croe04 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:53 pm
fortula999 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:40 pm
croe04 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:57 pm
Few squid and occasional snapper/pinkies around but like fc said it's full of snags. If I were you i'd just walk south for 5 minutes and fish sandy break wall. Flat bottom and deeper, produces a lot more fish especially in summer.
Yeah I don't have any surf rods, I went there last Saturday morning and got swamped by toadies, they even had a go at pilchard and I caught 3 flicking plastics as well
Did you fish the pier, off the beach or from the breakwall? each place can be fished differently. On the breakwall you barely need surf rods, if you can get a spot at the end of the wall theres about 3-4m deep water about 10m away from your feet, as well as the channel into the marina.
I fished the breakwall, but I couldn't keep the baits in the water for more than 10 minutes before a toadie started nibbling
Re: Hampton Rock Groynes
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:54 pm
by ogsurffisher
fish in a stiff wind s or sw cast slightly to the left with pillies or squid