Beach Caster Advice Wanted!

[Sean Meeghan]

Cheers guys. Some food for thought there. My worry with the heavier rods was whether I'd be able to compress them enough to get reasonable distance out of them. I'm a competent user of a multiplier and can do 60 yards with a deadbait on a pike rod, but I've no experience of modern surf casts such as the pendulum.

I'm thinking of fishing Otterspool prom for cod and I've heard that Kirby near the squirrel sanctuary can do the odd bass. Merseyside is as close as the east coast for me and I can visit the family whilst I'm at it!

Incidentally, I'm fishing the mersey for cod in a couple of week - uptiding. I'll post how I got on in my blog.

Thanks for the offer CC but if I don't buy the Greys rod I'll go for the Leeda as it has coasters and being tall I often find that handles are a bit short for me on rods with fixed reel seats.

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Thinking about it, maybe a mini fish-in on Merseyside would work?

[rufus]

Originally Posted by alan

exactly as stated, rough ground.


some areas are more rocky the others, and some more weedy then others etc. a good rough ground rod is one that you can use a heavy line, say 30lb and if you snag up can use the rod to haul the line out of the snag. same goes for fish as well if you get a decent smutt or eel in a crevice you need a rod with a lot of power to pull them out. a soft rod would just been with out shifting the fish.

same with weed get a good clump of seaweed on the end of the line in a strong current most rods just fold through 90degrees and you have to heave it in on the reel, a strong rod will help by trying to straighten up and make it slightly easier to bring in.

the downside is the stiffer the rod the harder it is to cast fully.


easiest way to look at it is the same way you would look at a carp rod or something for rivers, weedy/rough bottoms/strong currents you up the rod and line strength otherwise your going to lose tackle and fish. the sea is the same, just normally a lot more powerful.

I agree fully, you need the beach rod that will cast anything/pull anything/in any given conditions, and then after squaring that deal you can then afford to play with rods for lesser occasions!

Big carp rods can deal with little seas...

Little ones...

[Bluenose]

Do you mean Crosby Sean?

Either way, none of them are big chucks mate if I remember right.

The river hasn't fished well from the beach this year so I believe.

[Sean Meeghan]

Thanks for the advice folks! I've gone for the Greys rod which comes highly recommended. I won't be fishing over rough ground so I won't need too powerful a rod. I'm using the voucher I won in the photo competition so it works out at an absolute bargain!

I thought the bass fishing was at Kirby Eddie, although Crosby is only a bit further along the beach towards Liverpool.