High Shore ?

[KeithB]

Watch out for the boats, there's one nice skipper that deliberately swings in at the last minute.

I normally fish in front of the first lamp post from the Smiths Dock end, it seems less snaggy.

[g-force]

That's where I fished, right up next to Smith's Dock. First cast, I had a good look up & down river, nothing in sight, and my sinker hadn't even hit bottom when some little tub appeared from behind those rusty pilings - no more than about 30 yds out. I wouldn't care but he wasn't going into the marina, he then veered out towards the middle & poodled off up-river. It's a horrible little blind spot & despite feeding out loads of line I ended up losing my leader & about 20 yds of line to his propeller.

However, next cast I reeled in an old trace & sinker so that kind of made up for it. Apart from that the river traffic was generally pretty light, just the odd sailboat coming out of the marina - certainly a lot lighter than the Fish Quay. I don't really know what the bottom's like; certainly down the side at low water I could make out a few rocks & the odd shopping trolley, but managed to avoid finding any snags. A few more visits and maybe some varied tactics will give me a better picture.

Gary