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Welcome to Kentishthames.com

Welcome to our site. Were a Kent Based Angling site with All levels of Angler on board. It dont matter if you like going out Wreck fishing, off the Beach or sat round a lake or by a River, all are welcome to post on our message boards. We have Kent Sea Angling Forums (seperate registration) and theres this part of the site where you can leave the odd status updates, form a Group or build your own Wordpress Blog with a gallery. We welcome members countrywide, its always nice to hear about other areas, or get your friends and form a Group, the choice is yours.
If you want a Blog but dont know where to start i would be happy to build it for you to get you going.
If you have any Technical questions regarding the site please use our FAQ section, if what you need isnt there please use the FAQ form to ask the question.

Latest Site News

The groups and Forums are now back online Thanks to the team at TMD, Thanks

Jeff1960 contacted me this morning and wants a go at running the Forum. Were coming into our 3rd year now and to be honest ive lost my MOJO with it :-)

im still running this side of the site, updates and anything jeff wants done to the Forum via the control panel plus Matts always on hand as ever. Jeffs a people person where im not always as patient as maybe i should be so im sure Jeff will make a great Admin.
Im sure ill miss banning people but i hear its an easy habit to kick.

What’s about around the coast ?

With the Cod out chasing the Sprats all thats likely to be caught around Kent are Dabs, Flounders and Whiting, Cod will be caught but are few and far between. This is the way this time of year, Soon the Cod will start feeding again and a few decent fish will be caught right into March and sometimes April. The rivers will soon pick up, there was Cod being caught from Greenhithe up to Shorne fort plus theres always the chance of a Bass or shortly a very early Sole.

From about the end of Feb, start March the Rays will start to show, the timing is generally dependant on the temperature. They generally show around Sheerness and Minnis bay/Reculver first but the odd one comes out around Margate and Sandwich.
Leysdown is generally a good place to start, also the Ship and Shore, Bartons point, Warden point and Eastchurch (bit of a walk down the cliff).
They start to show in numbers at Sandwich in April and at the right time the fishing can be prolific with fish approaching 16lb recorded.
Best baits of late are Bluey, Herring, Squid and Ragworm but a combination of the first 2 is what most use.
Rigs are down to personal choice but most use long pulley pennels (3-4 foot) with 30-40lb snoods and 3/0-4/0 strong Hooks. Other rigs to use are up and over, fixed pennel, clipped up running rig.
A tip for Sheerness is to get there at low tide when the waters about to turn, walk right out to the water and have a long cast. This gives you the chance of having your bait right out when the fish come on the feed, this is generally when the tide turns and some good fish fell to this method last year. Baitbags full of old fishy bits pinned out at the low tide mark can also be effective for bringing the fish that much closer for those of us that cant cast 250 yards!
Rays are apparantly easy to catch but they eluded me last year, i wont give up so easy this year.

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    Warren Hester became a registered member   9 hours, 3 minutes ago

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   12 hours, 56 minutes ago

    in the bar at the very top you will see the new link for our forum :-)

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   15 hours, 52 minutes ago

    after lots of hard work and time TMD were unable to get the profile galleries up and running. i will have a word with the plugin designer but for meantime any pictures will need to be put on your blog

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   1 day, 10 hours ago

    do the members realise they can write a status update in your profile? under your name next to your avatar

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    jeff1960 wrote a new blog post: TRUST   1 day, 12 hours ago

    AS SOME OF YOU WILL KNOW JOHN HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH THE RUNNING OF HIS FORUM, AND I AM NOW HOPING THAT BYGONES WILL BE BYGONES AND WE CAN NOW GET THE FORUM BACK TO HOW IT USED TO BE THE FRIENDLIEST  ON THE NET, IF THERE  ARE ANY GRIPES, PROBLEMS OR YOU JUST WANT [...]

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   1 day, 12 hours ago

    roll on tuesday

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   1 day, 15 hours ago

    Big Thanks to jeff for taking the Forum on, you the man ! :-)

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   1 day, 17 hours ago

    we are still trying to get the profile picture gallerys up and running. have also found a facebook style theme for the site which may make life a lot easier for many people, its familiar afterall

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   1 day, 19 hours ago

    The Nice people at TMD have now sorted the groups functions again, all working now :-)

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    jw1 wrote a new blog post: Hythe saturday   2 days ago

    For those who havent caught one, this is a 5 bearded rockling, this one is Damons, mine was much bigger but without a wide angle lens I couldn’t do it justice.

    JW

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    jw1 commented on the blog post Went fishing at Hythe by Grub’s groyne …   2 days ago

    Same here Damon, great day out, a bit worried about sun burn, but as I acheived my ambition of catching a 5 bearded rockling, who cares.
    Haven’t worked out how post your catch picture up yet, but i’m working on it.

    JW

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   2 days, 6 hours ago

    bedtime i think, been one of them days

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    John Hills posted a new status update:   2 days, 8 hours ago

    Right ive left a post in the forum explaining to the mods and admin whats going on in a way and my reasons for doing what ive done.
    Basically ive decided to retire from forum life as admin/mod anything. im fed up being the bad guy, the fall guy and just basically the cunt in charge.
    ive told the mods and admin exactly what im telling you all. if you want it reopened thats fine but you run it your way, you be the boss, or even a group of you. i dont want the job anymore in any way shape or form. now we will see how much everyone thought of it, if you like it as much as you say you would take it over… if not its gone….. sorry, im a blogger, im boss of my blog and updating the homepage, forums are for the odd catch report or for advertising your trips, thats my limit these days.
    come on people, i keep saying im pissed off with it, this was always gonna happen

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    bigd wrote on their own wire:   2 days, 11 hours ago

    I dont understand. I cant get on to the forum in the first place. the home page just sauys forum closed and thats it.

    I think I may be able to get out fishing next Friday if you are going then.

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    davesea wrote on bigd’s wire:   2 days, 11 hours ago

    Best place to fish down that end to the left is well snaggy.Just been on there mate took no notice of warnings clicked on board index genral chat and posted.I am busy with work as well but try and get out most Fridays if tides etc are right.

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    bigd wrote on their own wire:   2 days, 11 hours ago

    No joy. It just says forum closed when I go to the index page.

    We fished just to the right of the Groyne, opposite the cafe. I haven’t fished down that end before but I certainly will again. we had a really good time. I have been really busy (=stressed out) at work recently and it [...]

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    bigd commented on the blog post Went fishing at Hythe by Grub’s groyne …   2 days, 12 hours ago

    It was a great day.The weather was fantastic and John is very good company. He managed about the same as me but his dabs were a bit bigger than mine.
    It would have been nice to have been able to put up a catch report on the forum. I dont know where you ahve got the [...]

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    davesea wrote on bigd’s wire:   2 days, 12 hours ago

    Hi Damon did you fish to the left or right.Cant beat Hythe gives the old ego a boost and beats blanking.With regards forume I saw message logged on just the same and managed to post a short while ago .Give it ago.

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    John Hills commented on the blog post Went fishing at Hythe by Grub’s groyne …   2 days, 12 hours ago

    sounds a great little day you had well done!

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    jeff1960 commented on the blog post Went fishing at Hythe by Grub’s groyne …   2 days, 12 hours ago

    nice one, sorry that i did not come down to see you all as planned, but she that must be obeyed made me stay with her and take the out-laws to dinner…jeff