St. Helens

Fishing off the wall at St.Helens Duver or into the harbour from Bembridge,can produce some good catches of Flounder and silver eels.
Generally speaking,fishing is best on the flood,best baits are ragworm for the flounders and ragworm and crab for the eels.Use a nylon patternoster,or running leger rig with size 2 to 1/0 Aberdeen hooks.
On either side of the harbour are two rocky areas,one to the north of St.Helens and the other eastwards towards the lifeboat station.Both of these spots can produce wrasse and bass,some large. Heavier tackle is recommended for these marks,use Viking or similar hooks size 2/0 to 4/0 baited with crab or ragworm for wrasse and 4/0 to 6/0 with a large crab or fish bait for bass.