PhilR
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I haven't posted a catch report for quite a few months, so here goes, but don't get too excited.
I popped down to my local harbour for an evening's fishing this Tuesday. The plan was to fish the flood, partly in daylight, and partly in darkness, just to see if I could bag any new species for the hunt. High tide was about 8pm so I planned to fish 3 til 8.
Popped into the tackle shop for half a pound of ragworm, and then pitched-up in my favourite comfy spot.
My fellow species hunters will recognise the swim exactly. My thoughts were for comfort and shelter rather than maximum species potential. Plenty of time to tick some more off later. I like Tuesdays, plenty of room in the car parks, nobody else fishing.
Twin flattie rods, each with a one-up, one-down Wessex rig, size six hooks, 2oz weight. small rag baits.
Daylight produced a steady string of flounders: mostly small, a couple of medium ones, and a real belter:
Not only was this a much better fish, but as you can see it's left-handed. So I can claim to have joined the lefty/righty club for the third year in succession.
As it began to get dark the flounders were replaced by pout and strap congers. Thankfully of the three congers I hooked, two dropped off in the sea, and the other dropped off at my feet without me ever having to touch it.
As packing-up time approached I dropped some big baits down the edge and a cracking pollack obliged:
That meant I could pack up on a high note.
Anyway, not too shabby a session. The scores on the doors were:
Tight lines and thanks for reading.
Phil
I popped down to my local harbour for an evening's fishing this Tuesday. The plan was to fish the flood, partly in daylight, and partly in darkness, just to see if I could bag any new species for the hunt. High tide was about 8pm so I planned to fish 3 til 8.
Popped into the tackle shop for half a pound of ragworm, and then pitched-up in my favourite comfy spot.
My fellow species hunters will recognise the swim exactly. My thoughts were for comfort and shelter rather than maximum species potential. Plenty of time to tick some more off later. I like Tuesdays, plenty of room in the car parks, nobody else fishing.
Twin flattie rods, each with a one-up, one-down Wessex rig, size six hooks, 2oz weight. small rag baits.
Daylight produced a steady string of flounders: mostly small, a couple of medium ones, and a real belter:
Not only was this a much better fish, but as you can see it's left-handed. So I can claim to have joined the lefty/righty club for the third year in succession.
As it began to get dark the flounders were replaced by pout and strap congers. Thankfully of the three congers I hooked, two dropped off in the sea, and the other dropped off at my feet without me ever having to touch it.
As packing-up time approached I dropped some big baits down the edge and a cracking pollack obliged:
That meant I could pack up on a high note.
Anyway, not too shabby a session. The scores on the doors were:
- 8 flounders
- 8 pout
- 1 conger
- 1 pollack
Tight lines and thanks for reading.
Phil
