geejayy
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23.9.22 Hurst.
was going to go back to chesil but was contacted by pete asking about the shingle bank, and a quick check of tides looked like it would be ok tonight. tide cycle and moon phase seem off for some reason.
fished 2100 - 0530.
baits - black lug. squid,sandeel & prawn, all froze bar tesco's finest prawn.
rigs, - flowing trace, upnover, pulley.
tide, h/w, about 10pm
just a thin sliver of moon rose about 4am id guess sea was flat calm and clear. wind was behind me enableing big casts if needed, i had a slosh out as was expecting to be hauling something heavy ( weed). little weed ( for hurst) cloud cover to start but clear skys by finish.
lots of camper vans parked up & i expected the beach to be busy but there were only two other angler i could see set up between the bridge & the corner. spoke with both but like i they were pretty much just starting.
pitched up near enough the usual spot, and heaved out a pully rig baited with lug and prawn on a single 2/0 chinu. and some blinged size 2's on a flowing trace with squid/sandeel.
tide pull was quiet as tide was just topping out, , i saw a fiddley little enquirey which i left to develop which it didn't gave it a few minutes & retrieved to find my first codling of the year. target 1,- 1st cast. like most reported this year just a small one ,but hampshire coddies worth double points.
now for target two. flowing trace got swopped for an upnover with big nasty 6/0's looking for an undulate. the tide turned an ran hard from l-right as it eased i caught first a bream then a dogfish.
20220923_214444[1] by gordon underwood, on Flickr
very dark night & nothing else worth photographing
fished hard through till the early flood pushed me off the beach, just 3 fish in 9 hours but i got my codling they should be an easy find this year if only fishfingers.
was going to go back to chesil but was contacted by pete asking about the shingle bank, and a quick check of tides looked like it would be ok tonight. tide cycle and moon phase seem off for some reason.
fished 2100 - 0530.
baits - black lug. squid,sandeel & prawn, all froze bar tesco's finest prawn.
rigs, - flowing trace, upnover, pulley.
tide, h/w, about 10pm
just a thin sliver of moon rose about 4am id guess sea was flat calm and clear. wind was behind me enableing big casts if needed, i had a slosh out as was expecting to be hauling something heavy ( weed). little weed ( for hurst) cloud cover to start but clear skys by finish.
lots of camper vans parked up & i expected the beach to be busy but there were only two other angler i could see set up between the bridge & the corner. spoke with both but like i they were pretty much just starting.
pitched up near enough the usual spot, and heaved out a pully rig baited with lug and prawn on a single 2/0 chinu. and some blinged size 2's on a flowing trace with squid/sandeel.
tide pull was quiet as tide was just topping out, , i saw a fiddley little enquirey which i left to develop which it didn't gave it a few minutes & retrieved to find my first codling of the year. target 1,- 1st cast. like most reported this year just a small one ,but hampshire coddies worth double points.
now for target two. flowing trace got swopped for an upnover with big nasty 6/0's looking for an undulate. the tide turned an ran hard from l-right as it eased i caught first a bream then a dogfish.
20220923_214444[1] by gordon underwood, on Flickrvery dark night & nothing else worth photographing
fished hard through till the early flood pushed me off the beach, just 3 fish in 9 hours but i got my codling they should be an easy find this year if only fishfingers.
