Andy 1965
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- Joined
- Oct 18, 2020
- Messages
- 401
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- 3,644
- Points
- 93
- Location
- North Wales
- Favourite Fishing
- Lure
With the century safely boxed off, it was time for some more leisurely fishing this week. The target was of course still bass on lures but due to a couple of family birthdays, I only fished one session on Thursday night instead of my usual 2.
With a rather unsettled forecast, I couldn’t fish the marks I had originally hoped to, but my back up mark has already been quite prolific for me this year, so I was still hopeful of some decent sport
.
I arrived to find damp and misty conditions, but at least the heavier showers had passed through. There was still a fresh and gusty breeze blowing but it was at least offshore, resulting in calm water with excellent clarity.
For the first part of the evening I would be fishing over some pretty gnarly ground, consisting of boulders of varying sizes all covered with thick weed, and I would be advancing with the ebbing tide in order to keep fishing water of a decent depth. I started the evening with the small Patch in both Nacre and 500g and when these failed to attract any interest, I switched to the 90mm Asturie in yellow. This did the trick and after only 30 minutes of fishing, I was off the mark with the first bass of the night at 44cm ?.
Hoping this was just the start, I fished on confidently but things went quiet again and it was 40 minutes before I saw any more action. When it came, the take was on again on an Asturie but the bigger version in Nacre, which was hit at maximum range. I could tell immediately that this was a smaller fish, as it pretty much let me haul it to shore with no real resistance, and sure enough bass number 2 of the evening, a smaller fish of 36cm was duly landed.
Over the next hour I missed another 2 hits, both on the yellow Asturie, the first was when a bass lunged at, and missed the lure completely, and the second resulted in a hook up, but sadly the attacker managed to throw the hooks after only a few seconds ?. Unfortunately that was it for mark number one, and as the light faded I knew it was time to move on.
As the sun set, the clouds finally dispersed and the wind also dropped, which meant it was now a very pleasant evening and after an enjoyable 10 minute walk, I arrived at mark number 2. In a complete change from the first mark, the ground at this second spot consisted of clean sand, with just the occasional boulder dotted about. Though not as good as it had been on the reef, water clarity at this mark was still pretty good, but there was some loose weed washing gently backwards and forward in the small rolling swell. I had a plan to get around this though, and I started off the hunt with a Mishna mounted on a light, 5g jig-head, which would swim just above the cabbage.
This proved to be an inspired choice of lure and on the very first cast, it was hit the moment it landed on the water ?. With a strange vibration transmitted through the braid, the fight certainly wasn’t bass-like and at first I thought I had hooked a mackerel, but when I eventually switched on my headlamp, I was amazed to see that the culprit was a bass after all ?. At 35cm it was the smallest fish of the evening so far, but they all count ?.
After such a brilliant start, I couldn’t help but think that I might be in for a bumper session, but of course that was wishful thinking ?. It wasn’t a bite a chuck as I hoped, but I didn’t have to wait that long either, as 15 minutes later my Mishna was attacked again. This time the fish missed the hook, but at least I was reassures that there were fish out there. 10 minutes later and this proved to be true, as my Mishna came to a dead stop half way in. Though it wasn’t a monster, this bass definitely felt better than the last one and sure enough, after a half decent fight bass number 4 of the evening was beached, the biggest so far at 50cm ?.
With the tide now on the turn I expected the fishing to really get going but surprisingly, as the sea started to push back up the beach, the fishing went off the boil completely and I didn’t get another touch
. I fished on for over an hour but the bass had obviously moved on, and I didn’t see any more signs of life before I called it a night just before midnight.
I wasn’t complaining though as with 4 more bass added to my total, I’m now only two bass away from another milestone, beating my total number of bass from last year ?.
With a rather unsettled forecast, I couldn’t fish the marks I had originally hoped to, but my back up mark has already been quite prolific for me this year, so I was still hopeful of some decent sport
.I arrived to find damp and misty conditions, but at least the heavier showers had passed through. There was still a fresh and gusty breeze blowing but it was at least offshore, resulting in calm water with excellent clarity.
For the first part of the evening I would be fishing over some pretty gnarly ground, consisting of boulders of varying sizes all covered with thick weed, and I would be advancing with the ebbing tide in order to keep fishing water of a decent depth. I started the evening with the small Patch in both Nacre and 500g and when these failed to attract any interest, I switched to the 90mm Asturie in yellow. This did the trick and after only 30 minutes of fishing, I was off the mark with the first bass of the night at 44cm ?.
Hoping this was just the start, I fished on confidently but things went quiet again and it was 40 minutes before I saw any more action. When it came, the take was on again on an Asturie but the bigger version in Nacre, which was hit at maximum range. I could tell immediately that this was a smaller fish, as it pretty much let me haul it to shore with no real resistance, and sure enough bass number 2 of the evening, a smaller fish of 36cm was duly landed
.Over the next hour I missed another 2 hits, both on the yellow Asturie, the first was when a bass lunged at, and missed the lure completely, and the second resulted in a hook up, but sadly the attacker managed to throw the hooks after only a few seconds ?. Unfortunately that was it for mark number one, and as the light faded I knew it was time to move on.
As the sun set, the clouds finally dispersed and the wind also dropped, which meant it was now a very pleasant evening and after an enjoyable 10 minute walk, I arrived at mark number 2. In a complete change from the first mark, the ground at this second spot consisted of clean sand, with just the occasional boulder dotted about. Though not as good as it had been on the reef, water clarity at this mark was still pretty good, but there was some loose weed washing gently backwards and forward in the small rolling swell. I had a plan to get around this though, and I started off the hunt with a Mishna mounted on a light, 5g jig-head, which would swim just above the cabbage.
This proved to be an inspired choice of lure and on the very first cast, it was hit the moment it landed on the water ?. With a strange vibration transmitted through the braid, the fight certainly wasn’t bass-like and at first I thought I had hooked a mackerel, but when I eventually switched on my headlamp, I was amazed to see that the culprit was a bass after all ?. At 35cm it was the smallest fish of the evening so far, but they all count ?.
After such a brilliant start, I couldn’t help but think that I might be in for a bumper session, but of course that was wishful thinking ?. It wasn’t a bite a chuck as I hoped, but I didn’t have to wait that long either, as 15 minutes later my Mishna was attacked again. This time the fish missed the hook, but at least I was reassures that there were fish out there. 10 minutes later and this proved to be true, as my Mishna came to a dead stop half way in. Though it wasn’t a monster, this bass definitely felt better than the last one and sure enough, after a half decent fight bass number 4 of the evening was beached, the biggest so far at 50cm ?.
With the tide now on the turn I expected the fishing to really get going but surprisingly, as the sea started to push back up the beach, the fishing went off the boil completely and I didn’t get another touch
. I fished on for over an hour but the bass had obviously moved on, and I didn’t see any more signs of life before I called it a night just before midnight.I wasn’t complaining though as with 4 more bass added to my total, I’m now only two bass away from another milestone, beating my total number of bass from last year ?.
