bananas
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Popped over the Breakwater early this morning, nothing happened till first light broke through the grey drizzle that had settled there, a joey was first out, quickly followed by a couple others, through the gloom I could see several white Gannets hitting the water, some very close to where I was casting, as the drizzle stopped and I could see better, there was over 30 Gannets hitting all over the place, at times 3 and 4 was coming down within feet of each other at the same time, was spectacular to watch.
Id had about 10 small mackerel before I had a huge take that bent the rod right over, then ping was off, bugger!, but a big splash showed the culprit, a fecking great Seal had snaffled it.
Just as I was swearing at him, a low black cloud shot around the end of the pier a few feet above the water, Shags, well over 50 of them, never seen so many together, they had come to join the gannets feeding.
Now every time I thought the Seal had buggered off, Id latch into a fish only to get it pulled off the line by the fecker that was in hiding waiting for me to catch for him!.
After losing 4 fish to him, I gathered me gear and moved back down the breakwater to fish the outside, a few casts showed that there was sod all this side. I could see two lonely Shags bobbing about and thought their not going to get any breakfast today, when high above me a shag flew over and landed next to the other two, then all three took off, flew along the breakwater, around the end and joined the party on the inside, I thought, its nice to have mates that come tell you where the fish are.
A few more casts with no returns had me heading back to the car, not a great fishing day, but the wildlife had put on a excellent show, even the Seals made me smile, only a few times tho!
Id had about 10 small mackerel before I had a huge take that bent the rod right over, then ping was off, bugger!, but a big splash showed the culprit, a fecking great Seal had snaffled it.
Just as I was swearing at him, a low black cloud shot around the end of the pier a few feet above the water, Shags, well over 50 of them, never seen so many together, they had come to join the gannets feeding.
Now every time I thought the Seal had buggered off, Id latch into a fish only to get it pulled off the line by the fecker that was in hiding waiting for me to catch for him!.
After losing 4 fish to him, I gathered me gear and moved back down the breakwater to fish the outside, a few casts showed that there was sod all this side. I could see two lonely Shags bobbing about and thought their not going to get any breakfast today, when high above me a shag flew over and landed next to the other two, then all three took off, flew along the breakwater, around the end and joined the party on the inside, I thought, its nice to have mates that come tell you where the fish are.
A few more casts with no returns had me heading back to the car, not a great fishing day, but the wildlife had put on a excellent show, even the Seals made me smile, only a few times tho!
