Wednesday was our last day and the plan was to go out on the closer cod reefs first, mainly to try and get some coalies for bait, before heading around the corner to ‘halibooby bay’ for the last time.
It took a while but we got enough coalies in the end, then set off for the bay.
The swell was bad but as we approached the point before the bay, it became downright dangerous looking - up to 10 foot in places I’d say. When you can’t see land and sky any more it’s probably best to turn back.
After a discussion it became obvious all we could really do was return to the cod reef and do that. It wasn’t really in anyones plans for the day but the conditions and lack of time didn’t leave many options.
Now my tackle had arrived I wanted to use the Wight Water Lures and send creator David Cheal a few pictures if I could.
Well, they smashed it. The old style ‘Wight Wrecker’ was getting hit from the off…
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I swapped to his new ‘Super Saury’ lure and that was getting hammered as soon as it touched the seabed.
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I also lost a cracking fish, suspect a cod probably over 30lb easy.
Tat had a few nice cod on a pink Wight-In lure too…
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Then I had what I thought at first due to the good fight was a reasonable cod, but it turned out to be a baby halibooby!
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Ollie had two stonking turdfish, this being the smaller of the two ?
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We were all pretty cold and fishing in that swell was hard work, so we decided to head in for a visit to the shop and refuel the boat for the last time, then do a couple of hours in the harbour for plaice.
We did the fuel and shop but no one really wanted to fish on, it was just too cold, so we called it a day a bit early.
I might regret that on another day but at the time everyone was happy with that, including me!
Anyway, we had stuff to pack, the boat to clean, etc etc.
Had a last chat with the camp owner Daniel, who was pleased with the boat clean and said it was better than when he gave it to us, plus he didn’t charge me for the use of their rod and reel all week, which was appreciated!
A lovely spot, a cracking week and we’ll definitely be back, hopefully in 2024!
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