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Fished 3:30pm to 9pm. High tide 17:57 / 4.91m. Very slight breeze from the west, water clear and colourless.

Given I'd had fish on the flood in daylight from the off I thought I'd use my remaining lug and start a bit earlier in the tide. What a difference a day makes (or a 20cm lower tide, calm clear water and bright winter sun) - no action until after dark when it became quite busy. I thought I'd hooked a monster bass when I was setting up my second rod and the first bounced in the tripod but it was a canoeist who'd caught my line on the way past.

Bites were a lot harder to connect with than yesterday when the whiting were managing to trip out leads. Today I missed quite a few bites. I'd say they were small fish but I had size 2s on for a while and still plenty of missed bites.

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<blockquote data-quote="Wattsy" data-source="post: 10845" data-attributes="member: 378">Fished 3:30pm to 9pm. High tide 17:57 / 4.91m.&nbsp; Very slight breeze from the west, water clear and colourless.Given I&#039;d had fish on the flood in daylight from the off I thought I&#039;d use my remaining lug and start a bit earlier in the tide.&nbsp; What a difference a day makes (or a 20cm lower tide, calm clear water and bright winter sun) - no action until after dark when it became quite busy.&nbsp; I thought I&#039;d hooked a monster bass when I was setting up my second rod and the first bounced in the tripod but it was a canoeist who&#039;d caught my line on the way past.Bites were a lot harder to connect with than yesterday when the whiting were managing to trip out leads.&nbsp; Today I missed quite a few bites.&nbsp; I&#039;d say they were small fish but I had size 2s on for a while and still plenty of missed bites.[ATTACH=full]1599[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wattsy, post: 10845, member: 378"] Fished 3:30pm to 9pm. High tide 17:57 / 4.91m. Very slight breeze from the west, water clear and colourless. Given I'd had fish on the flood in daylight from the off I thought I'd use my remaining lug and start a bit earlier in the tide. What a difference a day makes (or a 20cm lower tide, calm clear water and bright winter sun) - no action until after dark when it became quite busy. I thought I'd hooked a monster bass when I was setting up my second rod and the first bounced in the tripod but it was a canoeist who'd caught my line on the way past. Bites were a lot harder to connect with than yesterday when the whiting were managing to trip out leads. Today I missed quite a few bites. I'd say they were small fish but I had size 2s on for a while and still plenty of missed bites. [ATTACH type="full"]1599[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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