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Spot close to home, Southampton Estuary.
Target was mullet and yes l have left it late I know! Two 9ft spinning rods. One ledgered bread with a feeder also stuffed with bread. One rod, spinner with treble cut off and single hook on 100mm snood with rag worm tail. Always get bass with this, 50 plus in the right conditions in a couple of hours is not hard. They tend to be only up to 250mm and IF you can get past the small ones there are much bigger ones to be had.
Fished over low with no joy at all on the ledgered bread. Swapped to rag and dropped down the side for mini species, but again nothing. l know that if the mini bass are absent, there is still the chance of a better bass and perhaps gilt head bream. Changed spots and did a bit of roaming with the spinner set up. There is some structure and I cast along it. I had a few small bass, then a much better take. Had to work a bit to keep it clear of the structure and the water is quite shallow, so it was good sport getting it in on light gear. The bass was getting on for around 350mm. Sorry no picture. I tend to be a bit dismissive of fish I have already caught lots of and because I really wanted a mullet. Got to get back in the habit of pictures of everything.
Back to the sand spike with ledger rod and swapped from bread to rag worm. Just a little flip out and back to the spinning. The ledger rod was almost vertical as the spike was wedged between some big stones. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the rod go. Good stabby bites that l know not to take quickly. Continued to bring in my spinner and it went again. This time pulling off to the left. As soon as I start to retrieve I know its a bream. Not much depth here and its doing the usual darting runs parallel to the shore. Its not a big fish, but bream certainly let you know they are there. Took a picture this time, a nice little gilt head bream. They have a different shaped head to the black bream and that lovely gilt shimmer and gold patch behind the eye. Not easy fish to photo as they constantly flick around. They have loads of energy!
Where there is one! Re-baited and flicked it out again. I had another and another and stopped at 6.
We have double tides here and the fish all came at the second kick on the rising tide. This is something I have noted before fishing in the estuary. Ignore the red spot look at the step as the tide rises.
I was only supposed to be out for a couple of hours so time to leave. No target mullet, but happy with the bream as they are such fun to catch, even if small, but on matched gear. I had some good Gilts (and bass) in January this year, so hopefully the bigger eating size ones will be around soon.
Still need mullet and rays.
Target was mullet and yes l have left it late I know! Two 9ft spinning rods. One ledgered bread with a feeder also stuffed with bread. One rod, spinner with treble cut off and single hook on 100mm snood with rag worm tail. Always get bass with this, 50 plus in the right conditions in a couple of hours is not hard. They tend to be only up to 250mm and IF you can get past the small ones there are much bigger ones to be had.
Fished over low with no joy at all on the ledgered bread. Swapped to rag and dropped down the side for mini species, but again nothing. l know that if the mini bass are absent, there is still the chance of a better bass and perhaps gilt head bream. Changed spots and did a bit of roaming with the spinner set up. There is some structure and I cast along it. I had a few small bass, then a much better take. Had to work a bit to keep it clear of the structure and the water is quite shallow, so it was good sport getting it in on light gear. The bass was getting on for around 350mm. Sorry no picture. I tend to be a bit dismissive of fish I have already caught lots of and because I really wanted a mullet. Got to get back in the habit of pictures of everything.
Back to the sand spike with ledger rod and swapped from bread to rag worm. Just a little flip out and back to the spinning. The ledger rod was almost vertical as the spike was wedged between some big stones. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the rod go. Good stabby bites that l know not to take quickly. Continued to bring in my spinner and it went again. This time pulling off to the left. As soon as I start to retrieve I know its a bream. Not much depth here and its doing the usual darting runs parallel to the shore. Its not a big fish, but bream certainly let you know they are there. Took a picture this time, a nice little gilt head bream. They have a different shaped head to the black bream and that lovely gilt shimmer and gold patch behind the eye. Not easy fish to photo as they constantly flick around. They have loads of energy!
Where there is one! Re-baited and flicked it out again. I had another and another and stopped at 6.
We have double tides here and the fish all came at the second kick on the rising tide. This is something I have noted before fishing in the estuary. Ignore the red spot look at the step as the tide rises.
I was only supposed to be out for a couple of hours so time to leave. No target mullet, but happy with the bream as they are such fun to catch, even if small, but on matched gear. I had some good Gilts (and bass) in January this year, so hopefully the bigger eating size ones will be around soon.
Still need mullet and rays.
