Just one last cast
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West bexington 22/11/22 the plaice is dead!
Monday was my Only chance to get out this week while the tide is building & between the storms so gave it a go.
Arrived at first light Strong wind (Nw) & a rough sea as expected.
A dumpy bag of shingle around the shelter just about held it down.
Opted to use just the 1 rod holding it to try and keep the line out of the shingle.
It soon became clear it was going to be a tough day.
Tried various weights & set ups , fixing the grip wires on eventually finding a smaller bait & 5 oz lead on 15lb line the best option.
Lucky if I got 5 minutes fishing per cast.
Shingled about a dozen times managed to escape by keeping rod up & pressure on all except 1 when leader knot snapped & I fell flat on my arse only to catch the leader & tackle several casts later.
My casts were also perhaps not far enough though it was rough out a fair way.
Not too bad for weed,
Baits (squid/Mack) came back untouched
Did have a different pull on the rod around lunch time & pulled in a manky fish carcass, possibly a plaice, how the hell it got on there I don’t know but it didn’t want to come off.
Quite a few others giving it a go by the time I had to leave 3,15 also employing the same tactic by the look of it. Don’t know how they fared.
So there we have it first blank for a while & tbh beyond my capability to fish today though it s always good to get out chuffed I got away without losing any gear.
PS posting as not many reports going on which usually means people are catching shed loads or nothing Today I was doing the latter.
Monday was my Only chance to get out this week while the tide is building & between the storms so gave it a go.
Arrived at first light Strong wind (Nw) & a rough sea as expected.
A dumpy bag of shingle around the shelter just about held it down.
Opted to use just the 1 rod holding it to try and keep the line out of the shingle.
It soon became clear it was going to be a tough day.
Tried various weights & set ups , fixing the grip wires on eventually finding a smaller bait & 5 oz lead on 15lb line the best option.
Lucky if I got 5 minutes fishing per cast.
Shingled about a dozen times managed to escape by keeping rod up & pressure on all except 1 when leader knot snapped & I fell flat on my arse only to catch the leader & tackle several casts later.
My casts were also perhaps not far enough though it was rough out a fair way.
Not too bad for weed,
Baits (squid/Mack) came back untouched
Did have a different pull on the rod around lunch time & pulled in a manky fish carcass, possibly a plaice, how the hell it got on there I don’t know but it didn’t want to come off.
Quite a few others giving it a go by the time I had to leave 3,15 also employing the same tactic by the look of it. Don’t know how they fared.
So there we have it first blank for a while & tbh beyond my capability to fish today though it s always good to get out chuffed I got away without losing any gear.
PS posting as not many reports going on which usually means people are catching shed loads or nothing Today I was doing the latter.
