cap'nhaddock
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Another trip to the amusingly named Pleasure Pier at Weymouth to meet up with Goateeblank.
As usual the weather man was a bit optimistic with the sun and gentle breeze prediction.
Goatee had arrived early in his vehicular gin palace and been fishing unsuccessfully on the north side , we soon moved to the end and slightly deeper water and started catching, tiny hooks and baits were the order of the day to target the minis that live there. Goateeblank had brought some maddies he had dug, asking "are these any good as bait ?", they were, one on a tiny hook is just the job for minis.
I had used a diamond file to sharpen the hooks on a set of size 16 Sabikis to improve chances of hooking some fish from the shoals of baitfish that swim around the pier. We were catching Wrasse, Corkwing and Ballan regularly from the bottom along with a couple of Black Gobies, a Tompot , a Goldsinney Wrasse, a Dragonet and a Scorpion , the Sabikis gave us tiny Pollack, Sand Smelt and Sand Eels and later, Herring and Pout.
We shared the use of my rod set up with the Sabikis and a suitable weight, the weight has to be matched to the action of the rod to give the right frequency of 'jiggle' for these tiny fish. If any of you are wanting amusement then lend Goateeblank a rod with the reel 'on the wrong side'; it's like watching a child do the rub the tummy and pat the head thing.
He did persevere and manage a first with a Sandeel and dozens of Sand Smelt and a few Pollack.
We put the fish into a bucket of water to recuperate before putting them back and had quite an aquarium of different species. At one time we had two tiny pollack in the bucket and Goatee added a Scorpion, a little while later there was only one visible pollack, obviously the Scorpion was not too stressed for being in the bucket.
I managed to add Pollack, Black Goby, Dragonet, Goldsinney Wrasse and Pout to my list ; overall we caught twelve species between us from the few yards at the end of the pier.
Once again there was absolutely no interest in a float fished bait, mackerel and gar are scarce this year
As usual the weather man was a bit optimistic with the sun and gentle breeze prediction.
Goatee had arrived early in his vehicular gin palace and been fishing unsuccessfully on the north side , we soon moved to the end and slightly deeper water and started catching, tiny hooks and baits were the order of the day to target the minis that live there. Goateeblank had brought some maddies he had dug, asking "are these any good as bait ?", they were, one on a tiny hook is just the job for minis.
I had used a diamond file to sharpen the hooks on a set of size 16 Sabikis to improve chances of hooking some fish from the shoals of baitfish that swim around the pier. We were catching Wrasse, Corkwing and Ballan regularly from the bottom along with a couple of Black Gobies, a Tompot , a Goldsinney Wrasse, a Dragonet and a Scorpion , the Sabikis gave us tiny Pollack, Sand Smelt and Sand Eels and later, Herring and Pout.
We shared the use of my rod set up with the Sabikis and a suitable weight, the weight has to be matched to the action of the rod to give the right frequency of 'jiggle' for these tiny fish. If any of you are wanting amusement then lend Goateeblank a rod with the reel 'on the wrong side'; it's like watching a child do the rub the tummy and pat the head thing.
He did persevere and manage a first with a Sandeel and dozens of Sand Smelt and a few Pollack.
We put the fish into a bucket of water to recuperate before putting them back and had quite an aquarium of different species. At one time we had two tiny pollack in the bucket and Goatee added a Scorpion, a little while later there was only one visible pollack, obviously the Scorpion was not too stressed for being in the bucket.
I managed to add Pollack, Black Goby, Dragonet, Goldsinney Wrasse and Pout to my list ; overall we caught twelve species between us from the few yards at the end of the pier.
Once again there was absolutely no interest in a float fished bait, mackerel and gar are scarce this year
