dodders
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Fished a local Rock Mark last night for a few hours up to High Water. The rocks lead onto clean sand and I was hoping to snag a small-eyed Ray that frequent the area. Tides were only small and my hopes were not too high. The only baits I had with me were frozen sandeels and squid.
However initial signs were promising as at dusk the tip pulled over a foot or so followed by about four feet of line being pulled off the ratchet. The line from the rod tip was completely slack so I was surprised when I lifted into nothing. The squid bait on a pennel had been mauled.
I had to wait another hour for the next bite which again was very obvious with a few feet being pulled off the ratchet, but this time as I moved to the rods the tip was still nodding. A fairly solid weight turned into a smallish Huss. Not the target but happy none the less as I could add that to a species hunt I’m doing.
It turned out to be a very slow night and my only other bite was a sharp 6” tap on the tip followed by nothing. This was my last cast so I left it in the water until I packed up. When I eventually picked up the rod I pulled into a solid weight which had me thinking maybe a ray had been sat on it all this time. No…… a large spider crab to finish the night off. Big enough to eat but I didn’t have my bucket with me and didn’t fancy it sharing accommodation with my reels and rigs etc in the box.
However initial signs were promising as at dusk the tip pulled over a foot or so followed by about four feet of line being pulled off the ratchet. The line from the rod tip was completely slack so I was surprised when I lifted into nothing. The squid bait on a pennel had been mauled.
I had to wait another hour for the next bite which again was very obvious with a few feet being pulled off the ratchet, but this time as I moved to the rods the tip was still nodding. A fairly solid weight turned into a smallish Huss. Not the target but happy none the less as I could add that to a species hunt I’m doing.
It turned out to be a very slow night and my only other bite was a sharp 6” tap on the tip followed by nothing. This was my last cast so I left it in the water until I packed up. When I eventually picked up the rod I pulled into a solid weight which had me thinking maybe a ray had been sat on it all this time. No…… a large spider crab to finish the night off. Big enough to eat but I didn’t have my bucket with me and didn’t fancy it sharing accommodation with my reels and rigs etc in the box.
