Devon Lerfer
Member
Happy New year everyone.
December has been a decent month for us LRFers, I've not had chance to do a report so here's a bit of a round up.
Early in the month we headed for Babbacombe pier, we fished all day and into darkness and ended up with 11 species between us. There were tonnes of small garfish which I just couldn't hook although my mate Jon had a couple. The species were mackerel, ballan, corkwing, rock goby, scorpion fish, tompot blenny, pollock, herring, garfish, pout and whiting.
A winter Torbay mackerel is a very reliable catch and we've had some great sport chucking metal jigs at them over the last few weeks. Its been a fish a chuck at times, which has been brilliant fun and almost makes you forget we're in the middle of winter. Has been lovely to watch the dolphins in the bay too, presumably there for the mackerel as well.
We've also had plenty of wrasse within the bay, on the heavier HRF gear mostly. I actually nabbed one the other day that I watched follow a mackerel that I'd hooked up to the surfacs. I whacked on a 3" Easy Shiner and had the angry little bugger within a couple of casts.
There have also been plenty of mini species about with lots of scorps and corkwing still feeding hard.
Tight lines everyone, here's to a fish filled 2021 ??
December has been a decent month for us LRFers, I've not had chance to do a report so here's a bit of a round up.
Early in the month we headed for Babbacombe pier, we fished all day and into darkness and ended up with 11 species between us. There were tonnes of small garfish which I just couldn't hook although my mate Jon had a couple. The species were mackerel, ballan, corkwing, rock goby, scorpion fish, tompot blenny, pollock, herring, garfish, pout and whiting.
A winter Torbay mackerel is a very reliable catch and we've had some great sport chucking metal jigs at them over the last few weeks. Its been a fish a chuck at times, which has been brilliant fun and almost makes you forget we're in the middle of winter. Has been lovely to watch the dolphins in the bay too, presumably there for the mackerel as well.
We've also had plenty of wrasse within the bay, on the heavier HRF gear mostly. I actually nabbed one the other day that I watched follow a mackerel that I'd hooked up to the surfacs. I whacked on a 3" Easy Shiner and had the angry little bugger within a couple of casts.
There have also been plenty of mini species about with lots of scorps and corkwing still feeding hard.
Tight lines everyone, here's to a fish filled 2021 ??
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