Trampster
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As many will know, not often I get out for a dangle due to health issues, but an invite from @John Mitchell to a local mark last night was not to be refused. I couldn't decide whether to take a beach casting setup or just a spinning rod, so ended up taking both. I really should have gone & bought some Ragworm, but decided to make do with the frozen Mackerel & Prawns lurking in the freezer. John said he was planning to be there around 6pm, so I arrived at 5.30pm to start sorting out rods, tripod etc. It was an ebbing tide, with low at 9.10pm. Did think about getting there earlier but access might have been difficult!
I like to keep all of my rods, reels & tripod in their respective bags, so it takes me a while to get everything out & up, and before I had done so, John arrived and already had a bait in the water by the time I was ready to fish! I put out some Mackerel strip on a clipped 2 hook up & over rig, and thought I'd have a go with the Lure rod. I'd bought a floating SG lure some time ago and not tried it, so that was first on the short Fluoro leader, the thinking being that as the mark was a bit snaggy, I wouldn't lose the lure. I don't think I had had more than 3 casts, and fish on! Only a little schoolie Bass, but I'm not sure I'd ever caught a Bass, (might have had one years ago at Torcross) and the first time I'd used a floating lure, so a bit of a (small) PB!
John was into a schoolie not long after, and then another, followed by quite a few Pout for both of us - I only had two on the bait rod, and I lost count of John's tally!
I really must get my Whiskers trimmed! It got a bit dark to be throwing lures out as there were quite a few obstructions around us, so that one went away.
It was a good session - I'd gone out in a T-shirt and body warmer, and it wasn't long before the body warmer came off as I was getting a bit warm! I wasn't having a lot of luck with the Mackerel or Prawn baits, so John kindly donated a few of his Ragworms! It went a bit quiet for both of us after low tide but we decided to fish on until at least 10pm and catch a bit of the rising tide. John had a small Conger - I think he messaged Bob and said it was '12'! I'll let John divulge what the '12' was! Overall, I think we had about 15 fish between us - nothing to write home about in terms of size, but no blanks and a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Thanks John! ????
I like to keep all of my rods, reels & tripod in their respective bags, so it takes me a while to get everything out & up, and before I had done so, John arrived and already had a bait in the water by the time I was ready to fish! I put out some Mackerel strip on a clipped 2 hook up & over rig, and thought I'd have a go with the Lure rod. I'd bought a floating SG lure some time ago and not tried it, so that was first on the short Fluoro leader, the thinking being that as the mark was a bit snaggy, I wouldn't lose the lure. I don't think I had had more than 3 casts, and fish on! Only a little schoolie Bass, but I'm not sure I'd ever caught a Bass, (might have had one years ago at Torcross) and the first time I'd used a floating lure, so a bit of a (small) PB!
John was into a schoolie not long after, and then another, followed by quite a few Pout for both of us - I only had two on the bait rod, and I lost count of John's tally!
I really must get my Whiskers trimmed! It got a bit dark to be throwing lures out as there were quite a few obstructions around us, so that one went away.
It was a good session - I'd gone out in a T-shirt and body warmer, and it wasn't long before the body warmer came off as I was getting a bit warm! I wasn't having a lot of luck with the Mackerel or Prawn baits, so John kindly donated a few of his Ragworms! It went a bit quiet for both of us after low tide but we decided to fish on until at least 10pm and catch a bit of the rising tide. John had a small Conger - I think he messaged Bob and said it was '12'! I'll let John divulge what the '12' was! Overall, I think we had about 15 fish between us - nothing to write home about in terms of size, but no blanks and a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Thanks John! ????
