Mushty
Well-known member
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2023
- Messages
- 146
- Reaction score
- 593
- Points
- 93
- Location
- Hastings
- Favourite Fishing
- Shore
After a few days of wind and rain last night the rain stopped and wind fined away to nothing!
Off to Eastbourne I went, Thornbacks were the target and after a 2 week spell of not fishing I was gagging to go!
HW was just after 11 and I started fishing just before 8.
Fishing one rod with a 2 hook loop rig with 3/0 hooks baited with Sardine/Squid wrap and the other a short 3 hook loop rod with size 2 baited with lug.
The bites soon started with pin whiting and the odd rockling coming to the lug , and the odd small whiting coming to the fish baits.
About an hour in and a few small dogfish started to show and this carried on until HW.
Bang on HW a 35cm whiting appeared from nowhere on the lug bait, followed by a gentle pull down on the fish baits then slack lined. A nice Thornback and my first of the year slid from the water, a nice start at 40cm across the wings.
Re-baited and cast out, turned my back for 2 mins while sorting out my other rod to look back and find my line on the beach!
After catching up with my line and setting the hook a short scrap produced a strap conger that had taken a whiting.
Out of bait, made up with life and time approaching midnight I decided to call it a day!
Off to Eastbourne I went, Thornbacks were the target and after a 2 week spell of not fishing I was gagging to go!
HW was just after 11 and I started fishing just before 8.
Fishing one rod with a 2 hook loop rig with 3/0 hooks baited with Sardine/Squid wrap and the other a short 3 hook loop rod with size 2 baited with lug.
The bites soon started with pin whiting and the odd rockling coming to the lug , and the odd small whiting coming to the fish baits.
About an hour in and a few small dogfish started to show and this carried on until HW.
Bang on HW a 35cm whiting appeared from nowhere on the lug bait, followed by a gentle pull down on the fish baits then slack lined. A nice Thornback and my first of the year slid from the water, a nice start at 40cm across the wings.
Re-baited and cast out, turned my back for 2 mins while sorting out my other rod to look back and find my line on the beach!
After catching up with my line and setting the hook a short scrap produced a strap conger that had taken a whiting.
Out of bait, made up with life and time approaching midnight I decided to call it a day!
