The Third Earl
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Arrived on Saturday, car packed with all sorts of gear, my rock rods and reels for a planned assault on the Cliff Marks that I have got to know over the past years.I also had packed a load of freshwater gear , as next week we are staying on the River Teme, so Barbel fishing is my plan there.
Anyway… Saturday had a very quick half hour on the rock platforms fluff chucking . Not a sniff of interest, but hardly suprising as there was a bit of sea running. No Matter, I have plenty of Frozen Mackerel, fresh caught at Hartlepool, Squid,and Razor, all three will catch here I know.
Forward to Sunday . Went out to fish a couple of hours up and down, the sea had grown, with some fair sets coming in from the West, made things difficult, so dropped to one rod, the Wrasse gear was put aside as the waves were crashing into the cliff base gullies where the wrasse live. Not a hope of a bite there , the gear was dancing all over the place , I had my doubts about the big rod and big bait, but I have had Bass here before in these conditions so long as the bait, big and smelly, is put out beyond the sand scour line.
You can only catch if your gear is in the water. Sadly this time all I managed was weed. So two nil to Lundy Bay.
This evening I thought maybe try again, so back to the rock mark , intention was to fish two down two up this time.The tides are growing this week so I am praying for some good weather .
Shit….. when I arrived at the mark the sea looked OK, well, looked OK between the sets , every seventh wave or so a set of big rollers appeared. I thought , oh well in for a penny etc etc…. one cast and a big set of rollers arrived I felt fairly confident as I have fished here lots of times in all sorts of conditions, and never had a problem with sea or surf.
Suddenly there wqs a huge crash from behind me and a wall of water ran up the gulley and over the whole of the rock mark somehow I managed to stay halfdry, but that was not what concerned me, at the same time as the water teemed over, a lump of slate about the size of two housebricks landed just at the back and side of me and shattered like a grenade, shards of slate everywhere .
That was enough . I decided discretion being the better part of valour I would bugger off sharpish.
Wifey had walked up to Trevan Point to the left of where I was fishing , and had been watching and taking Photos, no doubt mentally dusting off the insurance policies .
Here are a couple.
And when a bigger set hit . You can see the size of the waves growing off to the left of the picture .
Anyway, not being one to shirk responsibility, I buggered off not wanting to either drown or be brained by flying slate , intentions of staying until dark were washed away . Wifey came to the cliff top behind me to see me tabbing back up the hill . Retired to the cottage and everything is now drying .
How I ever got to 70 years old plus is beyond me, I must have more lives than a cat .
Looking forwards, the weather looks set to stay this way for the rest of our week here so hoping for something better on the River Teme knowing my luck it will persist it down and be in flood and unfishable.
Dave
Anyway… Saturday had a very quick half hour on the rock platforms fluff chucking . Not a sniff of interest, but hardly suprising as there was a bit of sea running. No Matter, I have plenty of Frozen Mackerel, fresh caught at Hartlepool, Squid,and Razor, all three will catch here I know.
Forward to Sunday . Went out to fish a couple of hours up and down, the sea had grown, with some fair sets coming in from the West, made things difficult, so dropped to one rod, the Wrasse gear was put aside as the waves were crashing into the cliff base gullies where the wrasse live. Not a hope of a bite there , the gear was dancing all over the place , I had my doubts about the big rod and big bait, but I have had Bass here before in these conditions so long as the bait, big and smelly, is put out beyond the sand scour line.
You can only catch if your gear is in the water. Sadly this time all I managed was weed. So two nil to Lundy Bay.
This evening I thought maybe try again, so back to the rock mark , intention was to fish two down two up this time.The tides are growing this week so I am praying for some good weather .
Shit….. when I arrived at the mark the sea looked OK, well, looked OK between the sets , every seventh wave or so a set of big rollers appeared. I thought , oh well in for a penny etc etc…. one cast and a big set of rollers arrived I felt fairly confident as I have fished here lots of times in all sorts of conditions, and never had a problem with sea or surf.
Suddenly there wqs a huge crash from behind me and a wall of water ran up the gulley and over the whole of the rock mark somehow I managed to stay halfdry, but that was not what concerned me, at the same time as the water teemed over, a lump of slate about the size of two housebricks landed just at the back and side of me and shattered like a grenade, shards of slate everywhere .
That was enough . I decided discretion being the better part of valour I would bugger off sharpish.
Wifey had walked up to Trevan Point to the left of where I was fishing , and had been watching and taking Photos, no doubt mentally dusting off the insurance policies .
Here are a couple.
And when a bigger set hit . You can see the size of the waves growing off to the left of the picture .
Anyway, not being one to shirk responsibility, I buggered off not wanting to either drown or be brained by flying slate , intentions of staying until dark were washed away . Wifey came to the cliff top behind me to see me tabbing back up the hill . Retired to the cottage and everything is now drying .
How I ever got to 70 years old plus is beyond me, I must have more lives than a cat .
Looking forwards, the weather looks set to stay this way for the rest of our week here so hoping for something better on the River Teme knowing my luck it will persist it down and be in flood and unfishable.
Dave
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