KaiH
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- Jan 3, 2022
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- Totnes, Devon
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I headed off to Slapton this morning expecting a plague of whiting so only put in a couple of squid heads and wings and two mackerel fillets intending to use the whiting as bait.
I arrived at 6.15 and fishing by 6.30. Bait still frozen so a two hook flapper and a tentacle on each hook. After 10 minutes of nothing I brought in to rebait but found the tentacles untouched, very strange. I decided to put out the other rod with half a big squid head on a 5/0. Within 10 minutes the rod is bent over and line peeling off. A nice smooth hound was landed after chasing it down the beach a bit.
As it was getting light I had my first whiting on the flapper rig followed by a couple of dogfish. I then had a drop back on the flapper rig and assume a whiting or a dog until it started fighting. Another smooth hound and a bit bigger than the first. This was on a size one and a tiny piece of squid. I missed two more good takes on the small hooks before all went quiet at high tide and no more bites.
I finished on 2 hounds, 3 dogs and 3 whiting.
As I was packing up there was a lot of excitement from some bird watchers about a small seagull trying to eat my bait. Apparently its a Laughing Gull from America. They were gathered around where I was fishing and some had travelled from Wales just to see it.
I arrived at 6.15 and fishing by 6.30. Bait still frozen so a two hook flapper and a tentacle on each hook. After 10 minutes of nothing I brought in to rebait but found the tentacles untouched, very strange. I decided to put out the other rod with half a big squid head on a 5/0. Within 10 minutes the rod is bent over and line peeling off. A nice smooth hound was landed after chasing it down the beach a bit.
As it was getting light I had my first whiting on the flapper rig followed by a couple of dogfish. I then had a drop back on the flapper rig and assume a whiting or a dog until it started fighting. Another smooth hound and a bit bigger than the first. This was on a size one and a tiny piece of squid. I missed two more good takes on the small hooks before all went quiet at high tide and no more bites.
I finished on 2 hounds, 3 dogs and 3 whiting.
As I was packing up there was a lot of excitement from some bird watchers about a small seagull trying to eat my bait. Apparently its a Laughing Gull from America. They were gathered around where I was fishing and some had travelled from Wales just to see it.
