Friday 16 May 2014

And so it begins...


Fishing the past few weeks has been awesome to say the least. Tides the past few days have been perfect for the bass whilst the smaller ones beforehand were great for some daytime action with the wrasse. There's even been the opportunity to get out and bag a dinner fish or two to accompany the abundance of salad and veg coming from the garden at the moment.



As the month began I was determined to venture out just to get the lure bag organised. I've still been carrying too much plastic so in an attempt to thin things down I had a few sessions of quick fire action to determine which ones would be best to carry on my adventures. There's just no way of sensibly working through so many lures in one session and if anything it just confuses me. When things are slow I often go into overdrive and start frantically swapping from lure to lure in hope of finding the game changer, this never helps and I'm hoping a more slender selection will see me put in a more sensible amount of time with each lure in the water. 

Stuart and I have been focusing on the wrasse as usual in hope of bettering our personal bests, it's always a good days sport and you can rely on some stunning colours and patterns from these beautiful fish.



I defy anyone not to enjoy a day on the wrasse, especially if other target species are not playing ball and I'm always keen to encourage friends to give it a try. My good friend Dylan came down for a few days fishing and with conditions a little challenging to say the least, we opted for some shelter and got stuck in at one of my favourite rocky venues. I've been told I'm not always the most accommodating of companions at times so hats off to Dylan for putting up with me for the duration. After a quick debriefing he was perched on a rock with a box of senko's and some nose weights, it was literally minutes before he shouted over to indicate he was into his first ever lure-caught wrasse.


As I said conditions weren't the best but we nailed a few fish regardless, I'm hoping you enjoyed it Dylan and will return at some point when the weather is better!





Finally as I had mentioned earlier on this year I was hoping to focus a little more on the bass this season. That means forgetting the wrasse for the odd session and with that in mind I headed out last night for the last hours of daylight with the conditions looking perfect for my intended quarry. 
I was lucky enough to get amongst a few fairly quickly with the odd pollock getting involved in the action too. All in all a great little session and the first of many this year I hope! 





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