Bass-less again......

Well ..went to a spot i know and just before the 4meter tide turned to go out of the harbour, i set up and fished hard.
The bait fish were getting swept out with the tide and the terns and gulls were feasting on them.
But again, not a sign of MR. Labrax.
I had a text from K2 ...he was out early that morn with fresh clam over another favourite spot and not a bite....
Poor i thought, the conditions were good...but I'm sure they were jumping on to someone else hooks somewhere in the harbour??

Pollack on a jelly slug type thing....

Same same...

selection of lures and jelly's

This one took the polack...

Dark now on the rocks and in deep water.. i wear a PFD....and head torch...

Cant see much now so off home i think....carefully!

sept blues..but the Macks are finally breaking and there were sprat!

well it was beautifull tonight ... sun sea and mack breaking...sprat under the yak (spot them in one of the photo's)...and apart from a very hungry mack... nothing!
Now the lures and jellies i used are for Bass..so i didnt want macks.. but i sure thought they would be under the breaks???
Thats fishing....a great night on the water... sorry about the Russian on the radio, but a very large ship in!!

tough times..

Out tonight from shore with my fly rod and it was very windy.
The sea was like coco close to the shoreline and my fly was not visible in six inches of water... looks like the bait i collected last week may be used sooner rather than later....

The Day After.

The next day after my last post i went for a drive with the clan and ended up in a spot near where i was fishing the previous day.
The sea conditions were... well... a little different...
Now bear in mind that video never does the waves justice!

I did it again!

I begged and got down on my knee's like the sniveling little girl i am and begged for a free pass...
The paperwork got stamped and off i went...
Put on a sand eel pattern (Andy again) and trolled to my mark......
3 other bass swam with this one while playing it, but i only got a single mack later....
still a happy chappy..
tested the repair in me dry suit too and a result!!
cider and ribs now!



time for a pee...

i burst my butt trying....

The fly from chasing silver...trolled on a floating line..

Well ...I did it ...

This is one of the flies from Chasing Silver which did the biz for me on two of the Bass.
A flat wing.

Trolling seemed to be the method that worked .. over shallow weedy ground. A rio floating fly line with 10lb drennan leader 10ft. long.

Happy to go back to fight again

Nice!

Chasing silver fly...

Again....



lovely evening...


lots of craft on the water

this one took a clouser...

lovely fish....

Not catching much.. with a twist....

well... i have been out twice from the shore and once from the yak, since Emily caught her Bass.
The first shore trip had lure and fly, and i had so many follows i lost count.
I tried every trick i know...(except bait) and they would not take.
The second shore trip was fly only... floating and sinking line and, for August, the water was like a desert... lifeless....no joy....
The last trip, was from kayak and using feathers and lure, i caught Mack's and Pollack...nothing unusual in size, but my "Big" lures failed to connect to a Bass.

SO!

Im out tomorrow night with the fly rod off the yak... SouthEasterly winds dont sound good, but, i will give it a bash.........
wish me luck.. i need a fix!

Think...they look like this...not sure...

aaaagghhhh!!!

Emily's first Bass.

Well... we went for mack's... but she caught something bigger..... 6lb line and a very small lure.....i only helped at the last min.
It was a close run thing... but she did it!!

















WHAT HAVE I STARTED??? :>)

(edit...the Elvis Sunny's are NOT mine!)