Where's the Ping when ya need him?

[BaggieRich]

Went out last night on my first trip since the Ping man did his high dive act of a six inch rock! Very odd.

Without Dave to push me along, I was even later than normal and didn't get setup until about nine.

First cast gave a familiar bite, which resulted in a decent Pout just shy of a pound. Second cast gave a familiar bite, which resulted in a decent Pout just shy of a pound. Third cast gave a familiar bite, which resulted in a decent Pout just shy of a pound. .......

...... Seventh cast gave a familiar bite, which resulted in a decent Pout just shy of a pound. This was starting to get silly, so thoughts turned to live baiting. Trouble was that all the fish were just a touch too larger for live baiting, but I did evenutally manage to get one a little smaller.

Live baiting was a disaster. The plan was to slide the bait down the main line, hopefully to get it a bit further out. First problem was than when casting the lead out, I left the mag full off and ended up with a massive birdy which meant the bait was on the beach for a full ten mins before being sent out. Second problem was that because Charmouth is so shallow, when I'd slid the bait as far as I could, it was still only in about 2 inches of water!!!

Gave up live baiting and went back to bluey fillet in the back of the surf.

Which resulted in this:





8lb on the nose. Not great photos, but at least you get a sense of scale from the fag packet! (Where's Dave when you need him??? ) Putting her back was fun! Because of the above mentioned shallow water I had to roll my trousers up and get me feet properly wet!! Ah well, getting used to that now!

Slowly packed up and got home around 2am.

Lessons learnt
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1. Live baiting in shallow water is tricky.
2. A spare pair of socks might be a good idea.
3. Fishing without yer mate is weird.

[pompy.bass.man]

nice bass baggie. your really getting lucky now with those bigguns now. i should have done that with my 10lb 11oz. scaled it up against something.
well done mate

regards

ollie

[pompy.bass.man]

oh yh, u keep him?

[fishypaul]

another good bass rich,well done mate ,

[BaggieRich]

Originally Posted by pompy.bass.man

oh yh, u keep him?

Put her back Ollie. Hence the wet feet!!

[pompy.bass.man]

lol, good for you mate. that would have fed my hole family

[cuckoo]

Cracking bass once again rich , well done mate

[Spahill]

Nice one Rich.
when you put

a decent Pout just shy of a pound.

for the third time I guessed the venue.
If you keep catching those big bass you will have to take up smoking large cigars to give a better idea of scale.

[bk17]

nice bass rich

[pingu]

kin ell
the purple patch continues
well done m8
are you going to tell the father in law you put another biggie back

dave