today

[Ben]

me, brett and rob fished hayling island today over low water from 8 till 3ish, rob is still there now but i had work

started off with lots of bites, favoured baits being ragworm and freshly collected slipper limpits
rigs being pennels, 2/3 hook flappers, pully rigs and boom rigs
after a while of missed bites the first and only fish of the day came to the shore
a lovely looking weaver fish (we think) cause by me on a 2 hook boom rig with ragworm and slipper limpit

whatever it was i wasnt gonna touch it so out came the knife and away went the fish, hook and all
bites started to dry up the higher the tide got, we decided to move along the beach slighty further to fish into a deep very fast flowing channel (5oz grip leaders were having problems)
no joy there so me n brett packed up and went home
rob as far as i know is still there now
a fun day although more fish would have been nice

[John Marshall]

Good pic Ben, pity about the fishing........next time

[audiracer]

good luck rob, hope the few extra hours pay off for you

[Hooker]

gd 1 ben, i think thats a rock goby, or a goby of sumkind, iv had them down the wall in dartmuf b4

[Rob M]

Yep, I stayed on until it got dark, but still no luck. Oh well. It was a pleasure to fish with Ben and Brett though, must do it again soon fellas

Cheers
Rob

[kiwimarty]

Hi guys,

This is what I call, and others like it, a rock blenny. I think people use different names for the same type of fish. It is not a common weaver fish because it lacks the spines on the tips of the gill covers and the tell tail spine on the dorsel fin.

Kiwi.

[Ben]

well i wasnt gonna risk it anyway
shame you didnt get anything else mate, did you move at all or stay put, i look forward to meeting you again, maybe night this time

[Hooker]

i thought it was a goby of sumkind, wasnt sure which one tho :)

[Ben]

i have a pic from above to, the underside was greem fading through to yellow/white

[Norfolkboy]

Nice looking fish, not a weever though. Well done