Full moon suprise

Davey · #1 10-24-2010, 09:00 AM

I've been chasing a conger for the last few weeks, with little success, just a few runs. With a full moon this weekend I decided to give it a miss so armed with Lugworm and Squid, Friday I went to Fort Vic in search of a cod. I was set up by 6pm, there was a strong South westerlie blowing along the beach. By 10.30pm all I'd had were a couple of pout bites, so decided to move to Gurnard for a sole, by 1am I'd had nothing not even a nibble, so called it a night.
Saturday the Island forum was holding a comp at Yaverland, and decided to go.
Yaverland is a shallow sandy beach and with a big bight moon overhead, I thought this comp would be won by a few pout, so one rod went out at the start with a 2 hook flapper and a mixture of rag and lug the other was clip down and sandeel, being the eternal optimist I was hoping for a ray.
Well first knock was an undersized Pout an hour later I followed this with one just in size, but bites were few and far between. By 11.15pm with 3/4 hour left of the comp I'd still only had the one in size Pout and the bloke next to me had weighed a few in.
All of a sudden I had a cracking pull round on the sandeel, I picked the rod up and it went again, I was into a good fish, there was some large surf by now so I took it easy playing the fish, using the waves to help me in with the fish, which was putting up a good fight in the shallow water, Finally I landed this small eyed Ray of 6lb exactly.

Well the comp ended at midnight without any further fish, but thanks to the ray I took first place.
Oh well I suppose its back to the conger hunt next week.

Dubbed Squirrel · #2 10-24-2010, 09:19 AM

Well done Davey and congrats on winning the comp

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Peter

BaggieRich · #3 10-24-2010, 09:20 AM

Well done Davey.... If it hadn't been for the optimistic sand eel rod, you'd never have won the comp! Just goes to prove that if you don't believe it will happen, then it certainly won't!