Town Quay 15th August 2011

scottish_and_mental · #1 08-16-2011, 12:45 PM

Decided to get out the house and head for a little session on the quay and arrived to find it pretty busy all the way along ..Reversed the car in between a family of hillbillys and a couple of older chaps

and proceeded to chuck out a sandeel / mackie wrap on one rod and black lug on the other ..
I have to point out i wasn't expecting much action as the only bait that works 99% of the time here is fresh ragworm ..

Anyways,
Said Hillbillies packed up when the rain started and handed me about a dozen nice rag and after the chinese guys with 30 rods had packed up i went over to the bin to reclaim the tub of ragworm that they had simply placed in the bin

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Fishing wise , there was a commotion to my right and looking at the bend on the rod i was convinced there was a smutt on the end so walked over to find Mr Annelli on one end of the rod and a smutt of around 7-8lb on the other - hooked on his sole rig , tiny kamasans and ragworm and 18lb mono right through

..
After climbing over ( none of us had brought a drop net ) i did my best to coerse the fish from the depths but it weighed a bloody ton and the hooklength gave way as it went mental over the edge !
Me and Mark stood there half in shock - half in amazement at the stupid fish taking the wrong bait on the wrong rod

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He then proceeded to try and snag me a live bait in the form of a pout or whiting and soon after a double shot came in ..... consisting of a slip sole and an eel

- no friggin use !.. A couple of small schoolies completed his session and he grudgingly headed home with his pal at midnight ..
I was struggling to get a bite and deployed some decent sized rag baits out towards the channel and the tiniest of tip rattles saw me curious enough t give the reel a few turns and when i felt the weight i thought small smutt pup or baby flattie .
Right untill my shockleader reached the edge the fish stayed really deep and kicked like buggery but i was soon hauling up a lovely sole of 1 lb 12 oz and blank saved - again on someone elses worms ( im getting good at this on T.Q )
After walking up and down looking for two AA batteries and chatting to one of the younger regulars i just couldnt get a damn picture so had to take one today before the fish met its fate unde the grill .

So . for you boys heading out there this weekend i would give the following advice -
most fish came within 30 foot of the pier and all fell to rag baits ..
plenty of sole about - mostly slips but the odd good specimen in between .
School bass everywhere - no smelt,no pout or whiting to be seen as was expected ..
Silver eels present as normal this time of year .
some decent smutt action still to be expected but a live bait over the edge is still the best bet to snare one of the big resident bass from under your feet

( pic to follow )

Steve

matty198111 · #2 08-16-2011, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by scottish_and_mental

Decided to get out the house and head for a little session on the quay and arrived to find it pretty busy all the way along ..Reversed the car in between a family of hillbillys and a couple of older chaps

and proceeded to chuck out a sandeel / mackie wrap on one rod and black lug on the other ..
I have to point out i wasn't expecting much action as the only bait that works 99% of the time here is fresh ragworm ..

Anyways,
Said Hillbillies packed up when the rain started and handed me about a dozen nice rag and after the chinese guys with 30 rods had packed up i went over to the bin to reclaim the tub of ragworm that they had simply placed in the bin

-

Fishing wise , there was a commotion to my right and looking at the bend on the rod i was convinced there was a smutt on the end so walked over to find Mr Annelli on one end of the rod and a smutt of around 7-8lb on the other - hooked on his sole rig , tiny kamasans and ragworm and 18lb mono right through

..
After climbing over ( none of us had brought a drop net ) i did my best to coerse the fish from the depths but it weighed a bloody ton and the hooklength gave way as it went mental over the edge !
Me and Mark stood there half in shock - half in amazement at the stupid fish taking the wrong bait on the wrong rod

.
He then proceeded to try and snag me a live bait in the form of a pout or whiting and soon after a double shot came in ..... consisting of a slip sole and an eel

- no friggin use !.. A couple of small schoolies completed his session and he grudgingly headed home with his pal at midnight ..
I was struggling to get a bite and deployed some decent sized rag baits out towards the channel and the tiniest of tip rattles saw me curious enough t give the reel a few turns and when i felt the weight i thought small smutt pup or baby flattie .
Right untill my shockleader reached the edge the fish stayed really deep and kicked like buggery but i was soon hauling up a lovely sole of 1 lb 12 oz and blank saved - again on someone elses worms ( im getting good at this on T.Q )
After walking up and down looking for two AA batteries and chatting to one of the younger regulars i just couldnt get a damn picture so had to take one today before the fish met its fate unde the grill .

So . for you boys heading out there this weekend i would give the following advice -
most fish came within 30 foot of the pier and all fell to rag baits ..
plenty of sole about - mostly slips but the odd good specimen in between .
School bass everywhere - no smelt,no pout or whiting to be seen as was expected ..
Silver eels present as normal this time of year .
some decent smutt action still to be expected but a live bait over the edge is still the best bet to snare one of the big resident bass from under your feet

( pic to follow )

Steve

dont belive it i was there aswell i guess u were the one with the tripod.

i should have said hello but didnt realise u were there till we were going home at about 11, and yeah that family of hill billies were a right pain in the AR5E lol
i was fishing just the other side of them.

next time i wont be so argant and i will say hi

matty198111 · #3 08-16-2011, 01:30 PM

also mate what is the best live bait to use for the basss

scottish_and_mental · #4 08-16-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by matty198111

also mate what is the best live bait to use for the basss

yep tripod and silver motor lol

you need to use small worm baits and try to hook a pouting or small whiting 6-8 inches long and hook it through the mush so the point comes out the top ..
Im going down again tonite with a few other boys if you can get out the house

Steve

Rob M · #5 08-16-2011, 01:54 PM

Well done mate and I bet that Sole tasted nice!

scottish_and_mental · #6 08-16-2011, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob M

Well done mate and I bet that Sole tasted nice!

the Missus has dibs on that mate . i got lamb steaks

cant remember catching any fkn lambs lately

matty198111 · #7 08-16-2011, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by scottish_and_mental

yep tripod and silver motor lol

you need to use small worm baits and try to hook a pouting or small whiting 6-8 inches long and hook it through the mush so the point comes out the top ..
Im going down again tonite with a few other boys if you can get out the house

Steve

i would do mate but i havnt got any worms but im going frida and saturday