Popping your cherry bigtime in the mud

[pingu]

Or maybethread should be titled

just happy as a pig in sh*t

BTW get a coffee this is a long one but I just don’t care as still smileing

Well as planned trips go I had planned last night almost too much

As many know I have been wanting and trying to pop my conger and thornie cherry for a good while, and too this end I have travelled from brixham, to salcombe estuary , lilstock, putsbrough and even climbed breandown .

Now the assault was going to be on Burnham on mud, to be exact The Lower Light
Hers a stock picture of lighthouse as was too dark when we got there ( odd building though)



I have followed alot of reports for here on several forums and noticed a pattern about the neaptides here and last night was the night

During the day things weren’t going quite as planned though

The tackle shop had no worm ( well if the conger weren’t playing something else might) then Rich rings that he may have to cut evening short due to work, and I really didn’t fancy a totally new venue on own

BUT!!!!!!

In end at 5,10pm I got a call from Exmouth tackle shop and he’s got worm ( that’s real service thanks rob you’re a star !!!!!!!!) then Rich’s work has changed and its game on as well

So after a good start by team speckled hen , off from exmouth at 7.30 at 8.30 we are looking at this sign and wondering how true it is



Luckily I had been seriously warned and was wearing thigh waders( thank god as thing would have lost normal wellies)

So we struck out to the lower light and started finding the mud, then turned left slipped and sloshed our way down accross the beach until eventually finding the waters edge

Setting up in this liquid slurry was sooo nice



Well to say the fishing was slow at this point was an understatement and apart from 2 tint whiting on a size 4 rig ( hunting sole/anything as was so quiet), we relented and soon found the mud was good for keeping beer stable and cool though



The tide seemed to turn early and we were being pushed back up quite steadily

Rich was getting quite despondant and we were ½ considering calling it quits when he got a shock as he reeled in to rebait and found his conger cherry was popped with this



So fishing started up again in earnest and 20 minutes later I notice my right hand rod tip bounce up and there was a serious weight on the end
A 5 min struggle against the current and bang goes my thornie cherry



Spikey wee devil as well


At 9lb 14oz I was well chuffed

found out today is only 6oz off club record !!! next time lol

After returning I threw out the whole rig and bait as seemed hardly touched and 5 mins later the rod goes mental again
This time its another good fight and bend in the rod and another cheery popped with this conger



Not bad 2 fish on 1 bait

We did try to weigh him as sure this would have been my first double figure seafish but in the struggle the digiscales ended up in the mud so that idea was stuffed but I was chuffed

Then I lost another in what must be the only snag on the beach( an old boat engine that we walked past earlier and I stupidly cast over ) then again the other rod went and another conger for me



You can see the state I got in with the first one now with all that mud

The tide was really really pushing hard now and we were both struggling with footings as the mud was getting sloppier and sloppier so we called it a day at 2.15am
I’m sure the fishing was really going to kick of but we were both knackered after this draining mud

All my 3 ( proper ) fish were on whole squid 3/0 pennel Rich’s was on sandeel

Good run home saw us back at 3.30

Got up this morning to sort all the gear out and god it looks bad in the cold light of day


But I don’t care was a top night
With 3 cherries popped


I must say a massive thanks both to Rich for sticking with my seeminly stupid plan of wallowing about in the mud

And also to a guy known only to me as Basspopper for some top top info on the area, virtual beers to you both

Cheers

dave

i think we shall return but not just yet

[Spahill]

Well done Dave & Rich, some lovely fish.
Very brave of you to try somewhere that muddy for the first time in the dark.

[mithrandir]

Smashing report and well done on those cherries.

[cuckoo]

Excellent report dave , and truely rewarded for the fishing conditions

[Twiddler]

Goooorrrrrr I didn't know you were that kinky and well in to your mud wrestling my Dear, a very well done to both of you and to Dave for popping his cherries

[fishypaul]

very well done both of you,glad your cherry has been popped,
love the pics mate,does the mud smell as bad as it looks


btw, whats the next cherry mate ?

[Norfolkboy]

Well done guys! Awesome session

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Fab mate well made up for you

[eddie]

nice one pingu,as for the mud getting sloppier,thats because when the tide is flooding in the water may be 20ft in front by sight but it will also be seeping through the mud your standing on....hence the sign as in places it will turn to quick sand,nice fish m8,well done

[pingu]

cheers all for the replies
really was a team effort and couldnt do without the baggie one( who hopefully will be back on line at home soon)

as for the sand yes eddie we met some of that sinking sand on way back ( luckily the lighter one[baggie] was in front ) so i was fore warned