| #1  07-08-2011, 05:35 AM | ||||
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| Last day of Summer Monday saw the last of the good weather, so I took advantage and fished the tide down for longer than was neccesary. The Short arm was busy with mackeralers stocking up, but I managed to slot in on the rocks. Armed with my favourite new toy (ugly stick spinning rod), a selection of wedges/spoons/plugs and a carp rod for some light bottom work. As usual you don't catch as many with a spinner, but it is a lot more fun. After catching 2 I had enough bait for today & put them in the coolbag with the emegency frozen mack pack. Chucked out a 1up 1 down & waited for bites in the sunshine. It was slow but eventually I had a knock & caught a wrasse  A little later as the tide receeded and the other anglers departed I had a third mack on the bottom hook baited with worm (couldn't get a touch on the fresh mack). A Glorious day in the sun. Tuesday saw me trade in the smelly old blue fishing wagon and get a slightly newer, less smelly, more fuel efficient, green diesel. Wednesday, thank god for the Tour de France, emptied my rain measuring bucket of 3 inches in a day & a half. Remebered my frozen mack pack was still in fishing bag, poopped it in the freezer. Thursday, have to fish as K had a 4 hour shift.... removed smelly, stinky mack & a good pack from the freezer & set off for shorty expecting to get soaked in my leaky floaty. Sun shone for all 3 hours, wind blew for all 3 hours, but I was sheltered by a wall and manged to get a float & a bottom rig in the mucky brown water, coloured by all the rain up my valley. only 1 bite and that was on the stinky mack attached to a 3/0 circle on the float. What fish is silly enough to eat this????? A forum record silver eel of 6.5oz, get your scales out & start weighing your fish folks, this is a tiddler!  As we are not allowed to catch these he went back happily, though possibly with indigestion. More points for the hunt  Friday - today - more liquid sunshine. Pingu. What coulor is your Jonah car? Note I caught a green fish first with my green car. If yours is Sheilas wheels pink then you may be in trouble  __________________ Spahill <:--- --- --- --- It was this big --- --- --- ---:>     |
| #2 07-08-2011, 11:41 AM | ||||
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| Re: Last day of Summer nice report paul and its blue which will hamper things a tad as blue shark and marlin are tricky from east devon shores   dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #3 07-08-2011, 04:06 PM | ||||
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| Re: Last day of Summer Nice fishing Paul......  __________________ Mike.. Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but footprints, Kill nothing but time Mike`s Fishing Photo Gallery |
