It’s been a while since I posted a report, a combination of fewer saltwater trips than usual and mediocre results.
I had intended trying for a thornback before the cold weather kicks in properly but as I parked at my spot I was right on cue to see a small boat drop a line of pots parallel to the shore and within casting range right where I had hoped to set up. Off to the Plan B mark to try for a few flounder. Half way on the walk to the mark I suddenly realised I had forgotten my tripod, as in “left it at home”. Back to the car and off to the Plan C mark, a pier where I could prop up the rods against the wall. On the plus side I could fish out of the car in comfort should the weather turn bad, free lighting too!
Two rods set up with 2 and 3 hook flappers baited with mackerel strip, sandeel and prawn were soon out on the sand hoping for a few flatties with the risk of small coalies and whiting after dusk. It wasn’t too long before a rod started nodding and a dogfish made the transition from liquid to gas; a quick mugshot and it was soon back home. This was the start of a succession of doggies which came in ones, twos and threes steadily through the session including one with a chunk of tail missing. One surprise was a doggie and late-season mackerel double. This mackerel would replace the one taken from the freezer this morning; put and take mackerel fishing. A slight lull in the doggy parade allowed a few pin whiting to strip and occasionally engulf the baits but the doggies soon were back in earnest to bully the whiting off. I ended up with a total of twenty one doggies, a few pin whiting, one mackerel and, surprisingly, no small coalies; all that lovely clean sand and not a single flattie. Not a spectacular night but certainly a busy one.
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