People: Me
Duration: 4.00 - 8.00 pm
Tide: HW at 6.15 pm
Weather: Glorious sunny afternoon, light southerly wind
Bait: rag, razor, mackerel, sandeel
Rigs: 3/0 pennel, 1/0 pennel, two hook flapper (size 3/0), three hook flapper (size 1)
Results: 1 bass, 1 flounder
Report: Having heard severe weather warning on the radio earlier in the morning I was hesistant about going out at all. There was a bit of rain around lunch time. But the afternoon seem OK - got to the beach - blue sky out to sea with just a few clouds :shock: :shock: In fact it was sunny all day - maybe there was ten minutes when the sun was behind a cloud.
There was a good surf rolling in and the beach was almost weed free.
I set up two rods with rag and razor and cast out. After about 3/4 of an hour I put the size 1 three hook flapper on a shorter rod and cast in into the suds hoping for flounder. About 30 minutes later there was a strong knock on the shorter rod - I had a bite - it was putting up a bit of a fight - I was thinking big flounder - but then got a pleasent surprise as I hauled a bass out of the surf :lol: :lol: :lol: It was 51 cm and weighed just over 3 lbs. Taken on rag.
Later there was a small tap on the same rod - I started to retrieve and thought it was a missed bite but at the end of the trace was a tiny flounder - about the smallest I have ever caught, less than 20 cm.
There were no more bites after that. The other two rods were untouched.
But I was happy - that was my first bass since the end of the ban - I was almost ready to give up on that beach, it was good in April but since then all I had managed to catch there had been dogfish and the odd flounder.
And it turned out to be a glorious day not what I was expecting at all.
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