Beaten by juniors again!!! Clare, July 2

People:Gabriel, Sophie & Me

Duration: 2.5 hours

Tide: rising

Weather: flat calm on the mark and super blustery winds 10 minutes away

Bait: feathers, mack, squid

Rigs: 3 hook flappers, mack rigs, and rubber lures

Results: Me 1 mackerel, Gabriel 4 Pollock 3 mackerel, Sophie 3 Pollock 1 mackerel



Report: I have to take the day off at work and try some marks that we haven't fished for a few months now. Kids are all excited cause everytime we go out fishing they have always managed to beat me. They were all geared up early in the morning and ready to go. They packed up their customized rigs from their favorite tackle shop who tought them how to fool fish and trick them into taking their bait. Off we go and drove to the mark. 3 rods were out and I had the first cast before I got snagged and lost my first rig in less than 10 minutes. Not a good sign and didn't encourage the kids to cast theirs. They opted to wait until I had my second line snagged and they suggested we move, while of course having their cheeky smiles while i setup a new one. Drove back 3 minutes away to another mark and we all cast at the same time. In less than 10 minutes Gabriel got his first Pollock and was very happy and taunting me that he got a good sized one again. Then Sofie started complaining that she thought a weed got her line cause its very heavy, only to find out that she had a bigger Pollock and you could imagine how I was being laughed at. It has been the trend for the next 2 hours when both of them are reeling in one mack and one Pollock at a time... Then I decided to use some feathers as well and got 1 mack (saved me from blanking) before we wrapped up. It was great craic and definitely will be back soon there. Kids are asking me when the next session would be. I took some pictures while driving along the coastline, I did see how different it was from our mark just 10 minutes away.

I will keep on tagging the kids them along until I finally get a bigger catch than them...

Till the next post.

Tight lines.

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go on the young ones !! well done just keep telling your dad he WILL outfish you one day and you,ll keep your chauffer

Nice pollack and great photos. Keep at it and you'll catch up with the kids sooner or later. Taunting the older crowd will keep them entertained and interested till then anyway.

nice one juniors go on keep yr dady beated in the picture below the blue rod looks very bended was the fish on while you were posing

Nice pollock!

in the picture below the blue rod looks very bended was the fish on while you were posing

Yeh true. Is that a grauvelle teknos by any chance?

That was one of my normal Pier rods... It was one of those times when it is snagged below and I prefer to get my camera and take a photo before I tried to release it.

nice pollock well done

the kids beat dad again i feel your pain wabs. when i take jordan out with me i end up just being the photographer . but it's all worth it just to see the smiles on their faces when they beat you

100% agree Al... its all worth it. Being the photographer as a happy dad when they are catching is the best feeling.