Duration: 8.00 pm - Midnight
Tide: HW at 11.30
Weather: LIght easterly wind, mild, mostly dry, with light sprinkling of rain for half an hour
Bait: lugworm, sandeel, squid, mackerel
Rigs: size 1, 1/0. 2/0 two and three hook flappers
Results: 2 dogfish, 1 three bearded rockling
Report: Since the bass ban rather than fishing I spent a bit of time last week roaming around the coast checking out potential marks. On Sunday evening I discovered one that looked promising, a bit of sand with low cliffs on either side. So on Tuesday night the urge to go fishing got too great to resist so I headed out there.
The sea was quite calm and there was just a very light eastern breeze. I had a couple of missed bites and something was eating my bait - it did not look like crab terrain so I presume small fish were pulling the bait off the hooks.
Eventually after dark I got the first dogfish in close - on size 1 hook baited with lugworm and tipped with a small slice of sandeel. It was about 60 cm.
Maybe 40 minutes later I got the second dogfish on sandeel. I think it was the same one - about the same size and colouring.
I had another bite in close, good pull on the line - but the line snapped at the knot on the clip. It was probably another dogfish.
About 11.30 pm I got a knock on the rod that was cast at distance - at first I thought it was another missed bite but when I reeled it in I discovered that there was a three bearded rockling on the line, about 28 cm. A new species for me
I fished for another half hour - had one more missed bite and decided to pack up at Midnight.
I will have to return to this mark. I think it could fish well under the right conditions. There is probably a good chance of pollock and wrasse off the rocks too.
