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R D
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flocks of birds

#1 Post by R D »

I was looking over the sea yesterday and i saw a big flock of birds about 100 yards out so i thought to myself they could be after sprats and that means theres mackeral! so i ran and got the spinning rod and feathers and i ran down to the beach but i could only get aout about fifty yards and i got nothing i've never seen so many birds diving on this beach and i've never caught a mackeral on this beach either so i was just wondering would it of been sprats out there? and would there of been mack out their to?
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#2 Post by wilky83 »

Sandeel i would think there everywhere i was fishing this morning and some guy was diving and he said there were clouds of them about :shock:
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#3 Post by Tommy B »

Sandeel alright seen them myself the other night all over the place.
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Re: flocks of birds

#4 Post by R D »

ok thanks for the replys lads :D i'd love to get my hands on few of them there handy to bring down for a doggie or a ray sessoin. I was thinking of getting a 30ft net for them do you think that 10mm would be too big??
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species 2011; dab, flounder, coalfish, whiting, sea trout!, 3 beard rockling, plaice, shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, smoothhound, dogfish, bass, twaite shad, pollack, mackeral, horse mackeral,

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