Not much to report so look away now if you're hoping for a thriller!
Arrived later than planned around 4pm with LW 7:45pm. I was shocked and horrified to pull in by far the biggest clump of weed I've ever hooked 1st cast. This is a bit of a puzzler to me TBH; strong offshore winds for almost 2 weeks steady yet a beach covered in weed. Anyway, hitting the hallowed 3rd breaker was simply not an option if I didn't want to watch my line swinging around 90+ degrees all night.
We resorted to fishing close, VERY close. It so happened that was where all the pin flounder were. But pin is generous TBH with only 1 counter from 6.
The weed did clear a fair bit towards LW, as did the howling wind and p1ss rain. When the moon came up we were almost tempted to stay for the flood it was such a nice night. Not so though as we'd had enough and Saturday night TV with a Chinese beckoned.
I see that there was an open match there on Sunday with equally poor results so at least I know it wasn't just us!
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Benone 1/11/14
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Benone 1/11/14
2013 species (23 shore): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, cuttlefish, silver eel, pouting, 3b & 5b rockling, white trout, salmon, whiting, LSD, ballan, corkwing & goldsinney wrasse, thornback & spotted ray, red gurnard, lesser weever, LSSS
2014 shore (27): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, silver eel, pouting, 5b rockling, whiting, LSD, GSD, tope, smoothhound, ballan&corkwing wrasse, thornback & painted ray, tub gurnard, bass, common blenny, rock goby, haddock, LSSS, poor cod
2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss
2014 shore (27): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, silver eel, pouting, 5b rockling, whiting, LSD, GSD, tope, smoothhound, ballan&corkwing wrasse, thornback & painted ray, tub gurnard, bass, common blenny, rock goby, haddock, LSSS, poor cod
2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss
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Re: Benone 1/11/14
Had a few small flatties and dog fish off it on wed evening.
Specimens come and go but the passion is for ever.
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Re: Benone 1/11/14
i know that Benone can produce a lot of good fish but you need to time it right, and with the 3w's (work,wife and wains) i dont get fishing as often or at the best times so tend to go to places i have a chance of catching at any state of tide or weather. Saying that I would love to fish Benone when the timing is right
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Re: Benone 1/11/14
If you ever find out what the right time is put a post up Martin, there are a lot of us would join you 
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Re: Benone 1/11/14
JAMMYJOEY wrote:If you ever find out what the right time is put a post up Martin, there are a lot of us would join you
Well that would mean me doing a lot more fishing
but I will work on it and maybe one day I'll crack that beach, but with the 3w's that could take a while 