Picking Nick up at 6.30pm Friday we were set up at Atherfield by 7pm. A known mark for Bass and conger I was going to be using big baits all night.
Took the usual photos of the beach and glorious sunset for what hopefully would be a fish filled report.
As the sun set and dusk fell I get the first interest, a couple of rattles on the head and half the body of a Bluey, then the rod flies round and I strike, didn't even feel the fish, how it wasn't hooked I'll never know, but it was a good start.
Unfortunetly that was it, little interest after that just the odd pout rattle, and even worse I was hitting every snag out there. getting snagged and losing gear every cast. By 2.30am I'd had enough I'd not had a bite for hours and not brought a rig back intact for the same amount of time, despite moving up the beach. Nick had managed 1 pout, so we called it a night.
The winds are forecast westerly for the week so hopefully the fishing will improve, can't get much worse.
Took the usual photos of the beach and glorious sunset for what hopefully would be a fish filled report.
As the sun set and dusk fell I get the first interest, a couple of rattles on the head and half the body of a Bluey, then the rod flies round and I strike, didn't even feel the fish, how it wasn't hooked I'll never know, but it was a good start.
Unfortunetly that was it, little interest after that just the odd pout rattle, and even worse I was hitting every snag out there. getting snagged and losing gear every cast. By 2.30am I'd had enough I'd not had a bite for hours and not brought a rig back intact for the same amount of time, despite moving up the beach. Nick had managed 1 pout, so we called it a night.
The winds are forecast westerly for the week so hopefully the fishing will improve, can't get much worse.
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