Sea Fishing by daveonawave

It's been a while you know, I have not been fishing for almost a month! Why? Well there are a number of reasons, weather, responsibilities, price of bait.....I could go on......but the main reason it was just not worth it. This winter has been what us anglers call 'Pants'. Not even the 'Swansea bay trout' (doggies to me and you) have been showing. This time of the year we are normally complaining about catching them!


My last few sessions have been catching baby whiting on the West pier or Knab Rock; not the most serene locations but the most suitable giving the harsh winter conditions we have been facing.


Spring is on its way, we have had a few days of sun and the catch reports have been improving; there’s even been a few bass caught. It was time to get out. Time to get out fishing! Not just dangling some fish strips of a pier wall but to get out real fishing. You may have heard the phrase 'fishing is good for the soul', it's true, but some forms of fishing are better than others. The best type is also the purest type; surf fishing. The feeling of being stood in the surf on a deserted 'storm beach' rod in hand and facing all nature has to throw at you is immense! If you catch something it’s even better. Your lungs are filled with ozone, you can fell the power of the tide, your ears are alive with the sound of the crashing waves. You are a mere speck on the beach but hold your destiny in your hands. You face nature full on; it’s not for all but its part of me.


I had decided on Cefn Sidan, Wales’s premier storm beach. I had packed light ready for the walk. I had my beach caster, a couple of 4oz leads, a couple of Wessex rigs and some maddies 'mud worm' and razor clams for bait. I arrived at the beach at dusk and it was deserted. *mile of empty sands. It was cold but pleasant, only a slight SW breeze. It had been blowing hard for a few days so there was plenty of surf and a colour to the water, Things were looking good.


Now for the down side, fishing was slow and I only had a few bites. I did however have a good take which ended in me landing a 2lbs flounder, Result.

Well that was Louises tea sorted. Next time it's a Bass!

I'll make this one quick, I fished West pier Swansea last night with Mike from work. It was a nice little session with both of us catching a few fish. I had about 10 whiting and about half of them were insize. Mike thought he was in to the fish of the day when he had a good bend on his rod, but what did he catch?

This story is true and happened at the beginning of December last year. George was 70 years old he loved his sea fishing and had built up a great collection of gear. He came home and realised his garage was slightly open. On going in he saw a thief trying to steal his beloved gear he shouted a challenge and was assaulted by the burglar who then picked up what was lying around and started to beat George to a pulp, he broke both his wrists and numerous other bones. The thief then laid in with his feet, 70 year old George was down on the floor by now and fighting for his life as the kicks rained in. Not satisfied with this the burglar picked up a Stanley knife and tried to cut George's throat, severing minor veins. Andy was in intensive care for a couple of weeks but sadly died on the 21 of December 2008.

What’s this got to do with this blog then? Well as most of you know I am a member of a sea fishing forum www.worldseafishing.com. The members of the forum decided to start an appeal for George and his family whilst he was in hospital.

The South Wales section of the forum decided to hold a memorial meet to raise money and show our support for such a worthy cause.

The meet took place at Oxwich on the 18 Jan 2009. It was a misty 8:00am start but nearly 30 anglers turned up. We set up on the beach starting at the slip way and spreading out along the beach.

Fishing was slow, very slow. Only 2 fish were landed! a dab and a flounder. Why so poor? well things weren’t helped by the hoards of surfers who turned up!

There were 'millions' of them, they came from all over and didn't show much regard for other beach users. Check out this fella comming into range.

Unfortunatly we were fishing 'catch and release' on surfers so if I did manage to get him in I would of have to release him unharmed. We stopped the fishing early due to the surfers putting them selves in danger, and got on with the raffle. Lots of prizes had been donated and even I had managed to get rid of my german 'Christmas wine'. Karen came up trumps and won the top prize....a lttle knitted fisherman. LOL

And heres a shot of the group. Quite a few had already left but these are the hard core!

All in not a bad little morning session. Shame the fish never turned up and shame the surfers did but hey, thats fishing for you. We raised a few hundred quid that day which went into the total forum appeal bucket which came to about £4200. Well done to all involved I say! George Thornleys family have heard about the meets and fundrasiers we have been doing and I'm sure it has but a bit of faith back in there lives. Their wishes were for the monies to go to a few different charities icluding the RNLI, this has now been done.

I managed to get out for a few hours last night and fished the 'Itchy Pussy, before you ask its a mark at Knab Rock next to a boat called the 'Itchy Pussy'. Im sure the owners were going to call her thrush but had a change of heart.

Anyway, back to the fishing. After a month of high pressure, weak easterly winds and gerenral poor fishing my 'pecker was up'.  Why? The barometer had dropped (not litterly obviously, its still safley naiel to the wall!), Wales was covered by an area of low pressure and a blanket of cloud. There had been strong westerly winds and coupled with the spring tides I was sure that the sea would have been suitably stired up and I was confident that the fishes would be comming out to play.

I raided my freezer and came up with some mackeral and some calamari (squid to you and me). I arrived at Knab Rock at about 6 pm and was supprised to see only a handfull of anglers there and no one at my favorite spot. I unpacked my tackle and set up next to the 'Itchy Pussy' (sorry had to get that in again)

I fished two rods, one in close and one as far as I could cast. Both were baited with chunks of mackie tipped of with some cunningly sliced squid strip. Why cunning you ask? well I fray the end of the strip into rally thin strips to add moevment to the bait and attract the fish. See, I told you it was cunning.

"Im not going to lie to you" the fishing was slow and all I had to show for my evenings efforts were a couple of whitting, one little fella and one just in size. I packed up at 9.30 and called it a day. The weather had been kind, the fishing was easy and I even had a chat with a Spanish couple about 'sea foxes' but I shall save that one for another day.

Tight lines and hope you catch a biggy!

2008 is the year when I think I have changed from a dangler into an angler! I have gained a better understanding of the tides, weather, rigs and baits ect... I have explored new venues; 13 different ones in 2008. I think I have a fair understanding of where fishes best and under what conditions; but that does not mean I catch all the time! I was lucky enough to get out fishing 28 times last year, caught 19 different species and blanked (did not catch) 7 times. I caught some good fish too, rays to 7lbs and smooth hounds to 6llbs. With the state of shore fishing in the UK now as it is I don?t think that?s a bad 'score'.

I even ventured out on a boat! I arranged a works sports and social trip out on the Seren y Mor, it was a great day out and we all caught plenty of fish. (see my Seren y Mor blog)

I tried my hand at 'fluff chucking' that's fly fishing to you and me. I caught a couple of beauties too (check out my blog fly fishing by JR daveonawave).

I met some fellow anglers and attended a few 'meets' , the best of which was a charity meet down Llangenith beach in the summer . Beautiful weather, stunning location, good banter and good fishing as well. I caught 5 Golden Grey mullet in the surf; pound for pound they must be one of the best fighting fish in the sea.

I fished in some awe inspiring places, everywhere from Ogmore to Porth Clais. The Welsh coast must be one of the greatest coast lines in the world. Most of us don't realise how lucky we are, I urge you all to get out there even if it's just for a walk.

I have even got the kids 'hooked'. I took my eldest two Lewis and Harley fishing; they even managed to catch a few!

So what next, where will I go and what will I catch? I will try and improve my knowledge, try and catch new species and even target bigger and better fish. I will hopefully visit new venues and try out new tactics but most of all I will have fun. I will enjoy my hobby, I will respect my environment and I will try and pass on what I have learned to as many as I can to promote sea angling as a hobby, a pastime or indeed a sport. This is one of the main reasons for this website, it's to share my knowledge with you all, to help or inspire those who want to get out there to catch a few fish or just to amuse the armchair anglers out there who like to see where I have been.

Tight lines to you all and lets hope for a great new year.

Dave.

Ok I admit it, I've been a bit slack on my blog recently I have not been keeping you all up to date with my fishing adventures. I do however post my fishing reports on another website but they are shorter and not so good but they will give you an idea of what I have been up to. I have copied my last few reports and paste them here for your info:

01 01 09 ? Ogmore Shingle Beach.

How cold was it?

It was bl**dy cold! I tried defrosting my bait (cuttle and squid) in a bucket with a little sea water in it, waited ten minuets and what did I have?  I had a Cephalopod slush puppy!

I decided to try out my Christmas gear (Apollo Bib n Brace, Titan smock and Mti tripod) with a little session down Ogmore shingle. Not a touch, first blank of the year!

I fished big baits on one rod and small rag worm baits on the other. Not a touch on either, got tired of cleaning washed out bait of the hooks.

The car park was busy though, plenty of boy racers trying out there new toys, stereos, flashing lights, laser pens they had it all.

Oh well, I suppose I got the first blank out of the way. Next time I tell you..... Next time.

3 12 08 ? Ogmore Deeps

Fished the deeps this evening and it was a bit poor. I set of full of hope, preparing myself to battle with a conger or cod. I had lug, sand eel, Mackie, squid and lug. I got there about 6.15. The evening started of promising enough with a little whiting first cast then that was it. I had a few more bites but no more fish (not even a doggie).

I lost 4 rigs which is odd because last time I fished the same spot I lost none. Things were starting to get a bit hairy just before high. Waves were breaking up against the ledge. They weren't coming over but you would have a soaking if you were near the edge. At 9.pm I decided to be safe rather than sorry, plus the fishing was poor so I left.

On the bright side the majority of my bait is still frozen so it will keep for next time. And I didn't blank.

27 11 08-  Oxwich Beach

Fished Oxwich beach this evening and had a short but busy session.

I arrived at about 4pm and my way down to the beach. There were two other anglers down there already. They were of here but I did not catch their names, nice to meet you anyway.

I set up opposite the beach shop thingy (not far from the slip), baits were lug and mackie. I fished my usual 2 rods, my beach caster and my bass rod. I used 2 hook (size 1) dropper rigs on both with some bling on one of the snoods and none on the other (on each rig) to add more evidence to the eternal 'to bling or not to bling' debate.

First cast I was in to a nice little whiting on my bass rod. Then another, then another you get the picture. It was a fish a cast, nothing big but I did have a few keepers. As well as the whiting I landed to doggies and a poor cod. Bait of choice was defiantly mackie strip although a couple of the whiting fancied the lug.

The flatties decided to stay away but in total I landed about a dozen or so whiting a couple of good size doggies and a poor cod. I only fished till 7 so I did quite well I think. Nice weather, flask of hot chocolate, comfy seat and a few fish. Can?t be bad.

20 11 08 - Oxwich Beach

Had a nice session on Oxwich beach last night. Got there about 6.20 and met Herbie of here (nice to meet you Justin). Herbie went of along the beach while I waited for a mate to arrive.

I started fishing about 7, I just followed the slip down until I met the water. Baits used were lug, maddies and Mackie.

First cast and a tidy sole was landed, it took the lug bait. I kept this for the pot (it was about 30cm long).

Another couple of casts later then a poor cod, then a pouting. Things were looking up. A couple more casts and then a surprise little bass, a tiny little fella but good to see (also on lug). Another cast and a tidy size dab. I was expecting the dabs to come in thick and fast so I let this one go. Typical, no more dabs were landed!

The whiting started biting at around 9ish (just as predicted) they were taken on lug or mackie. They were all small but at least they give a good bite.

About an hour before high fishing went slow, I finished the session with a tiny little flounder (taken on maddies).

Lovely night to be out, Oxwich has to be one of my fav marks. I landed about 15 fish in total (took 1 sole for the wife?s tea) and 7 different species. So even though they were small a good session it was.

Had a pass for a few hours last night. Kids were going down the outlaws so I thought I would go and drown some worms.

Wanted somewhere easy and somewhere where I could catch a fish or two so knab rock it was. I was chancing my luck on bait as I did not get to Rogers until 6.15 and they were still open. Fab. A couple of quid of lug and a pack of mackie would see me through the evening.

Got to Knab rock at about 6.40 and it was busy so the George it was. Parked up and set up just by the wall, its a nice easy spot and a handy side wall to put your bait on etc..

A few more anglers turned up but plenty of space. Not a bite till 7.40 and then the whiting started coming thick and fast. Most of the fish came to Mackie strip but a few liked the worm.

Packed up before 10 had about 15 or so whiting all between 6 and 10 inches and a couple of poor cod. All in not a bad little session, it was nice to see the rod tips wiggling again.

09 10 08 ? Ogmore Deeps

Went to the Deeps last night for the first time. What a lovely mark it is, easy to get to and good comfy fishing. I arrived at around 4.30pm and stayed till 9.30pm. Fished two rods one with big squid, mackie or sand eel baits and the other with a 3 hook flapper with rag, mackie or squid strips. Not a bite!!!!!! the crabs were out in force though, bait came back stripped every time. Even whole squid bound in elastic came back bare after about 15mins.

There were other anglers there but I didn't see much caught, only a few very small whiting.

Despite the blank, I loved the place and will be back. Also I must comment on how clean the place was. You hear so much about anglers leaving bait wrappers and rubbish around but fair do's to you all that fish there, all I saw last night was the odd bottle of Stella, but that could have came from anywhere. Keep up the good work and keep taking your rubbish home

For a while now I have been wanting to get out fishing on a boat. It?s all very well exploring the rocky marks of Gower, walking miles of golden sands on our wonderful beaches and putting up with the urine stench of our many breakwaters but sometimes I just want to catch a decent fish. A fish that could put a bend in my rod, a fish that is almost impossible to get from our shore marks; a boat trip was needed!

I did my research and found a suitable boat the ?Seren y Mor?. I?m a novice when it comes to boat fishing so I wanted a skipper that would be patient and fishing that would be easy with my limited boat gear.  I had the boat and pencilled in a date. All I needed now was the numbers, the boat could fish 12 so I decided to organise a trip for the sports and social club at work. It was not long before I had the 12, an eclectic bunch with varying fishing experience ranging from complete novices to old salty sea dogs!

The day came closer, my research was done. We were going to be fishing for a ?mixed bag? of fish. The plan was to fish for a few hours for bream and maybe even a trigger fish and then finish the day fishing for some ray or maybe even a conger.

The booking was confirmed and the bait was ordered, 3.5lbs of lug worms, 6lbs of squid and 24 packs of frozen mackerel!

We all met up at 7:30 at Swansea Marina, it promised to be a great day. There was a light breeze, the sun was just burning of the morning mist and the sea was nice and calm. All 12 of us had turned up, we had boarded the boat and off we went.

We sailed off to one of the reefs of Langland. The lug worms were taken out of the newspaper and the squid was skinned, gutted and cut into strips. I rigged my rod up with a 3 hook ?boom? flapper with size 2 Aberdeen hooks and red, yellow and orange beads. A worm was threaded on and the bait was tipped off with a strip of squid. I lowered the rig down until it touched the sea bed and then reeled it back up two turns (to lift the baits of the bottom). It was not long before I felt the tap, tap, tap of a bream nibbling at my bait. I reeled in slowly until I felt the weight of the fish. It was on! I could feel the fish dart to the left and to the right, it came up a bit then back down. As it came up nearer to the boat I could see a streak of sliver darting around in the clear waters beneath me. I lifted the rod and lovely little black bream came clear of the water. It was a perfect little specimen of about a pound in weight but it fought well above its size. The bream was quickly unhooked and returned (to go and get its mother hopefully).

It was a great start, could it continue?...............not really. That was about it for me for an hour or two. A couple more were landed and a few were kept for the table. We moved on to another mark further of shore to see if our luck would improve.

Same tactics were used, flappers, lug squid and 6oz weights. Straight away we were getting bites and it was not long before the fish started coming, doggies, baby Huss, tiny pout and a couple of mackerel. Everyone was landing fish and everyone was smiling. We fished here until low tide and the fish seemed to stop feeding.

It was time to move on again. We sailed for about 25 mins towards Porthcawl and anchored off at a sand bar off shore from Sker.

The tactics changed. I changed from a flapper to a running ledger with a size 4/0 hook. The mackerel was unpacked and filleted the 6oz weights were changed to 10oz to try and hold bottom in the faster tidal flow. I put on a whole fillet and lowered it down to the bottom. The tide was fast; my 10oz weight did not hold as well as expected and was ?trotting' along the bottom towards the back of the boat.

It was not long before the fish started coming, we were besieged by doggies (Swansea bay Trout) one a cast for most of us. I changed my bait; I opted for a whole squid, lowered my bait, put my rod in the rest and sat down. It was not long before I saw a small bite developing; my rod tip was gently bending then returning to its original position, another doggie I thought. Wrong! My rod sprung out of the rest and started to make its way out of the boat. I grabbed it and set the hook. This was no doggie. I was only using a light boat rod and it was a struggle to retrieve any line at all. I kept a good bend in the rod and inched the line in. All of a sudden the weight at the lifted of the bottom and I could feel the pull of a good fish. Lift and wind....lift and wind... the fish started to come. After a few minutes I landed a small eyed ray of about 4 lbs, only a little fella but hell of a fight in the strong tide. It was unhooked and returned.

I was not the only one to have fun with the rays they started coming thick and fast, we had many small eyed rays up to about 7.5Lbs and a couple of thorn backs of around 5lbs. We fished until about four, and rays were still coming in until my last cast, another ray of about 5lbs.

We upped anchor and headed back to port. In total we had landed a few bream a couple of Mackerel, 22 rays and more doggies than I would care to count. It had been a good days fishing that all of us had enjoyed. A few fish were kept for the table but most were released unharmed. Mike and Andy had a lesson in the fine art of skinning a doggie destined for a stir fry I believe; very nice I?m sure.....

My thanks goes to all who came, you committed, you arrived, you were not sick, you caught some fish, you paid, what more can I ask for. My thanks also go to the skipper and crew of the boat, Dave and Kevin. Thank you for your help and patience with us all.

I will make this quick. I went down to oxwich in search of a late smoothhound. I armed myself with my trusty beach caster rigged with a single 'clipped' patanoster and baited with fresh peeler crab. I also had my bass rod rigged with a three hook flapper rig baited with makerel and maddies.

It was a georgous evening, not a breath of wind. I set myself up on Chapel rocks and cast my baits out. Fishing was slow and not even a bite for the first hour or so, then came my first bite. At first it was a little nibble so I watched to see if it progressed into a more positive take. 'More positive take it was'! my bass rod bent over and sprung right of the rest. I grabbed it of the rocks before it went into the sea. I was expecting a 'whopper'! I reled in but there was nothing there! Prehaps something swam into the line? who knows.

The sun set behind me an the light began to go, then the bites started comming, tap, tap, tap tap, the whitting must be in I thought. I was right I landed a little whitting of about 7 inches.

Then a couple more, some of which were a respectable size, 8 -10 inches. Good fun on light gear.

It was constant bites for an hour or so and then something diffrent. My first Makeral of 2008...about blo**y time!

It was time to leave. Nice little session, what a change it was to be still in a tee shirt at the end of an evenings session. Another new species for 2008 so a nice time was had.

So I never got around to finishing my last blog, never mind you did not miss much! I went out a few times, caught a few fish etc? I did catch my first Bass of the year, a tiny little schoolie caught at Cefn Sidan beach. My species list has been expanding and I am in danger of actually meeting my targets for 2008. I had two, number one was to catch a fish heavier than 5lbs (6 lbs smoothie) and number two to catch 20 different species (16 so far). I have still got a couple of months left so will I do it?

As you regular readers know I am a member of an internet fishing forum http://worldseafishing.com, last Saturday I took part in a charity meet arranged by form members. The meet was down Llangenith and the purpose was to raise money for the most noblest of causes, the RLNI.

I arrived at Hill End car park at 9 am on what looked like it would be a beautiful day, and I was not going to be disappointed. Free car parking had been arranged so I drove down towards the beach entrance and headed towards a right motley crew who giving the way they were dressed (jester hats, sponge bob costumes etc?) must be anglers! There were over 20 of us there and I began trying to put faces to usernames etc? I met people called watersblue, voo doo bus man, roamer, Mad Steve, Blueskip ??.the list goes on.

I had done my research, my target species would be Golden Grey Mullet. I had tide up a few different rigs all ?armed with size 6 hooks. I had pre ordered and collected my ?maddies? (small harbour rag worm, also known as mud worm) from Country Stores and was ready to go. I followed the pack down the board walk and onto the beach, the plan was to get onto the beach turn left and set up just past the surfers. The old and infirm were to settle first (still a good 15 walk from the beach car park) then the overweight and the lazy and the fittest hiked on to Rossilli! I took my place in the middle, set up my bass rod, clipped on a 3 hook Wessex rig, loaded the size 6 mustad hooks with maddies and cast out.

I stood there knee deep in the surf, sun on my back, sun glasses on and it felt good. So this is what summer fishing was like! So many of my sessions are in the dark, rain, wind and now I just enjoying the weather. The surfers were out in force, I don?t blame them the surf was fantastic, a clean line of shore break could be seen almost stretching the entire length of the beach. I fished for an hour or so changing my maddies every 15 minuets or so, not a bite. I looked around at my fellow anglers and saw nothing caught. Where were all the fish? Then it happened, a little boy who was fishing with is father about 100yds from me started to get excited, his rod was bent over and his dad was urging him to walk back towards the shore, keeping his rod tip height and finally landing a fish. He picked it up as if to show the world his prize. It was a golden grey mullet of around the 2lbs mark, just what I was after!

I knew the fish were there, I knew they were feeding, how could I get one? I changed my tactics, I shortened my cast. When surf fishing I normally cast over the 3rd breaker (this is where fish usually feed) but now I focused on the area around my feet. It was where the waves washed back out to be met by the incoming surf. I was only fishing in 12? of water. Then I saw my first fish, then another, the little blighters were poking fun at me! The school seemed to move in and out with the breakers, it was only a matter of time! Then it happened, a series of fast taps on my rod. I reeled in the slack then set the hook. There was weight there! Then it took of like a rocket. I could see a dorsal fin cutting through the turbulent water, it darted left it darted right and then it breached jumping right out of the water! I kept the bend in the rod to make sure it did not throw the hook and worked my way out of the surf and up the beach. I used the waves to surf the fish in and eventually landed it. It was what I wanted, a great start, it was a golden Grey mullet of about 2.5lbs and about 45cm long! I unhooked it and opened my bag to get my camera. My camera, yes now where was my camera. On the front seat of my car, that?s where my blo***y camera was! I could not let this moment go unrecorded so I used my mobile to take the pictures (sorry for the lack of quality).

The next hour or so was hectic, I had plenty of bites and managed to land another 4 Golden Grey?s, all in the 2 ? 2.5 lbs bracket.

We had all agreed to stop fishing at four and meet back at the car park for the raffle at half past. So I packed up and began the trudge back. Most people had caught and the stories about the fighting power of the mullet started to come. It was this big???It leaped out of the water above my head??.It almost dragged my boy out to sea??(you know the stuff). Everyone had had a wonderful day; fish caught were Bass, Plaice, flounder and GG Mullet. Most us had caught the sun and every one had a smile on there face. It was great to see. The raffle was drawn and the money was counted. We had raised a staggering amount; over £1000 was raised for the RNLI.

My thanks go to the organisers, the anglers and others involved for arranging such an enjoyable and worth while event. As for the venue, fantastic! I will certainly be back again.

I bet you?re all wondering where I have been for the last month or so? Well sit back take a sip of your tea and I will reveal all.

My last blog was on the 4th of July (Sole man), that was over a month ago! My next trip was to Oxwich:

Oxwich 17 July 2008.

My hopes were high, a nice, fair size evening tide and I had smuts on the brain (that?s smooth hounds to you). The last time I came to Oxwich I had a nice little session (see my previous blog), and now I was back armed with fresh peeler crab and squid ready to do battle with the leviathans of the deep.

I arrived around 6pm and made my way around to chapel rocks, there were a couple of young fellas in my usual spot (best spot) so I had to 'rock hop' about 50-60 yards back towards the beach. 

Fishing went slow with only a couple of bites one of which ended with this little beauty. It's a tub Gurnard and despite its diminutive size it took a whole peeler crab bait on a 3/0 hook. It was a beautiful fish displaying an array of colours including an iridescent blue around the edge of its pectoral fins.  The only other thing landed was a spider crab.

Tub Gurnard:

Spider Crab

Summer Holiday West Wales

My hopes were high, I had packed everything, float rod to boat road, size 6 mullet hook to size 6/0 tope hook. I would be spending 2 weeks in Gods Country, hopfully exploring the most beutiful and probably the most preductive fishing grounds in the UK (if not the world); what could go wrong. The first thing that could go wrong would be the weather! I should have guessed, it was the hight of our summer of course we were expecting storms, 30mph winds and driving rain! 10 days in my caravan and all I managed was a short (but enjoyable) session with my two eldest boys Lewis and Harley in Porth gain. I set them up with a rod and float set up each. Whe fished just of the harbour wall, the float rigs were baited up with tiny slithers of mackie on sise 4 hooks.

Within minutes we were into the fish, harly was first to catch and landed a lovely little shanny.

Then it was Lewis's turn, another shanny (blenny to some):

Then harley again, another shanny:

We were only there for about 2 hours and caught several small fish each. The best fish of the session was a nice little pollock of about 1lbs which harley managed to haul up the harbour wall:

That was about it, the rain and the wind was relentless and I let the fish be to smim again; until next time. I will be back!

This blog is unfinished a work in progress.