29th May Bristol Channel

[jonnyswamp]

A brief report from yesterday

Caught the 7 am lock and sat out the last of the flood on the bottom end of a large sandbank a few miles South East of Cardiff

Straight into dogs, with some small Blondes and Thornies thrown in the mix, around the 6/8lb mark

Slack water around 10am saw the arrival of a few straps up to 10lb ish

Not expecting to stay on this mark long into the ebb as it can scream through on a big tide, so called for everyone to reel in about 11.30 and my rod starts bouncing

The result was a double figure hound on the top hook and a dog on the bottom hook of a 6/0-4/0 pennel rig

Moved into the Rannie area to get out of the tide and all this produced for the last hour or 2 were dogs

Low water was around 4pm and a quick chat with barrage control confirmed my thoughts that we would have to get the 2.45 lock at the latest to ensure we had enough water under us

Not wanting to be stuck out there until possibly 6 oclock, I erred on the side of caution and went for the 2.15, though the later lock would probably have been ok

So a mediocre day, but still good conditions and a bit of a craic

Youngest daughters 22nd on Tuesday, so we have a BBQ at ours today

I believe it will get messy

[Andy135]

Good work. Decent day out with a nice hound. 👍

[suzook12]

Can't beat a messy BBQ

Nice hound as well 👍