Popular Post mike farrants Posted July 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2021 had to get out the house and get some fresh air - decided i couldn't be arsed to get the boat out so went to the pier with 2 spinning rods -had nothing in 3hrs on the float - no one else did either, and when the 2nd spinning rod produced nothing on the lures i switched to scratching to save the blank - simple 2 hook flapper, size 6 hooks, and squid strips produced the results - I was getting small pout on every drop - (much tot he amusement of passers by and tourists that wished they had been allowed to bring their rods) - great sport on very light gear - especially the 4 or 5 double shots i had! must been at least 30 of them in total!was lovely to get a break from the pout and bag my first ever Scorpion fish - what a lovely (spikey) little fella! everyones evening was spoilt by the incessant jet skier who insisted we wanted to watch him blast up and down just yards from the pier - i mean, its busy with boat traffic, swimmers, kayaks and paddle boarders - nothing against jet skiers - but you have hundreds and hundreds of miles of coastline and open sea to enjoy - why be 5 yds from the pier - perhaps he couldn't swim or was scared to go out of his depth....... I only hope he impressed who ever it was with his bunny hops and fast turns. Geoff, GPSguru, Davemc and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) There are loads of pout about at the moment. When we were trolling for mackerel yesterday I kept seeing large shoals of ‘something ‘ on the sounder, but it was obvious they were not Mack. We stopped over one of the shoals and dropped the tinsels (size 6 hooks) to jig off the bottom, and both of us were pulling up full strings of mini pout (about 2” long). Also the inshore wrecks are brim full with pout and they jump on the lures like piranhas. Edited July 21, 2021 by GPSguru Davemc and mike farrants 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Very envious Mike. Sounds like a great session. There's something about back to basics pier fishing that always hits the mark. Well done. 👍 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 I was just dropping the bait into a hole no more than 6 ft from the pier and getting taps instantly - some were 6-8 inches, some were 4 inches or less - great was to spend an evening none the less! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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