Popular Post Andy135 Posted August 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2021 Headed to Lannacombe Beach this evening for a quick lure session. Had about 90 mins between family commitments so grabbed my spinning rod and a few lures and headed to a mark I last fished a few years ago that used to be a banker wrasse mark. But would it still hold fish? This mark is a special place for me as it's where I caught my first ever sea fish on a lure (a wrasse) nearly ten years ago. The water clarity was reasonably good with a hint of cloudiness. Plenty of kelp about still, which is a good sign. The lure of choice was a Fiiish Black Minnow 120 in khaki colour, with the 12g shore head. This always used to be THE killer lure on this mark, cast out from a rocky finger across a small bay and bumped slowly across the bottom. The hit would usually come about half way back and would involve a couple of aggressive taps then a full on rod bender as the wrasse defended its territory and hooked itself. After the first few casts I felt a slight tap on the lure, which came to nothing. A couple of casts later a schoolie bass followed the lure to the shore but didn't commit. This was followed by ten or so more fruitless casts before another, bigger bass followed the lure in. Having seen a couple of bass now, I felt confident that there were fish to be had, but my time was rapidly running out, and the tide was rapidly flooding in. Moving off my rocky perch to avoid being trapped by the tide I made my way closer to the beach and found another suitable vantage point to have a few last casts. First cast out and the telltale tap, tap, whack of a wrasse! He put up a decent scrap, taking a few yards of line from the reel before coming up in the water and onto the rocks. Love it when a plan comes together! Job done, and with time running out I headed home for a beer and barbecue while watching the sun go down. Saintly Fish, GPSguru, mick and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) Nice Ballan 👍 I guess you should have started the post with, So, so you think you can tellHeaven from hell?Blue skies from pain?Can you tell a green fieldFrom a cold steel rail?A smile from a veil?Do you think you can tell? Did they get you to tradeYour heroes for ghosts?Hot ashes for trees?Hot air for a cool breeze?Cold comfort for change?Did you exchangeA walk-on part in the warFor a leading role in a cage? Edited August 29, 2021 by GPSguru Andy135 and Davemc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 5 hours ago, GPSguru said: Nice Ballan 👍 I guess you should have started the post with, So, so you think you can tellHeaven from hell?Blue skies from pain?Can you tell a green fieldFrom a cold steel rail?A smile from a veil?Do you think you can tell? Did they get you to tradeYour heroes for ghosts?Hot ashes for trees?Hot air for a cool breeze?Cold comfort for change?Did you exchangeA walk-on part in the warFor a leading role in a cage? Yep, it is indeed a spectacular place to be. Wish you were here? 😁 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Nice sesh mate and a lovely nostalgic wrasse too! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Nice fish but it has no place in this section because it’s not a bass. Please move this to the appropriate section ASAP GPSguru and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemc Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Nice one Andy , Glad to hear you got out with the lure gear 😁 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Davemc said: Nice one Andy , Glad to hear you got out with the lure gear 😁 Ha! Yes, I haven't forgotten how to cast a lure just yet. Sadly all my hard plastics are in storage waiting for us to move house, so I only had SP's and jig heads with me, otherwise I'd have switched to topwaters to tempt those bass I saw. Davemc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 9/12/2021 at 10:16 PM, Andy135 said: Sadly all my hard plastics are in storage waiting for us to move house Soon they will be free!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Soon they will be free!! Not soon enough! But yes, a mere blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things. Will head back to Lannacombe in the summer to see if I can do my best "middle-aged-man-squeezing-into-wetsuit-two-sizes-too-small" impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 20 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Not soon enough! But yes, a mere blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things. Will head back to Lannacombe in the summer to see if I can do my best "rather tubby middle-aged-man-squeezing-into-wetsuit-two-sizes-too-small" impression. You can do that in your bedroom! No need to travel. Geoff and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: You can do that in your bedroom! No need to travel. There stands a man who knows. Geoff. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Geoff said: There stands a man who knows. Geoff. It's only because he told me in confidence, so shhh 🤫 don't tell anybody else! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 10 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: It's only because he told me in confidence, so shhh 🤫 don't tell anybody else! That's OK Neil, don't worry, nobody else on here bothers to red your posts. Geoff.☺️ Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Geoff said: That's OK Neil, don't worry, nobody else on here bothers to red your posts. Geoff.☺️ Leaderboard tells a different story. 👅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I see that you missed my deliberate spelling mistake Neil. JC told me that you have promised a pot noodle for every 10 reads of your posts that is why the 4 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Leaderboard tells a different story. 👅 Geoff. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, Geoff said: I see that you missed my deliberate spelling mistake Neil. JC told me that you have promised a pot noodle for every 10 reads of your posts that is why the Geoff. Yeah well we all know Jon lies! And I'm big enough to overlook your old age mistakes Geoff. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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