Malc Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 And the first shore session of the year. Started on an open sand beach to try for flats, which we are going to use for tope in June, I was using shrimp tail tipped with mackerel belly strip on a two hook flapper. I found a nice gully 10 m out that dropped a couple of foot quickly. The sunny weather lasted an hour when the wind turned to blow diagonally inshore making bites hard to detect and even though a cormorant was fishing the same area and doing well I didn't get a touch. Eventually the gully was too far out to reach without destroying my baits on casting, so I tried the river but nothing doing even though the conditions were better. Hopefully the fish will return soon and there will be lots of different species to try for. suzook12, Andy135 and mick 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Nice effort. Got to be in it to win it, and maybe you'll win it next time 🤞👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 44 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Nice effort. Got to be in it to win it, and maybe you'll win it next time 🤞👍 Hope so, just had a text asking "What you doing Saturday..." 😃 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Unlucky Malc. Whenever I've fished for flatties I normally found them right behind the second breaking wave, this I put down to the waves churning up the sea bed. JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 24 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Unlucky Malc. Whenever I've fished for flatties I normally found them right behind the salmon at the fish counter. Fixed that for you 😉 Geoff, Malc, Saintly Fish and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: Unlucky Malc. Whenever I've fished for flatties I normally found them right behind the second breaking wave, this I put down to the waves churning up the sea bed. Yeah, no real wave action but the cormorant was bagging up in the same area I was casting, I also tried the slow retrieve but no joy. Might try the LRF sometime soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Andy135 said: Fixed that for you 😉 Thanks. Very good 👨🏼🦰 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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