Malc Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Knew it was going to be difficult today as its that time of year and lots of rain recently. No porpoises, or guillemot and very few bites, so after a couple of hours on rough ground we went to a wreck on sand to try and anchor uptide and get into it, but we didn't get it right and were beyond and to one side. You could say that we were fishing the scour, but that might not be totally correct 😉 I had a set of mini muppets on one rod and slowly bumped it down tide and got several bites but didn't connect and on the last drop I didn't even feel the bite and reeled in a palm sized dab that you could have read the newpaper through. Not even big enough for tope bait but not a blank. Tight lines everyone! Andy135, daio web, thejollysinker and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 11 minutes ago, Malc said: You could say that we were fishing the scour, but that might not be totally correct 😉 Usually on the downtide side of the wreck where the tide flow increases. Not always easy to predict or see, but generally the position of the scour is dependant on the orientation of the wreck to the tidal flow and the composition of the seabed substrate. I often try and fish the ‘scour’ as you can pick up some very decent pollock, with plaice and turbot often present. I use ‘wrecksite.eu’ as a good source of dived wreck info, and they often detail the scour Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 Today was just a day of trialling a couple of things. We tried using the plastic bag bait dropper system and it worked perfectly, our system of breaking out of rough ground and dropping onto a specific mark. Two out of three ain't bad 😀 GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Malc said: Today was just a day of trialling a couple of things. We tried using the plastic bag bait dropper system and it worked perfectly, our system of breaking out of rough ground and dropping onto a specific mark. Two out of three ain't bad 😀 I used to do it that way, but now I use a large bait dropper, and it's a very good tool.............. Edited April 15, 2023 by GPSguru Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 12 hours ago, GPSguru said: I used to do it that way, but now I use a large bait dropper, and it's a very good tool.............. How do you know when the fish are in it and when to pull it up? Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 8 hours ago, GPSguru said: I used to do it that way, but now I use a large bait dropper, and it's a very good tool.............. We would only use it a couple of times a year so it would be a waste really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 5 hours ago, JonC said: How do you know when the fish are in it and work pull it up? Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 My mate went out with his partner today to a different area and had a lot of small codling and a couple of sizeable fish too. All on the muppet rigs I made too 😊 Andy135 and GPSguru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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