Popular Post Malc Posted May 8 Popular Post Share Posted May 8 After the blank on Sunday I was focused and ready to go. Ling being caught, water clear-ish and hopeful as weather forecast was good. Nasty chop and a good breeze greeted us outside the piers but first drop over hard ground and two of us are in, both small keeper codling that were returned, mine after a quick picture for the species competition. Yes, it took until the 5th month of the year to catch a Cod UP HERE!!! Anyhoo I kept on with a flying collar rig as I needed a pollock and coalie too but just codling. Change to baited yellow/green muppets for a while just interested the small bait thieves. I noticed gulls wheeling and gannets diving in a couple of places, a certain sign of sandeel at this time of year, and eventually changed to a shrimp rig with a small 32gm on the point and had to cast downwind to get it down deep enough and eventually got a double hook up of lesser sandeel and a few casts later a very spirited coalie. Eventually we got to that point, *last hour so what do we do?* I suggest that we try inshore over sand for flats, my friends had hit dabs but I hadn't had any flatfish at all. Fully blinged up and a half shrimp on the 1/0 hook we started the drift and I soon had a rattle, probably a dab but even leaving the line slack rather than dragging didn't get it to swallow the hook. Bait gone, rebait and back down, repeat, repeat and then I added a mackerel sliver and eventually I pulled gently and got the nod! Dab in the bag! 4 fish towards the species hunt and back home to bask in the sunshine, happy bunny. Nothing huge but played for and got some of the fish we were after. Andy135, mike farrants, Dicky and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Top dangling that man! Well done for a sound plan well executed 👍 Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Nice one Malc. Good fishing, and a nice write up. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻 Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 doesn't have to be big to be enjoyable! Malc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 43 minutes ago, mike farrants said: doesn't have to be big to be enjoyable! That's what you tell all the boys!! Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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