Popular Post Plaicehunter Posted January 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2021 Lockdown means local fishing, so recently I have focused on marks I can reach on foot from my home in Plymouth. Fortunately, this includes boat fishing, as 'Piranha' is kept on a mooring less than half a mile away in Stonehouse Pool. I can't claim to have caught anything spectacular since my last report, the highlight being a 4lb 10oz codling from the Tamar in early December. I was uptiding from a buoy just upstream of Mashford's (UK Docks) boatyard using two rods, one with whole squid on a pulley pennell and the other with mackerel and squid pieces on a two-hook flapper. The codling took the whiting rig and contained several lumps of squid, a mackerel wrapped in bait elastic and three hardback crabs. It looked to me to have been hoovering up discarded bait! In the same session I had some decent whiting. Other trips to the same spot have yielded several strap conger, a doggie, a sizeable edible crab and a hermit crab. Every session has produced plenty of whiting, though the size has decreased recently. I have tried live bait on a third rod, either with a slider or dropped down the side, but without any takes. I've also had a couple of boat trips after mackerel, the first a blank and the second producing 20 to small sabikis (Mustad Piscator #6) in one brief burst just off the Royal Western Yacht Club in Plymouth Sound. From the shore I've been concentrating on fishing for mackerel from West Hoe pier. Apart from one session when I had seven on the sabikis, it's been all light float-fishing with mackerel strip. I've had fish every trip, including a January garfish, but the most mackerel in a session (usually only a couple of hours) has been eight. Most of the fish have come with the float set at 9-10ft and on a rising tide. I'm still catching, and had four more yesterday afternoon (Jan 13). So, whiting and mackerel - nothing spectacular but some sport at a traditionally slack time of year, and without breaking any Covid rules! I hope this report has been helpful and encouraging. If you can, get out there and give it a go! PH Andy135, Dicky, Davemc and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Well done on keeping the rods from getting dusty. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Stone Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Nice to see someone wetting a line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Very nice session! Thanks for sharing 👍 Super-envious that you're able to do local fishing. Very lucky indeed! Keep the reports coming to keep the rest of us sane 😉 Davemc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Nice interesting read -thanks for posting. Well done. Geoff.☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 nice one - might have to get out on weymouth stone pier on saturday for mackerel or whiting on light gear! or the harbour for flatties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Keep the reports coming Graham! You're our only hope for some fishy action during lockdown 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 nice read, keep it up,mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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