Ladye Bay, Ledges. 03-10-17

Beating the traffic problems from a crash

on the M5 by leaving home at 5am, I

was fishing by 6am.

Two rods, one with 3/0 hooks

on a wishbone rig and

one with 4/0 on pulley rig.

The Wishbone rig was loaded with

Rag and Lug.

The Pulley with 

Squid and Mackerel cocktail.

First cast, first fish this 30cm

Whiting 

which fancied the lug worm

baited hook on the Whishbone rig.

First cast on the Pulley rig

was snatched up by a 

Dogfish /Cat Shark.

 

 Great I thought,

it should be a good day.

However apart from the lug worm

being scoffed and the Mackerel being nipped.

No more bites till I had climbed 

down the cliff,

When I finally got down to the

the low tide mark,

the bites started again.

At first they were small rattles.

Eventually there was a pull on the line,

this small Conger had the cocktail bait.

 More bites followed with Whiting 

hitting the lug

and

this tiny Doggie 

showed up.

 Over low tide the bites 

dried up again.

Once the flood tide

started the bites started again.

Trouble was,

I had run out of bait!

High water was at 6am

low at 12.45.