Beaten by my son. Ladye Bay ledges.11-06-16

Headed down to the ledges for a few hours with Jason.

Tide was at 12.15 and 11.2m.

I started at 08.45 with Squid and frozen crab.

Well it was very slow until

about an hour before high water.

When Jason had a classic Thorny bite

on Macheral bait.

This beautifully marked Thornback Ray

of around 5ld 

was Jay's first ever Thorny 

and he was well stoked.

He hasn't stopped smiling and talking about it

all day.

My turn a short while later

with the rain coming down,

was this 15 inch Codling on

a cocktail of Lug, Rag and fresh peeler crab.

Jay's turn again after the rain

was this Cat Shark "AKA Dogfish"

For the last hour of fishing after

high water,

I had two Strap Conger

in quick succession.

It was a warm muggy day

with drizzle at times.

Tea shirt fishing

is so good.

Now time to service my

reels

and remake some rigs.

Another nice fishing trip.

Ladye Bay 31-05-16

A chance to get out came up

so I legged it down to Clevedon

for 05.00.

I chose the ledges for the low tide

session, with the low at 09.18.

 I used Lug and Squid for bait,

with this small Conger being the

action, taking a whole Squid on a

Pennell Pulley rig.

 The wind was quite brisk from the

north /  north east.

It was also a beautiful sunny morning

and surprisingly I was on my own.

Which means that the Channel is fishing

poorly. 

 After the first Conger I had a

Codling just short of keeper size,

taking Lug worm on a wishbone rig.

This was followed by a slightly

larger Conger on the wishbone rig 

just before low water.

 At low water another Codling

took the wishbone rig as well.

With turn of the tide so the weed

started showing its self.

All during the tide the line

had the sticky mud causing

bunching on the line

which blocked the shock leader

from passing through the

top eye.

On winding in the last

cast I found these two tiddlers,

a Whiting and a Pouting.

Well I guess its still baby time out there,

and with some bait left over I

have another chance to fish

on Thursday.

Fingers crossed the larger fish are

out to play.

First warm fishing session 04-05-16

High water was at

18.16 

and 12.6mtrs

Rag, Squid and Peelers

was the bait.

 Flat calm with light southerly

breeze, 

made for a very enjoyable evenings fishing.

Rigs of the day were

Wishbone rig and Pennell Pullies. 

 

 A small 4 inch Codling

fancied the Rag on the Wishbone

first cast.

Then it went quiet till

a series of rattles and pull downs

on the rod tip, a drop back

made me think it could be a 

Thornback Ray.

However

this lump of weed 

plus 5 leads

wound in.

 A further 8 inch Codling

decided some Rag worm

was needed for diner

that was it for any rod tip action.

I fished from 16.00 till 19.15.

Nice sunset on my fishing trip.

The I.C.I. Pipes area. 10-06-16

Well after some further medical drama

for She who must be obeyed,

I managed to be dragged out the house by 

my son Jason

With Black Lug, Squid and Peeler Crab

and a 14.2 mtr tide

we trundled down to the Severn Beach.

Some diversion was needed due to road work 

on the A403.

We started fishing around 08.15

and fished till 11.00,

high water was at 10.10.

 From the off, grass type

weed was a big problem along with

not managing to hold the bottom

with 190 and 210 grm leads.

 Bites were few and difficult to see.

I managed 5 small Codling, (all returned)

while Jason had one a bit bigger than

mine

 Well as can be seen the weather grand,

the only down side was an easterly wind.

Thanks Jason for dragging me out,

it was a great trip.

Out at last. 16-03-16

As she who must be obeyed has had her operation

and all seems to be getting better,

I decided to hit the Bristol Channel

at Ladye Bay.

So getting down there at 06.35

with Lug, Rag and Peeler Crab.

The usual pulley rigs with 4/0 hooks.

The weather was cloudy and chilly with a 

north east gusty breeze.  

From the off  my rigs were being

pulled out after some rattles.

So I had to reel in more often

then usual.

Low water was at 06.30ish

with high water around 12.20

and only 10.5mtrs.

Well I soon had the first Codling on the rocks,

a tiny 4 inch fish.

Slowly the bigger fish were banked,

the next around 6 inches then 8 inches.

by 11.15 this near 4lb Codling was banked.

Well by 12.30 the bait had run out

without any more fish.

Yet again a very enjoyable trip.

So what been happening?

Well I've been busy doing the caring thing

for She Who Must be Obeyed.

As the weather has been a bit on the 

grotty side. I took an hour off

and popped down the Frome.

The River was up and running as expected.

 Charging through and just in its bank,

a bit coffe coloured as well.

 At least the foot path didn't fell left out.

 Looking at the Environment Agencies web site

https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/river-and-sea-levels

it was showing that the Frome was running 2 mtrs,

at 13.00.

The Frome's  normal height is between 0.24 and 1.39mtrs

the highest recorded was 3 mtrs.

Nice standing wave at the bottom of the shoot.

As for the future, well I will be 

sorting it out, fishing wise as soon as life settles down. 

First trip of the 2016. 06-01-16

A very unexpected chance to get out fishing

found me up at Lacock at 07.00.

I was fishing by 07.20

and I was using pellets and Boillies.

I found the river was fining down

and about 1 1/2 ft water clarity.

There were signs that the river had 

been close to or over the top of the bank

in places.

Well I fished four swims and found plenty of

old leaves and other plant rubbish

catching the hook in all of them.

I had a number of knocks and rattles but no

full takes.

I had no problem holding bottom or any problem 

with snags. Just a few twigs wound in 

and one  swim feeder.

It was warm for the time of year

mainly overcast with some sunny intervals.

So I really expected to catch

but no luck.

Shame really as I don't know when I'll

escape again, as she who must be obeyed

is having a hip operation on Monday.