Ladye Bay 24-04-15

I started fishing at 07.00 

for a high water at 11.42

and 11.6 meters.

I used my usual two

Beach casters with

4/0 pennell pulley rigs on one

and 2/0 wishbone rig and 3/0

long pulley rig on the other.

Bait used was

1/2lb of lug and 1/2lb of log

with whole squid.

The whole squid was wrapped in lug and rag.

With the first 3 hours without a single bite,

I was getting worried about a blank session!

However a light rattle on the 4/0 rig

rod tip meant there was life out there after all,

Then the rod dropped tip dropped back

then pulled down.

Lifting into the the fish, I was surprised

when the line started running up tide.

This produced this very pretty

Thornback Ray

with plenty of thorns.

Well pleased with catching my targeted species,

I was further surprised when the

2/0 wishbone rigged rod tip 

dropped back.

Here again a Thornback Ray was landed 

this time only a small one.

It only had thorns down its back bone and tail.

Straight after casting the rod out

it had barely settled, when this

Cat Shark /Dogfish set it rattling.

An other  15 minutes and 

the 4/0 rigged rod rattled and nodded.

I waited for further signs of interest

but after 5 minutes nothing happened

so I wound in.

At first I thought the rig had snagged but realized

it was an other Thorny.

So I gently increased the pressure

 and managed to lift this 3lb Fish

up on to the ledge.

Wow! What a great 45 minutes or so.

Well apart from a tiny pin Whiting

around an hour after high water

that was all I caught.

I packed up at 13.30

as I had run out of bait.

What a great trip.

Weather was a light southwesterly

with haze and low cloud.

Chilly start but very warm when the

sun came out.

Once the tide turned,

weed became a problem

pulling the leads out.

Looking forward to the next trip.