No fish but still a P.B. 23-11-16

Last minute change of venue did not pay off.

I intended to fish the muddy pipes but

I thought the recent rain would have carried

down more rubbish than was the case.

So low tide at New Passage was my second choice.

I have, in the past, had good results here,

so was ever hopeful.

Well the gullies were the same,

but there were a few new obstruction

placed in various places.

Well with Rag and small Squid 

for bait I started fishing at 09.30.

The rag baits were coming back partly stripped

but the ones tipped with Squid were not touched.

It was flat calm at first but the

wind steadily picked up all day.

                                                      Packed up at high tide, 14.30 as originally planed.                               Well not a bite.

I did manage to foul hook

the largest Prawn I have ever seen.

So a P.B. there.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

A walk to pick up my lost rig 14-11-16.

Warning there is deep mud in this area

and on big tides the water rises very rapidly.

Do not fish this area unless your with someone who knows the

AREA

I popped down 

to get back my lost rig

from last evening.

This post is covered in netting 

and was what I was trying to miss.

However I fell short of the gully by this post

and ended in thick mud.

I found my rig had dug in 6 inches deep in the mud 

the shock leader wrapped round the post.

 Having my rig in a bucket

I photo graphed the area for a future fishing trip.

Its firm ground out to a gully in the distance

and firmish ground in between.

 The ground all across here is firm but not 

to the right of this photo.

 As can be seen there is a lot of mud back towards the shore

some of it is quite deep.

 I will only fish this the gully on small

tides.

Big tides I will fish from just the other side of the

grass backing up to where I took this photo.

Please take great care here,

retreat early giving your self plenty of time

to get to high 

ground.

Back out to use up the the bait. Not unlucky 13th-11-16

With a little Rag and Squid

left over from last night,

I fished the pipes.

I walked out to meet the tide.

However it didn't go to plan.

First cast ended in the rig diving into mud

and not the water.

I had to break off and retreat

back and tackle back up.

 Fishing again I used

2 pulley rigs

One with whole Squid one with Rag.

With an evening like this

it was sheer pleasure to out.

Again flat calm.

High was at 6pm and 13.6mtrs.

 Half an hour before

high water

a tiny rattle on the whole Squid

produced this

48cm

Codling.

Well by 7pm

I was out of bait and walking back to the car.

Another brilliant trip.

Loads of mud and a Flounder. 12-11-16

Decided to try out a gully

down Severn Beach way

on Saturday.

With a 12.8 mtr tide at 5.15pm

I headed down there for 3pm.

The tide was just filling the gully I 

was aiming for.

A walk out to meet the tide

with two rods and a bait bucket.

I was using Rag on a Wishbone rig with Whole Squid

on a Pennell Pulley rig.

 From the start

the expected gunk on the line was a pain

but thankfully none of the grass and weed

was around.

So a lot of pining was needed when 

I wound in.

 As can be seen it was like a mill pond

and warm with it.

The baits were not being touched

so it was a surprise 

when a slight rattle 

produced this plump 12 inch

Flounder at high tide.

With the tide rapidly receding

I decided to head home at 6pm. 

Back to the Ledges. 09.11.16

As my first choice of venue was blown off

I decided to fish a deep water mark.

So back to the ledges. 

Started at 8am 

and fished till my bait ran out, around 2.30.

Fished the usual rigs at first

but at around 10.00 I tried out a

Wishbone rig

Lug, Rag, Squid and Mackerel were the usual baits,

with a good mix of all of them or on there own.

From the first cast, the big baits were coming

back wrecked, without seeing any bites.

The Lug and Rag baits were stripped within 

10 minutes.

 The Lug and Rag baits were stripped within 

10 minutes.

Even with 1/0 Wishbone rigs

Eventually I found the culprits,

CRABS.

Two came in, on two separate casts (yes 4 in total).

There was a good gusty, westerly wind.

As can be seen it got a bit splashy at times

but otherwise no hassles.  

In the end I caught a Conger

about 3ft long and managed to loose another, line so 

both reels will be respooled and serviced.

I think I lost due to dodgy 

At least I managed an escape, and enjoyed it as usual.

Ladye Bay. 02-11-16

Another few hours out the house,

so down to the Ledges again.

High water was at 08.24 

and 12.6mtrs.

I fished 06.00 till 11.00.

Usual baits and rigs were

used.

Weather was cool 

with a light breeze from the north.

The sun did come out later 

though it didn't get high

enough to shine on the ledges. 

Well, it was very slow,

just 4 tiny Whiting

and 2 tiny Codling.

Not such a good trip.