Decided to have a sea fishing trip today.

After a short stop at Reel Fun 

in Portishead,

 headed down to Ladye Bay.

Fished from 11.00 till 15.00.

A breeze was blowing from my left

a south west wind.

Mainly sunny with

occasional patches of cloud.

The  showers luckily passed by

and left me alone.

Baits were

Squid and Rag and

Squid and Lug wraps

to size 3/0. 4/0 and 5/0 hooks.  

Well from the off the baits were coming

 back trashed, as can be seen below.

Until this 7 to 8lb

Conger came along.

I had four other

bites,

pull down of the rod tip,

drop back of the rod tip,

big bow in the line.

STRIKE

Nothing.

How bad was that.

One of the Squid I was using

had this strange

crab cross prawn

type crustacean in it.

 

Well that was about it.

On the way back

spoke to other 4 fishermen.

Result was 2 small conger for one of them

the rest blanked.

Hope they caught after I left.

 

Later start at Lacock. 18-10-20

Lacock was under an overcast sky,

with 7 degrees and a light southwest breeze.

Started with the usual baits in

a usual swim.

The river was almost back to

to it's usual  state, and clear.

Again the fish were still in  bed

and not out to play.

One new swim tried today

but the steep banks were just to 

slippery and after ten minutes I moved 

further down stream.

I have fished this swim once before

with a good result.

The river had a bit of pace

and was quite clear.

 

This 3lb 3oz Chub was a welcome arrival

on Luncheon Meat.

It put on a good fight

and was quite plump.

The Chub swam straight across

the river into a tangled mess

of branches and brambles.

 I had to move down stream to

 get it out.

It then came to the reeds under my feet

with the help of the landing net I managed

to  get it out and land it.

I packed up at 6.30pm.

Early start at Lacock. 07-10-20

Lovely early start, at 06.00,

cool, 7 degrees and calm.

The reflection is reflecting

the pink sky.

The river was dropping from being over its bank

and was back with in its bank and clearing.

 

First swim was one of the

usual ones I fish

but I didn't get any sign the fish 

were hungry.

I them moved on to

one of my new swims for this year.

I had a few knocks on

the both rods but nothing positive.

My third swim was very much the same

again, not much interest in the baits.

The fourth swim was a new one.

The river does a sharp left hand turn

with a big back whirl pool on the near bank.

This 2lb 5 3/4oz Chub took a fancy to

Tuna flavored Dumbell. 

Not the most inspired fishing day,

I think the bright sun put the fish down.

I packed up at midday. 

 

Another Blank down the Tanks. 29-09-20.

 An evening down the Avonmouth tanks

turned out to be rather atmospheric.

I had frozen Lug and Squid wraps

because I couldn't get any fresh bait. 

I cast one rod, small baits, about 30 to 50 yards and

a second, big baits, out to about 80 yards.

The worm on the furthest cast baits would be stripped out

very quickly, without me seeing any movements 

on the rod tip.

Of the two other anglers,

one blanked 

and the other

caught two Flounder.

The weather however

was really something.