Snuff Mill 17-12-10

Popped down to the River Frome this afternoon,
Fished from 13.00 till 15.00.
Bait was Maggot and bread.

I used a 5 No4 stick float on 3ld line to 2ld hooklenght
and size 20 hook.

First cast with white maggot produced this little
Trout about 1/2ld.

This trout was next 20 minutes later
on white maggot.

A little bigger than the the first one.

WHAT!! Rockingham again 26-11-10

What a cracking morning.
Light westerly breeze clear sky and a frost.
Fished from 08.15 till 11.15 with high water at
09.48.

Used my usual rigs and lug and squid baits.

Here can be seen my wishbone cliped down
and ready to cast.

Once again a 18 inch Codling took the wishbone
rig with lug bait with in a couple of minutes
of my first cast.
On the second cast I had an 8 inch Codling
which was returned alive.
Just before high water I caught
Codling at 16 inches.
On the same rig and bait.

A few casts later I started getting rattles on the
rod tip. That eventually produced a 15 inch
Flounder. Again caught on the wishbone rig.
Squid just does not work this year.

Rockingham 21-11-10

With the left over bait from yesterday I
went down to the grass bank again.

High was at 18.13 and 12.3 mtrs.
Weather was the same as yesterday
but with drizzle and a bit more wind.

Same rigs as usual and Lug, Rag and Squid again.

Within 3 minutes of casting out my first wishbone rig
I had a good knock and landed a keeper codling.
Second cast out and an 8 inch codling was landed.
Third cast out and a 4 inch codling was landed.
Fourth cast and a good knock. Missed it.

That was it no more bites.
The pennell rig with Squid failed again.

Another enjoyable session.

Rockingham 21-11-10

Russell knocked off from work early and picked me up for
a few hours down on the grass / mud.
Again a little friendly competition between us.

Russell as usual took one of my wishbone rigs
and used a pennell pulley as well.
I used the same style of rigs.

High tide was at 17.31 and 11.9mtrs
Weather was dull and damp with a light northeaster.

Russell was in first with this keeper on my wishbone rig
with lug bait.

Also showing were some flounder.

This little one was released safely.

With a few more codling, most caught after high water.
All taking lug on the wishbone rigs.
Russell won the day with three codling and one flounder,
to my one codling and two flounder.

I took one flounder home the rest were released.

WELL DONE RUSSELL.

Shingle Bank, Severn Beach 15-11-10

What a cracking day.
Back to the mud again.
High tide was at 14.02, I started at 08.00
and packed up at high tide.
Weather flat calm with fog coming and going,

Frosty at first but nice and warm later.

Usual wish bone rig and pennell pulley rigs used.
Bait was Lug Rag and Squid.

Four bites were seen producing two Flounder
both taken for the pot, very nice indeed.

High tide and I'm nearly in the the mud.
Bit higher and I'd be in the thick mud, Yuk.
What a lovely day.
Shame the fish were sun bathing.

See Bank power station blotting out the sun.
Makes a nice picture.

The cloud is just that, steam from the
the bank of cooling fans.
The fishing was great but the
views were far better.

Snuff Mill 10-11-10

Popped down to the Bristol Frome at
Snuff Mill.
As I thought the wind had blown the leaves off
the trees and the rain washed them all down stream.

This time I took a 12ft waggler rod and my close faced spool
to do a bit of trotting.
Baits used were bread, maggots casters and garden worms.

Below are a few pictures of the 4 swims I fished.

The water had dropped by around a 1ft

and was clearer than I expected.

Shame there were so many dogs again,
lost a lot of time watching my kit on the bank.

Those four legged fluff balls love the bread!

The Minows were as hungry as ever and managed 2
little Roach, I love these fish.

I a few other fish, not very big ones, because the hooks I was useing
were to bulky?
Must get some better ones.

DANGER
THIS AREA HAS FAST TIDES
THICK MUD and DEEP GULLIES.
Don't attempt to fish this area
unless you are with some one
who knows its well.

A good pair of wellies, bib and brace or
wadders are a must.
Shoes or trainiers ar a no no.

Started fishing at around 09.15 high was at
14.21 finished at 15.00.
First bite was at around 10.00 and was a snottie
which recked my wishbone rig.

The photo below shows how carefully
I had to be.
I started out fishing off the rocks the other side of the pool in front.
Yep 10 minutes and that's how quick this tide is here.
Shortly after this photo I caught my first codling in that pool / gully.

10 minutes before this photo that area was water free.
At first the weather was misty, calm and warm.
The sea was flat calm.

By high tide a light on shore / westerly wind had picked up.