me and castaway took the first of hopefully a few away days this year. our plan "A" destination didnt come off so we headed off to balcary rock for a few hours. got me stuff together in the back yard for a 6 am getaway. tried to cover all eventualies, spare reels, spinning gear spare rod, loads of grip leads and a rod stand.
decided to ditch the rod stand before i even left the house but by the end of the day i wish i had ditched alot more, cos if i ever go back it will be rucksack and travel as light as possible. having not fished this mark ever before i didnt realise what kind of hike it is to the mark and its a little precaroius in places walking up and down cliff sides.it was a lovely journey over. clear skies and frost everywhere. we arrived in fine form. i took the photos while castaway posed.
after a pig of a journey to down the rock it was worth the effort to be greeted by a brill morning over looking the lakes.
castaway posing for another action shot.
me mate got into the first and best fish of the day, a canny doggy. i didnt manage to get a pic as he didnt want the fish to suffer anymore, personnaly i dont think he wanted to share the photo with owt else that might steal his thunder.
the going was slow and bites hard to come by. i managed to land my first shore caught doggie a couple of hours later for my only fish of the day.
well, the wind picked up and made it difficult to fish so we left for the hard walk back to the car. we decided to spend the last hour round the corner in Ross bay which gave us a chance to tidy the gear up get our breaths back.
all in all a canny day, smashing weather, good crack and a fish a piece to reminisce about over the next working week, but the moral of the outing is, dont take too much gear.
decided to ditch the rod stand before i even left the house but by the end of the day i wish i had ditched alot more, cos if i ever go back it will be rucksack and travel as light as possible. having not fished this mark ever before i didnt realise what kind of hike it is to the mark and its a little precaroius in places walking up and down cliff sides.it was a lovely journey over. clear skies and frost everywhere. we arrived in fine form. i took the photos while castaway posed.
after a pig of a journey to down the rock it was worth the effort to be greeted by a brill morning over looking the lakes.
castaway posing for another action shot.
me mate got into the first and best fish of the day, a canny doggy. i didnt manage to get a pic as he didnt want the fish to suffer anymore, personnaly i dont think he wanted to share the photo with owt else that might steal his thunder.
the going was slow and bites hard to come by. i managed to land my first shore caught doggie a couple of hours later for my only fish of the day.
well, the wind picked up and made it difficult to fish so we left for the hard walk back to the car. we decided to spend the last hour round the corner in Ross bay which gave us a chance to tidy the gear up get our breaths back.
all in all a canny day, smashing weather, good crack and a fish a piece to reminisce about over the next working week, but the moral of the outing is, dont take too much gear.
Excellent pictures - more of this type of thing I say.
