Blanketyblank
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I've just getting back from a break,staying in a caravan up in Cresswell.I didn't think i would of had much with the sea being relatively calm but to my surprise a few fish turned up.I fished in daylight just up from the Carrs,casting from the beach into the back of the breakers and to my surprise a few school bass to about 2lb turned up.These put up a good fight fishing with light tackle and 3oz leads.I had been digging in the morning and had some nice fresh lugworm and i'd taking up a couple of dozen peeler crab.I was mainly fishing for flatties which were caught but to say these were small they were transparent LOL!.What made the trip even better was that my fishing mate a young novice angler (13) who had never caught fish before! he had the first 2 fish a u/s flounder and a schoolie going about 2lb.He had helped with the digging and he was chuffed to bits with his bass.I was telling him that he was a lucky lad to catch a bass for his second fish.He has the fishing bug now and i think i'll be getting a few phone calls over the next few days.We retired back to the caravan and planned to fish from the rocks round the corner at the private beach for low tide down and the first of the flood.
We arrived just as it was turning dark and we hurried to get tackled up.A nice swell was creeping up the beach so we fished into the back of the breakers in a deeper hole next to a dense kelp bed.On my first cast i had two fish a small codling and a 'rockling' both on fresh crab.My young mate followed this up with another bass about a 1lb and then the fishing went quiet for about half an hour.I had a good bite holding the rod but it didn't come back i recasted out into the same spot and had an instant take which produced another codling about 2lb.
With the tides getting later to fish we had another go along the beach in daylight.This only produced a couple of small dabs and a flounder which was about 1lb.But again it wasn't the fishing which gave me a buzz it was the sheer enjoyment of watching the excited lad catching fish again.The last session was last night in a big sea which was getting bigger as the tide topped HW and the increasing weed which made the fishing almost impossible as the weed was gathering on your line and making your lead pull out.This didn't put 'Lee' off he was quite happy catching weed HA! so i had to explain that we were not fishing and our leads kept pulling out etc.It was time for a few beers and a few tales of the one that got away.It was a good laugh when he was telling his grandad about ALL the fish he had caught and that he may take him fishing one day.To say i was chuffed to see this lad having an excellent time.He even told his Mam that he had, had the best week ever "it was even better then 'Disney Land in Paris' "
We arrived just as it was turning dark and we hurried to get tackled up.A nice swell was creeping up the beach so we fished into the back of the breakers in a deeper hole next to a dense kelp bed.On my first cast i had two fish a small codling and a 'rockling' both on fresh crab.My young mate followed this up with another bass about a 1lb and then the fishing went quiet for about half an hour.I had a good bite holding the rod but it didn't come back i recasted out into the same spot and had an instant take which produced another codling about 2lb.
With the tides getting later to fish we had another go along the beach in daylight.This only produced a couple of small dabs and a flounder which was about 1lb.But again it wasn't the fishing which gave me a buzz it was the sheer enjoyment of watching the excited lad catching fish again.The last session was last night in a big sea which was getting bigger as the tide topped HW and the increasing weed which made the fishing almost impossible as the weed was gathering on your line and making your lead pull out.This didn't put 'Lee' off he was quite happy catching weed HA! so i had to explain that we were not fishing and our leads kept pulling out etc.It was time for a few beers and a few tales of the one that got away.It was a good laugh when he was telling his grandad about ALL the fish he had caught and that he may take him fishing one day.To say i was chuffed to see this lad having an excellent time.He even told his Mam that he had, had the best week ever "it was even better then 'Disney Land in Paris' "
well done on the fishing and great for the young un.
