Fished North Row Ends from high down last night. Had planned to go to Hawthorn Area but didn't get away from work in time to make the walk and catch the tide.
First chuck casting into 4th Bay a good pull and drop back on Cart/Mackerel and lost the lot in a snag. Second chuck lost lead, then events conspired against me.
A good pull resulted in a codling hooked, maybe a couple of pound, but as it came to the surface a great big nasty looking gull attacked it and got tangled in the line. The fish came off and I was left to handball this hissing monstrosity up the cliff, or more accurately out of the sky. After a fair bit of drama I eventually got it to hand and untangled, and a rather sorry looking gull flew off into the night. Leaving me with a wrecked spool of braid and the job of rigging up again.
I should have packed up but stuck at it but nothing much more to report. By this time I was casting straight out as the 4th bay was starting to empty out. A couple of rockling saved the blank but no more decent bites.
So a session to write off, failed on every count.
One thing I noticed is I was getting little taps all the time and almost every cast I lost my hooks, could that be crabs pulling the bait into snags ? When I have fished this mark before it didn't seem anywhere near as snaggy.
Also on this mark every time I cast North into the bay I am snagged solid. How far should the cast be to hit the channel ? Many thanks for any help.
First chuck casting into 4th Bay a good pull and drop back on Cart/Mackerel and lost the lot in a snag. Second chuck lost lead, then events conspired against me.
A good pull resulted in a codling hooked, maybe a couple of pound, but as it came to the surface a great big nasty looking gull attacked it and got tangled in the line. The fish came off and I was left to handball this hissing monstrosity up the cliff, or more accurately out of the sky. After a fair bit of drama I eventually got it to hand and untangled, and a rather sorry looking gull flew off into the night. Leaving me with a wrecked spool of braid and the job of rigging up again.
I should have packed up but stuck at it but nothing much more to report. By this time I was casting straight out as the 4th bay was starting to empty out. A couple of rockling saved the blank but no more decent bites.
So a session to write off, failed on every count.
One thing I noticed is I was getting little taps all the time and almost every cast I lost my hooks, could that be crabs pulling the bait into snags ? When I have fished this mark before it didn't seem anywhere near as snaggy.
Also on this mark every time I cast North into the bay I am snagged solid. How far should the cast be to hit the channel ? Many thanks for any help.
