The Great Wallsendo
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Fished a BOTAC match last night as the SBRAAC have had a 2 week sabbatical
Decided on King Edwards Bay due to the strong westerlies as A) I fancied a bit of shelter and B) I fancied an easy nights fishing not losing gear every ten minutes
Pleasant evening really, a little bit of drizzle but by and by the sky was clear and the moon was nigh on full
Rotated tactics - 1 up 1 down scratching rig / 2/0 pulley rig. Bait was Lug/Mussel
First cast resulted in a small coalie. Second cast, another small coalie (30cms) and so it went on with virtually a fish a chuck which included more small coalies and a rockling...
...finally got a decent knock on the pulley rig which resulted in...
YAY WOOO YAY...at last the demons have deserted me and a SIZE 36cm Coalie is landed at my feet
been haunted by numerous Coalies below legal size all season
And the fish kept coming and even though they were small I was still content to be kept busy
A small Flounder (I was willing it to be a Dab)
and in the final half hour I got a double shot...
So my bag for the match was 1lb 8oz 2dr which didn't win me any prizes but it's nice just to weigh in (which I haven't done in any club match this year :red: )
Had the radio on on my phone too - even managed to get a shout out on the Radcliffe/Maconie show at 2107ish
...til the next time
Decided on King Edwards Bay due to the strong westerlies as A) I fancied a bit of shelter and B) I fancied an easy nights fishing not losing gear every ten minutes
Pleasant evening really, a little bit of drizzle but by and by the sky was clear and the moon was nigh on full
Rotated tactics - 1 up 1 down scratching rig / 2/0 pulley rig. Bait was Lug/Mussel
First cast resulted in a small coalie. Second cast, another small coalie (30cms) and so it went on with virtually a fish a chuck which included more small coalies and a rockling...
...finally got a decent knock on the pulley rig which resulted in...
YAY WOOO YAY...at last the demons have deserted me and a SIZE 36cm Coalie is landed at my feet
been haunted by numerous Coalies below legal size all seasonAnd the fish kept coming and even though they were small I was still content to be kept busy
A small Flounder (I was willing it to be a Dab)
and in the final half hour I got a double shot...
So my bag for the match was 1lb 8oz 2dr which didn't win me any prizes but it's nice just to weigh in (which I haven't done in any club match this year :red: )
Had the radio on on my phone too - even managed to get a shout out on the Radcliffe/Maconie show at 2107ish
...til the next time
