TerryC
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Every year around now about six of use go to Whithorn and stay at the Burrowhead caravan park Friday through till Monday. Fishing during the day and drinking beer at night.
As usual we got lots of Dogfish, Wrasse and Pollock but the novelty of catching Doggies soon wears off. The previous year really bad weather meant that it was unsafe to fish the rock at the caravan park, slippy as hell ! so we ended up fish a beach instead. Not a fish but to me it looked ideal for Bass so this year instead of going to the pub I decided to try Bass fishing on this beach through the night.
This beach is really shallow so I thought to use as light gear as possible, fixed spool with 10lb line on a 1 - 3 oz Bass rod. End rig was a short pulley rig with a 1 oz lead and a 5/0 Aberdeen with a big peeler crab bait on.
First cast I was wondering if the pub might have been a good idea as the water I was fishing in couldn't have been more than 18" deep. Ten minutes passed.. bang a Bass 52 cm (about 3lb) it went mental on the light gear but I landed it (no thought of the pub now !!).
Next cast tap tap, stuck it and sort of dragged the fish in it was a Dogfish ! "oh dear I thought" it could be a long night of there are lots of Doggies around.
To cut a long story short I had a fish almost every cast 7 Bass and 3 Dogfish. Got back about 5:30 am with everyone doing chainsaw impressions. Put the fish in the fridge and went to bed.
Best night fishing for many years plus bragging for this years trip
As usual we got lots of Dogfish, Wrasse and Pollock but the novelty of catching Doggies soon wears off. The previous year really bad weather meant that it was unsafe to fish the rock at the caravan park, slippy as hell ! so we ended up fish a beach instead. Not a fish but to me it looked ideal for Bass so this year instead of going to the pub I decided to try Bass fishing on this beach through the night.
This beach is really shallow so I thought to use as light gear as possible, fixed spool with 10lb line on a 1 - 3 oz Bass rod. End rig was a short pulley rig with a 1 oz lead and a 5/0 Aberdeen with a big peeler crab bait on.
First cast I was wondering if the pub might have been a good idea as the water I was fishing in couldn't have been more than 18" deep. Ten minutes passed.. bang a Bass 52 cm (about 3lb) it went mental on the light gear but I landed it (no thought of the pub now !!).
Next cast tap tap, stuck it and sort of dragged the fish in it was a Dogfish ! "oh dear I thought" it could be a long night of there are lots of Doggies around.
To cut a long story short I had a fish almost every cast 7 Bass and 3 Dogfish. Got back about 5:30 am with everyone doing chainsaw impressions. Put the fish in the fridge and went to bed.
Best night fishing for many years plus bragging for this years trip
