Decide on the rough ground today, fished off Hendon area on the outside edge of whitestones, expecting a nice comfortable morning with long slow lazy drifts and regular fish!!
Tale of 2 halves really, afloat around 7 am, lovely grey skies, breeze still a bit fresh and sea a little lumpy, not a problem....that was until I started the first drift, spent the next couple of hours chugging along at 2 knots.... the only thing that was happening regularly was losing gear!!
Decided that if things had not improved by high water then I was away home, gladly as the tide eased, wind dropped and the sun even started to appear, some sign of fish started, 3 lost fish on the bounce and ready to sell the boat and go back to fly fishing!!
From high water I fished the first 2 hours of the ebb, pretty much non stop during this period, lots of small fish around 1lb, steadily picking up the odd 2 to 3lb fish in amongst them, biggest of the day a modest 5lb but very welcome all the same.
All fish on shads today, they did not seem to like my usual favourite of an orange tiger twin tail, a 4 inch green.... chartreuse to be precise.... took the majority of the fish today.
Finished with 12 keepers
Tale of 2 halves really, afloat around 7 am, lovely grey skies, breeze still a bit fresh and sea a little lumpy, not a problem....that was until I started the first drift, spent the next couple of hours chugging along at 2 knots.... the only thing that was happening regularly was losing gear!!
Decided that if things had not improved by high water then I was away home, gladly as the tide eased, wind dropped and the sun even started to appear, some sign of fish started, 3 lost fish on the bounce and ready to sell the boat and go back to fly fishing!!
From high water I fished the first 2 hours of the ebb, pretty much non stop during this period, lots of small fish around 1lb, steadily picking up the odd 2 to 3lb fish in amongst them, biggest of the day a modest 5lb but very welcome all the same.
All fish on shads today, they did not seem to like my usual favourite of an orange tiger twin tail, a 4 inch green.... chartreuse to be precise.... took the majority of the fish today.
Finished with 12 keepers
you must get a fish box though...
