went down at 6.00pm to fish the 8.30pm high tide. All I took with me was my 12 year old grandsons spinning rod and reel, a couple of spinners and some mackerel feathers. I was hoping to catch a mackerel so I could do a bit of float fishing.
I started off about two thirds of the way up the pier and using a 50grm spinner I began fishing. A few lads a short distance to my left were float fishing mackerel strip and were catching a few decent size mackerel.
Anyway, an hour later and I was still fish less but I could see people to my right were catching the odd fish on mackerel feathers.
I decided to move up the pier a bit and try my luck there. Another hour later and I was still fish less.
As the tide heightened I could see people further to my right were still catching fish on feathers. I was reluctant to put feathers on my tiny spinning rod because I wasn't sure how it would cope with two or three fish on the line at once.
Half an hour later, and after the high tide had been and gone, everyone around me were catching fish so I bit the bullet and put on a string of mackerel feathers. What a difference. First cast one decent size mackerel and a herring (I haven't seen theses fish in our waters for quite a number of years). I lifted both fish out of the water and was chuffed with the performance of my rod and reel.
An hour later it was getting dark but I had caught by then 13 herring and two mackerel all on feathers. The spinner done absolutely nothing. I was near the bunker when I started catching fish.
A pleasing nights fishing but I was rather disappointed to see someone walking off the pier with over 70 fish. What on earth was he going to do with 70 plus fish. It would have took him the rest of the night to clean and gut them.
Sorry no pictures but I don't know how to do it. I suppose I will have to learn.
I started off about two thirds of the way up the pier and using a 50grm spinner I began fishing. A few lads a short distance to my left were float fishing mackerel strip and were catching a few decent size mackerel.
Anyway, an hour later and I was still fish less but I could see people to my right were catching the odd fish on mackerel feathers.
I decided to move up the pier a bit and try my luck there. Another hour later and I was still fish less.
As the tide heightened I could see people further to my right were still catching fish on feathers. I was reluctant to put feathers on my tiny spinning rod because I wasn't sure how it would cope with two or three fish on the line at once.
Half an hour later, and after the high tide had been and gone, everyone around me were catching fish so I bit the bullet and put on a string of mackerel feathers. What a difference. First cast one decent size mackerel and a herring (I haven't seen theses fish in our waters for quite a number of years). I lifted both fish out of the water and was chuffed with the performance of my rod and reel.
An hour later it was getting dark but I had caught by then 13 herring and two mackerel all on feathers. The spinner done absolutely nothing. I was near the bunker when I started catching fish.
A pleasing nights fishing but I was rather disappointed to see someone walking off the pier with over 70 fish. What on earth was he going to do with 70 plus fish. It would have took him the rest of the night to clean and gut them.
Sorry no pictures but I don't know how to do it. I suppose I will have to learn.
