got up at 3am and went to st marys island,still dark as I crossed over and not a person in sight.set up on the front and watched the sun come up.fantastic morning to be out.anyway nothing first couple of casts then a bite,cast back to same spot and had,nt got the rod in the stand and its away again.every cast to this spot gave me a bite,if I was 20 yards out in either direction nothing.dont know if I was hitting a whole or gap in the kelp and there was fish holding up there,i new if I was in the spot as id get a knock within 5 mins .ended up with loads of codlings from tiny (as pic) to a few size,i kept one to eat,when I gutted it there was a fish in its belly(weaver I think).also got a wrasse and missed lots of bites to.used a 2/0 manta with fresh and frozen crab plus frozen muscle ,run out of bait in the end and was putting the old bait id cut off back on the hook and still getting bites.made up for the blanks ive had the last couple of weeks
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It's one of my favourite shots off there (as well as the other side of the post) - on a big tide you'll get a better idea of where the weed-beds are lying, and as you found out, it's often a case of locating a feature that's holding a few fish.
