Author: Subject: WHITBURN KELP BEDS 22.08.05
TC
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posted on 22/8/2005 at 21:58
Got there about 10:45 to be greeted by a howling wind and then it started raining..........hmmmm......the omens weren't looking good.
Varied the styles.....casting right INTO the kelp / casting into the clearer bits - using plain sinkers / using grippers........By the way, Paul - those "cannylinks" are just that, m8........without using them, I would've lost a load of gear virtually every chuck.....instead I just lost a load of weights......and a lot less than I'd anticipated.
I had a couple of canny knocks but nothing came of them.
Ian had a nice 2 to 2 and a half pound redcod on but lost it close in in the kelp......annoying really - it was only a cople of yards off being landed. Moved to the next gulley........out on the end.....only had time for 2 casts as the tide was ripping back in by now. As it turned out - we still had to wade chest deep at one point on the way back to safer ground.
Met Kenny and Kyle Gray when we were there......they were out looking for peeler.......don't think they were having much luck.
Spent the rest of the afternoon at mark 44 on Shields Pier......nothing much doing there, either.......lol......although Ian did get a couple of decent sized coalies - both returned.
Met Richy and his mam down there again.....becoming a bit of a habbit, that.......also had a bit of a chat with young Stephen as we were leaving..........CRIKEY.....it sounds like a NESA outing.
[Edited on 22/8/2005 by TC]
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SIXFOOTSTEVE
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 08:15
Sounds like a canny day out Tony ,obviously you realise you're being stalked by board members lol.
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 12:23
Always the next time though mate. Try the same spot on a slightly smaller tide and see what happens.
Jim.
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 17:21
tc try following the tide out m8 and like jim said try a smaller tide,when i fish cowbar etc i always follow the tide out ,works well most times ,its even better after a big blowing nor/ easter
TC
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 19:21
Lol Steve....aye wherever I went I bumped into somebody from the site and had a bit natter with them.......
After having a few good knocks myself and Ian losing one at the last minute, I now know that there ARE some fish in those beds and I will be going back there again on a few occassions at different states of the tide.
I'd not had so much as a nibble on the bait the last few times I'd been there and wasn't at all sure if there were any fish to be had from the mark. However, as I said previously......it always LOOKS like it could be promising.
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TC
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posted on 22/8/2005 at 21:58
Got there about 10:45 to be greeted by a howling wind and then it started raining..........hmmmm......the omens weren't looking good.
Varied the styles.....casting right INTO the kelp / casting into the clearer bits - using plain sinkers / using grippers........By the way, Paul - those "cannylinks" are just that, m8........without using them, I would've lost a load of gear virtually every chuck.....instead I just lost a load of weights......and a lot less than I'd anticipated.
I had a couple of canny knocks but nothing came of them.
Ian had a nice 2 to 2 and a half pound redcod on but lost it close in in the kelp......annoying really - it was only a cople of yards off being landed. Moved to the next gulley........out on the end.....only had time for 2 casts as the tide was ripping back in by now. As it turned out - we still had to wade chest deep at one point on the way back to safer ground.
Met Kenny and Kyle Gray when we were there......they were out looking for peeler.......don't think they were having much luck.
Spent the rest of the afternoon at mark 44 on Shields Pier......nothing much doing there, either.......lol......although Ian did get a couple of decent sized coalies - both returned.
Met Richy and his mam down there again.....becoming a bit of a habbit, that.......also had a bit of a chat with young Stephen as we were leaving..........CRIKEY.....it sounds like a NESA outing.
[Edited on 22/8/2005 by TC]
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SIXFOOTSTEVE
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 08:15
Sounds like a canny day out Tony ,obviously you realise you're being stalked by board members lol.
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willywetegg
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 12:23
Always the next time though mate. Try the same spot on a slightly smaller tide and see what happens.
Jim.
ollie
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 17:21
tc try following the tide out m8 and like jim said try a smaller tide,when i fish cowbar etc i always follow the tide out ,works well most times ,its even better after a big blowing nor/ easter
TC
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posted on 23/8/2005 at 19:21
Lol Steve....aye wherever I went I bumped into somebody from the site and had a bit natter with them.......
After having a few good knocks myself and Ian losing one at the last minute, I now know that there ARE some fish in those beds and I will be going back there again on a few occassions at different states of the tide.
I'd not had so much as a nibble on the bait the last few times I'd been there and wasn't at all sure if there were any fish to be had from the mark. However, as I said previously......it always LOOKS like it could be promising.
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