There`s always next time

[DurhamAngler]

First time out beach/rock fishing in over 10yrs .......new rod,reel ect and time to give it a try so off i headed down to Boaties Bay........couple of practise casts( and a big birds nest haha ) on the cleaner ground of the beach then i clambered over to the rock edges , set up and dropped a bait just over the kelp ..........that and several more casts resulted in lost gear
Had 1 solitary bite which almost pulled the rod off the rest ....good fish on then snagged and lost ......not another bite for 2 hrs so moved round to fish the cleaner ground during the flood ...............nothing,not a touch :-( Went home having blanked but still its nice to be out fishing again

Lessons learned :-

Must find a better method of rigging rotten bottoms !

Never try and walk a mile in neoprene chesties ever again

 

[lee_wood]

I no te feeling mate a walked about two mile from chuch point to the beacons in neopren chesties i myt aswel swam there the sweat was running off me

 

[Juliogeordio]

Well im sure everyone is glad to have you back mate despite the blank lol

Always next time!!

Chest waders? oh dear..... asking for trouble lol

 

[DurhamAngler]

Needed those chesties to get onto a rock platform out past the skeers....they came in handy for that but next time i`ll bag em and strap them to my box

 

[Juliogeordio]

Plenty of easier marks to fish if your just back into shore fishing mate lol. Last time I needed waders I wore my surfing wetsuit which worked just as well and was a bit more comfortable lol.

At least you got out mate! Beats X FACTOR!

 

[DurhamAngler]

Yep , our lass has the bloody X factor on ........makes me think i should`ve fished on into the dark haha

 

[billfish4853]

welcome back mate better luck next time