Cool day and hot fishing!

A text led to a few beers late on Saturday afternoon, never a good idea before a day afloat. That said, it was great to catch up with a few friends and I was back home for 10 pm. Of course, the compulsory dull head followed  on Sunday morning. I should know better to check, and double check in these situations and I soon realised I had left my kayak seat in the garage- bellend!

As I set off again it had warmed up nicely from -6 to -3.5 but I'm not going to lie, when I went through my front door to get my seat, I nearly stayed there. I'm glad that I didn't though.

To be fair I was pretty rough, also fishing rough as it happens, I had a couple of tangles, the GoPro remote wasn't working ( nothing new there) and I dropped a lure over the side before I could attach it. I'm thinking here we go for one of those days. Unusually for today, I made a decent decision and set off for a spot I had marked on my Navionics app on my phone.

The rest of the day passed quickly  as I found the fish on three marks, two of which were new to me.

I've not had a Wrasse this year which is hard to believe. I picked one up on a lure with snow on the hills in December, a first for me.

I had a 

I had three proper lumps, kept two fish for the table, this one and a 3 pounder. I expected it to be a double but it went 9.2 The SG XLNT was bent to cork and the hook almost opened up fully on this fish.

I trashed a bunch of lures, got kelped a few times and broken once. A superb days fishing and a real motivator to get out there in the winter months.