Lucky old boat

It was nice to see Paul getting amongst the fish from my old boat in NE of England.  Nice one, good to see it getting a run out.

Catching on a catch up

It was great to see Sam and as usual, we caught a few fish. My Perch gear took an absolute hammering, lures, weights, jig heads and leader. If there was a snag Sam would find it, good to see you again but let's make the social on a weekend.  Today's been a challenge! 

Slow day on the bay

Being a month late to the party and looking at reports from last week, I wasn't optimistic about catching a Tope. I wish I'd been wrong, we didn't get a run all day.  In fact, the fishing was slow and it was a day of picking up bits and bobs, for Jamie at least. I was left with the bits as he caught  a few species more than me.

An early Smoothound on last years crab, great fun on the 6 pound class rod.

As usual we had a few laughs, most of which were on me as I was having an absolute shitter of a day and wasn't sure what was coming next.  The most positive thing I can say about yesterday was that I didn't end up falling out the boat...

We contemplated staying out to fish the start of the flood but decided against it. About an hour after this picture was taken  the wind picked up and it was a sea of white caps from the NW.  I hope I'm on better form on Tuesday, back to freshwater and hopefully some Perch with my mate Sam.

Back on the Revo

At long last we were back afloat. Our chosen venue is always a challenge and given we were not match fit it was a tiring day. We battled against what is a heavy flow of water, even on yesterday’s tides, for most of the day. The fishing was a little disappointing and I averaged about a fish an hour, it was a long day. It was the kind of day for me that every fish felt like a fluke and I was working out nothing as I was going about it, if that makes sense?  There was hardly any sign of baitfish and nothing happened that would lift our hopes too much that things would switch on. We also gave the surrounding area a good look over as well. It was interesting to note a spot with 5 seals lined up feeding near the shore over the top of the tide. I’ve not had shore session with lures at night for a while, this area is most definitely worth a look.

My intention was to target Tope the next day, the weather window to do this comfortably was about 4am to about 9am. It was hard to leave the van after Saturday’s effort, so I made my mind up and had a few beers, a chat with a couple of anglers I had met, and a lazy Sunday morning on the beach. It was just nice to wake up to a view when I opened my van door.

Hitting the road

We thought we would be on the road by Easter but then the world had  the handbrake firmly applied. Over the last three days we reconnected with old friends, got lucky with the weather and visited a beer garden that had just opened.  It was an enjoyable and long awaited start to van adventures. Life's just got a little better.

Walkabout

I was feeling motivated yesterday, walking, climbing and casting in new areas.  I’m actually aching today and opted to have a solpadol  with my breakfast.  It was an interesting day where I had decent numbers of fish at points then didn’t have a touch for 3 hours straight. The highlight of the day were 4 fish caught sink and draw in about 30ft of water, unusual for me. The only lure they were interested in at that point was a khaki FBM which had seen better days.  Funny how the fish appear to know you don’t have a spare.