Once again I opted for my old favourite and fished just up from the Beachcomber pub last night. Arrived and set up just after 9pm about and hour before low water. I was confronted by flat calm sea, the slightest NE breeze and overcast sky which made it quite warm.
Usual tactics – one rod with 2 hooker flapper rig using size 2 hooks baited with lugworm varying the distances. Second rod with 3/0 pennel and whole squid.
Wasn’t long before my old friend Tiny thornback appeared again…and again….and again, taking the lugworm. This was followed by some small Pout.
I had a couple of knocks on the calamari but put this down the usual suspects, small Pout or whiting.
Fishing was pretty slow until not long after 1.15 when I had two bass of around a pound and a bit hit the squid on successive casts. Next take was a beauty which had the rod slammed down hard. A nice bass of 44cm was beached. All three fish were taken, at most 20 yards out.
After these three, it was back to Pout. By 5.30, I’d had enough and decided to head for home. I don’t know if sticking it out longer would have resulted in any codling or not but quite frankly the thought of a warm bed was more appealing.