Delay in reports

It has been a while since I submitted a few reports. The weather has now been hot and the winds calm making fishing difficult. I have been struggling to find fish  in the more western marks picking up the odd smallish fish. Mostly at LEH. However Beverley moved further east the other day and picked up a few fish off S Rock where Derek was fishing.

These fish were caught at least an hour before low tide

My son had an unusual catch the other day, following a strong off shore wind

Night Needlefishing

Having been impressed by the excellent results that Keith White of Jersey Bass Guides has been enjoying fishing needle fish lures at night, I was invited to attend and learn how to fish these seemingly simple lures.

We met just as the darkness was setting in, Keith White, his brother Kevin and Stephen Olsen and Dave.I was a bit apprehensive as I was trying something totally different. Not night fishing but using needle sticks. The wade started as the tide began to  drop and clearly everyone was up for a goodnight.

I took some ribbing for the bright pink rucksack that I had found in the shed. We were soon on the marks where sand eels were splashing in the water. It was not long before Kevin had the first fish on followed by further shouts from the others that they were getting bites. I had to remember the instructions given to me about the lures and found it difficult to keep the rod in the required position.

I was using a shorter rod than the others and could not cast as far as the others. This was a minus as the fish were some way out due to the calm conditions.

Eventually the first fish was hooked by myself and released followed a short time later by a small fish. It may be small but it proved to me what the others had been telling me. That needles do work.

40 fish came ashore last night in the space of less than an hour. The tide had turned and we had to return back to the shore.A good night and shows what can be achieved. I am looking forward to my next trip, thanks a lot guys for the invite.

Small tide poor weather

The poor weather continues with rain and strong winds becoming the norm. Derek and I managed to get out on the high tide yesterday on a 26ft tide and resulted in a couple of nice fish one at 5lbs and one at 4.75lbs. My was caught on a Sakura eel fished slowly in the current whilst Derek's fish came on a gulp, fished in a similar manner.

Both fish were tagged and released, we also had two other fish.

 

Bass are funny feeders

The weather continues to be poor but the fishing has improved, no where near as good as last year. I have been out with Derek a couple of times over the last couple of days. Fish were well localised on our usual first and last marks. They have been taking surface lures. The interesting point is that one minute they will only take skimmers the next only z claws.

It seems that they switch within minutes.I have been trying needlefish lures having been inspired by Keith White of Jersey Bass Guides but have not caught as yet on them.

I have been catching on the Sakura eels that Monster Tackle sell, fished with a 7gm jighead. We have also been taking a few mackerel at the point and finger rock.There have been load of sandeels at finger rock so many that it sounds like rain on the sea.

I also took a nice wrasse of 4lb on the Sakura eels

The offshore reef has been disappointing and so has the lagoon with most of our fish caught on the first and last marks we have been using

Poor Weather Continues

what a summer we have been having, the rain continues to come down. Every few days the wind blows. We ventured yesterday to fish the 35ft tide. We started at our usual spot in about 15ft of water. Fish were difficult to find but by moving a couple of hundred yards we quickly landed 3 fish. This included a fish just below 5lbs caught by Derek on a black worm.

I had a fish on a sakura eel. The next drift resulted in nothing and it would appear that the fish were moving quickly on the fast ebbing tide.

The heavy rain did not dampen our spirits and we picked up another fish at finger rock, one at the point and the last were we started.

News is coming in that one of our tagged fish has been caught very close to where it had been tagged a few weeks ago