Has summer arrived

It has been a long winter and now there are signs that the fish are returning and feeding, I went out with Derek a couple of days ago and 3 smallish bass came to the boat

Day I went out looking for mackerel, I did not find any but found loads of pollack feeding everywhere on the flooding tide. I reckon I had about 50 in a few hours

I am also told that a lot of whiting and turbot are being taken on the banks over the last few days

Season up and running

Early days yet but the bass are back with Derek out fishing me once again this season. A week or so ago Derek took the first 3 bass, all small but a welcome return after a long cold winter. Last week I took a couple of bass using a Duo press fusion.

This morning we took 15 small bass all on savage gear slugs rigged weightless. They seemed to only like the pearl coloured ones. I managed to land 3 of the 15.