Some 2011 Fish

Here are a few fish from 2011 Have a great Xmas and thanks to Tom from Monster Tackle for allowing me to test some gear and for selling me that great Century Rod

Last fish for December

With Derek jetting off to New Zealand for 3 months and horrendous gales I think the fishing is over for December.

Greedy fish inhaled the surface lure

However we did get out a couple of times last week which resulted in a few fish on surface lures in shallow water taken at a reef near to the MB. The fish were holding there as the tide turned from low
into the flood.

Derek with a fish around 4lbs

 

 

The fish were more plentiful when there was a bit of chop on the water, the following day it was flat calm and this resulted in only 4 fish compared to the 7 the day before.

Fishing is likely to be hard over the next few months and will probably be restricted to Pollack and LRF fishing

December Bass

Managed to get out at half tide as my boat is on a temp mooring in St.Helier marina. We set off to LHG and at Micks corner Derek put on a black redgill as the water was cloudy. He immediately took a bass around the 2.5lb mark, we moved off up LHG and as there was a heavy swell running we decided to try a head where white water was around it. Both using surface lures we both hooked up to fish at the same time weighing in at 2.5lb.

The swell picked up and we had to move towards EC where Derek took another fish on a white redgill

More surface action

The last trip of the year out in Derek's boat before he goes off to New Zealand so we ventured out in a force 4 sothweaterley wind making conditions verytough. The drift was extremely fast. Derek started the ball rolling with a bass of around 2lbs near the oobeds I took one on a soft plastic (sakura magic eel) at the same spot. Things got difficult with Derek picking up a fish at finger rock on the surface whilst I took one on a surface in the lagoon.The point was disappointing so we went off to the reefs in the middle.

Derek cast his lure in amongst some weed and was immediatel hit by a fish that weighed in around the 5lb mark.Derek took another one at this spot before moving inshore.

As the tide came in the fish turned up for a very short spell where we took 4 more fish on surface lures and shimmer eels.

Surface Fun

Out with Derek at first light the conditions looked great for a few hungry fish wanting to feed. However it was not to be and it was not until we went to the offshore reef that Derek took his first bass around the 2.5lb mark. This was on a shimmer eel.

In the meantime I was busy catching pollack. Derek took another fish at this reef before moving off up to finger rock, where Derek took yet another fish.

We moved up to thepoint and the fish were hard to find. I put on a bass arrow and immediately got hit by a fish of 4lb. After this the fish disappeared and we made our way up to the OB after the tide turned. Fish again were not there.

A short time the fish appeared on the Eastern side Derek continued to take fish on his Patchinko. I changed to a z claw and took a nice fish of 6.5 lbs and a fish of 2.5lbs. We had a total of 10 fish well Derek had 7 of them.

A few brace of bass

Out with Derek this morning, nice sunny day but a small 27ft tide and a heavy swell running in amongst the rocks. First cast for Derek resulted in a fish taking Derek's red gill and snapping him off. Things became quiet and no fish were showing interest in the surface lures.

Deek put on a black redgill as we approached a reef of rocks near Micks Corner that were just showing a cast just to the side of the white foaming water resulted in a fish taking the red gill. The fish came to the boat and weighed in at 5.5 lbs before it was released back into the sea.

Derek later took another fish around the 2lb mark again on the black redgill
 whilst all I had for the day was poxy polloack

This coupled with the 2 bass we had the other afternoon it would seem that things are slowing down maybe with the sea temp dropping

A trip with Steve

Out today on a 32ft tide, the forecast was bad so Derek was walking down Steve Olsen came  and we started off at LHG where at Micks point I hooked into a fish on the first cast not big around 2lbs. Second cast I hooked and lost another fish.

Fishing became difficult for some reason and we ventured round to the point where Steve picked a nice 4.5lb fish on a soft plastic on his light gear this was followed up with a smaller fish. We caught quiet a few pollack which coughed up bits of squid and we also caught a number of snipe.

We made our way back to LHG where I caught another bass around the 2lb mark