Adam F Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 With first light being so late 7.15... Al and I managed to sneak a few hours of the morning flood for a crack at the bass. And what a big tide it was! I had to steer a carefull course through the harbour as the big tide had submerged many of the vacant moorings. Bait was hard to find - Al hooked up first chuck but rather than the small 1oz wrasse we were after he hooked into a beast about 3lb! Fishing was hard as a strong F5/6 Easterly blew us into the shore and the rocks and a 4knot flood tide whipped us the other way... I got it wrong once and used up one of JV's 9 lives... we ended up being blown into the 2' water and rocks stern first and I had to gun the engine to get out - clipping a rock but not causing any damage...phew!! Next chuck for me and bang - this isnt a bait fish! A sprited scrap and a real surprise - a 4lb 4oz thick lipped mullet! I usually put these back, but havent ever eaten one so this one went for the pot - in fact it was lovely - had it for tea tonight! The bassing worked too - but we had to reply on the Sidewinder shads - and worked they did... we had 3 bass in 3 drifts before the tide died away. On checking tonight it seems my mullet was 100% specimen and just 2oz under the club record! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Glad JV escaped unscathed. Good fishing Adam, think it was 12.5 oz under George's record.... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 George's joint record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisE Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Nice mullet and glad you caught some bass, I've been on holiday for a week and expected to come back to tales of cod. With the mild forecast I might well hedge my bets at the w/e and have a little dabble for Mr Spikey as well as ol' bucket mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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