lofty Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Been watching and waiting, watching and waiting for a weather window.Its been so duff for so long, and finally a little window showed up to coincide with a day off. Ideally I wanted to launch in the bay and look for a codling, but it wasn't a great or long forecast, so a flounder hunt was the specifics of the day. Got some nice worms from Jay at Wessex the night before for an early start at Lake pier. Cracking flat calm harbour,Spring tides, and overcast sky was looking promising for flatty bashing. Paddled across the bay to the marshes at Holton point and dropped the anchor in 6 feet of water. 1 rod , the Hart spin, had a running ledger with beads and size 2 kamasan match hooks The other rod, Shimano Aernos spin, had a 35g float with a spoon, beads and same hook. Within 10 minutes of fishing I had my first, and smallest of the day, flounder on board. For the next 4.5 hours it was great flounder fishing, with most of them around the 2lb mark, and one closer to 2.5lb. Nearly all of them were stuffed with roe, and they all were returned nice and strong. A few photos This one had a big old lump? I'm not sure if it was its fanny ready to disperse its eggs? This one had its tail missing and although big was super thin In all I had around a dozen.The darkening sky informed me it was time to head home. Stopped at a couple of marks for " the fish you dare not say it's name" for the species hunt, but the SBS had other ideas and after doing loads of donuts near by , I decided to leave them playing on the RIBs and head on in. A perfectly planed , timed and executed kayak fishing trip. I love it when a plan comes together Lofty Ianh87, gaffa, Martin Nuth and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Nice report, well done Steve. lofty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher 126 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Great long awaited report, good results for your effort Lofty. lofty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Fisheagle Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Well done on getting out. Nice to see there are still some about. Allan. lofty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedger Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Nice one Steve, Good to see you making the best of a slim window. lofty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich185 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Great report Steve. Well done. lofty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fox Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Lovely start to the year! lofty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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