That is a very fine collection there Hugh......nice one mate. :clap:

My missus was walking past as I enlarged the pictures......she's now drooling and can't believe you are going to use most of it as bait!! lol

 

I bet when the surf dies down a bit there will be a few bass patrolling who will only be too happy to munch on that lot!

 

Nice one Hugh that's a great haul, I wish I lived closer to the sea!!

I recognise the kok clams as I saw the locals digging them up in France and using them for Bass! Apparantly they were the best bait around.

 

that little lot will make one big stir fry hugh!!!:fish::fish:

 

i wish i'd had a rod and some waders with me this morning, fishing woulda been very difficult, but i reckon some big beasties woulda been patrolling! bit dodgy going out through the gullies down there though, the next sand bank isn't far away, but the tide was .5m shorter than two days previous, so 30yrds thru very coloured water, when i know there's a lot of slippery exposed 'clay rock' just out of sight (was exposed yesterday), and a couple of sharp drop offs too, seems a bit daft!

bit exposed out there too, had a job to stand at times. night time is always best for collecting as the gulls don't feed on the night tides (unless there's a light source i guess), Marco and i were on hands and knee, almmost crawling about as it wasn't worth standing up! there really was that much in some places!

won't be another tide this big until early april now though, a 7.7 will get right out onto some superb lug beds, trouble is, i can get worm on most tides bigger than a 6m in calm weather. but to get the shells needs very big tides and rough weather to blow them up onto the beach, even then they'll only collect in certain areas.

in among all the slipper limpets, were dozens of other shelfish and creatures, a dead rockling, pout, and a bullhead, mussels, starfish, winkles, crabs, tube worms, lug worm, even came across a couple of whites, but there's little hope of finding them in the bay. i'm told there's two spots (kept top secret by the few ni the know) that are only accessible with waders and on the biggest 8m+ tides, allowing maybe 45 mins digging before they're gone again!

i love going down when it's like this, hard work in the wind, but worth the effort, even if just to see whats out there, i've already earmarked two potentially good marks!

Tom, not sure about the kok clams being bass bait, heard ok for cod though, not sure whether to return the big one, he'squite happily mixing it with the cockles in the fridge at the mo, quite a lively fella!

ps, the pics are called white horses for obvious reasons, not because of the area they were taken!

 

that little lot will make one big stir fry hugh!!!:fish::fish:

lol, never eaten razors to be honest! guess i should try a couple, there's some biggies in there (well.. 6" and finger thickness) that i could grab out the freezer, i've put em all in bags of ten.

also had to dump a ton of old frozen bait, mainly macky fillets, mussels, salted worm and lots of mullet fishing 'chum' ! still, needed doing and the chum is free from the fishmongers!

 

lol, never eaten razors to be honest! guess i should try a couple, there's some biggies in there (well.. 6" and finger thickness) that i could grab out the freezer, i've put em all in bags of ten.

also had to dump a ton of old frozen bait, mainly macky fillets, mussels, salted worm and lots of mullet fishing 'chum' ! still, needed doing and the chum is free from the fishmongers!

i saw a programme with hugh wittingstall ,, well seen it a few times now where hes down dorset way collecting razors them big pod ones.... he chucks um in a bucket, takes um home and fries um up.. then munches um but then i suppose that aint supprising for him he eats anything!!!

 

i saw a programme with hugh wittingstall ,, well seen it a few times now where hes down dorset way collecting razors them big pod ones.... he chucks um in a bucket, takes um home and fries um up.. then munches um but then i suppose that aint supprising for him he eats anything!!!

lol, i'm tempted, mgiht pull a few out and do em with the cockles.

the big pod ones were around, but just the shells, have never found a complete one, we do get them poking out on the sand at night when digging, usually when very cold, but never huge ones.

 

a bit windy......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzlMr0_t1CU

 

Razors are terrific when lightly fried or steamed, just don't over cook 'em though.

 

Agreed, Razors are fantastic. I have eaten them at a friends restaurant in Southsea. Really excellent!!

I will happily trade frozen mackerel, squid or cuttlefish for frozen razors in a few weeks time, Hugh.....