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If some dodgy geezer comes up to you in a pub and offers you a load of sand, cheap, watch out: I went to fish Coombesgate Beach last night and ... it wasn't there!
It's gawn, every last grain of it!
The whole area from the foot of the steps, out through the rocky sides and up to the main Morte Bay beach is now just jagged rocks, and it's now impossible to reach the main beach and sea without chest waders because the whole lower end of the beach, from one wall to the other, is one giant, way-over-yer-wellies rockpool.
I had to backtrack and climb up to the private steps down to Grunta Beach next door .... and this was also nothing but rocks! Passable rocks, though, so I finally got to the shore. Very windy, offshore, and a good surf, but very slow fishing. I caught a 1lb bass in the surf on lug, which got no other bites. The only excitement came from the distance bait of sandeel, two real rod-wrenchers about an hour apart ... but both just one huge bite then nothing more.
Anyway, where's it all bleeding gone? Coombesgate was a fine storm beach and Grunta rocks was a good spring high mark, fishing onto sand that's not there any more.
I've seen shifting sand levels before but haven't seen a change on this scale since Teignmouth Beach / Sea Wall in the late 70s/early 80s ... anyone remember that?
If anyone on this forum is responsible, please return the beach, or at least check your tackle boxes in case you picked it up accidentally.
Thank you.
It's gawn, every last grain of it!
The whole area from the foot of the steps, out through the rocky sides and up to the main Morte Bay beach is now just jagged rocks, and it's now impossible to reach the main beach and sea without chest waders because the whole lower end of the beach, from one wall to the other, is one giant, way-over-yer-wellies rockpool.
I had to backtrack and climb up to the private steps down to Grunta Beach next door .... and this was also nothing but rocks! Passable rocks, though, so I finally got to the shore. Very windy, offshore, and a good surf, but very slow fishing. I caught a 1lb bass in the surf on lug, which got no other bites. The only excitement came from the distance bait of sandeel, two real rod-wrenchers about an hour apart ... but both just one huge bite then nothing more.
Anyway, where's it all bleeding gone? Coombesgate was a fine storm beach and Grunta rocks was a good spring high mark, fishing onto sand that's not there any more.
I've seen shifting sand levels before but haven't seen a change on this scale since Teignmouth Beach / Sea Wall in the late 70s/early 80s ... anyone remember that?
If anyone on this forum is responsible, please return the beach, or at least check your tackle boxes in case you picked it up accidentally.
Thank you.