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Ended up on the maina with my Brighton Langoustines. Its a lot more like the marina I know and love since before I went out of the UK. The first fourty casts saw thirty pollock come in. Stopped using the langoustines, cos it was looking like nothing else out there. Went onto float and strip and found the mackerel. Float fished a live mackerel, but no takes. I ended up guiding for a coulple of Irish lads from a travelling family I know. Good lads, and one of them has realltyy got the magic of the blarney. He managed two fourty one cm bass, and backed it up with pollock, an 8 oz codling (first codling I have seen to langoustine) and wrasse. Previous to this afternoon, he had caught three roach. I got a dirty look of one angler as he was leaving when he saw the size of the bass. If Mr Bradshaw had completed on his promise for the MLS these fish would have still been legal, so I couldnt really tell the lads that the fish had to go back, especially as they were 5 cm over the current limit. If I had of caught them, I would have returned them anyhow. Still felt bad though. What would anyone else have done?
Full report and piccies in the diary, but I doubt if I will update it until Saturday or Sunday. But for anyone looking to fish the marina, no may weed, no squid and shedloads of fish. Also had a double figure sea trout twice chase in a quickly retrieved strip. Kind of keeps you going down there....!!
Full report and piccies in the diary, but I doubt if I will update it until Saturday or Sunday. But for anyone looking to fish the marina, no may weed, no squid and shedloads of fish. Also had a double figure sea trout twice chase in a quickly retrieved strip. Kind of keeps you going down there....!!