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Fished the evening from 8 till 12 with a float rod set up and a spinning rod.
Fished the float rod with frozen sandeels. Got a nice take close in with the bait set at twenty feet, but the fish crashed into the rocks and kelp and snapped me off after a few seconds - assumed it was a decent pollock.
Shortened the float to twelve feet and fished 15 yards out, immediately the float disappeared. Hooked and landed a nice 4 1/2 lb pollock.
Nothing else happening at 12 feet so lengthened to 16 feet and fished hard against the rocks. Got a bite and landed a small red codling of about 1/2lb.
Had a couple of other nibbles on the float rod, but nothing happened with them.
Tried the spinning rod with a dexter wedge and got a couple of pulls, but never hooked up. Gave up with the spinning rod after a while, as the float had a habit of springing into life just as I had cast.
Enjoyable night.
Fished the float rod with frozen sandeels. Got a nice take close in with the bait set at twenty feet, but the fish crashed into the rocks and kelp and snapped me off after a few seconds - assumed it was a decent pollock.
Shortened the float to twelve feet and fished 15 yards out, immediately the float disappeared. Hooked and landed a nice 4 1/2 lb pollock.
Nothing else happening at 12 feet so lengthened to 16 feet and fished hard against the rocks. Got a bite and landed a small red codling of about 1/2lb.
Had a couple of other nibbles on the float rod, but nothing happened with them.
Tried the spinning rod with a dexter wedge and got a couple of pulls, but never hooked up. Gave up with the spinning rod after a while, as the float had a habit of springing into life just as I had cast.
Enjoyable night.