With the glorious weather it had been a long week of waiting for Thursday evening to arrive but eventually it did and my wait to wet a line again was over :clap2:, after 3 lure blanks on the trot I was determined to fish it hard last night and by 20:30 I was ready to go at mark number 1. After witnessing loads of bass crawling all over a mates lure the last time I fished there my choice of which lure to start with was a no brainer and I kicked off proceedings with the Patch 100 in Red Katakuchi. On the previous occasion I had struggled to get the distance required with this light lure on my 8ft Bushwhacker so this time I was using my SG Salt paired with my Aernos 3000 for only the second time and I immediately noticed an improvement in casting range :thumbs:. Conditions looked good to me with a slight ripple on the water to diffuse the light and I obviously wasnt the only one who thought so as I was soon joined by a b****y great seal 
hmy:, I didnt know if that was a good or a bad sign but for once I hoped that a bass wouldnt grab hold of my lure any moment soon and attract the seal any closer :laugh:. There were a few fish moving but they must have been too close to shore for my fishing companions liking as he left after ten minutes or so in search of easier pickings.
After a biteless half hour I switched to a lure which I havent tried before and I gave my Gunfish 95 in Gun metal shad its inaugural dip but again it wasnt what the fish were after so it was back to the lure box again. The light was fading by now meaning the witching our would soon be upon me and small schools of whitebait began to dapple the surface as they headed for their night time retreats, this was an ideal opportunity to try out a lure which Ive had for years but never had a light enough set up to fish it properly with so on went the 90mm Maria Angel Kiss in Pearl-Sandeel. I started off with a medium pace retrieve to fish it just below the surface but when this didnt work I switched tactics to a very slow retrieve which waked the lure enticingly across the top. Id been fishing like this for maybe 15 minutes when a strange thing happened, the lure was only a couple of meters out when I felt a strange vibration through the rod and the water rippled around my lure like a shoal of piranha were attacking it, I was shocked to begin with and didnt know if I should stop the retrieve or carry on but as the vibration continued unabated I lifted the lure out of the water to discover this monster attempting to devour my lure!hmy:
Not only was it was my first fish on my new set up, it was also my first whiting on a lure, the smallest fish Ive ever caught on a lure and best of all the blank was saved :yahoo: :laugh:.
By now the tide was well on the flood and my escape route would soon be cut off so after a couple more fruitless casts I made my way back to the car and on to mark number 2.
I arrived at the second mark to find another couple of anglers there already and I made straight for my favoured spot. Now the pressure of the blank was off I hoped that I would have more success but sadly it wasnt to be, despite trying on top with the Patch 100 I also tried a few shallow divers in the form of the Feed Shallow in Mullet, the 90mm Komomo II in Joker the bass wouldnt come out to play and when even the Mighty Shiner fails to get a response you know its time to go home.
So after a long wait it was all over for another week and once again Im counting those long hours until the next time :sad:. On the plus side though despite the elusive bass staying just that, at least my new gear had a good work out with whitingzilla and my run of blanks is finally at an end :yeah:...... for now! :g:
hmy:, I didnt know if that was a good or a bad sign but for once I hoped that a bass wouldnt grab hold of my lure any moment soon and attract the seal any closer :laugh:. There were a few fish moving but they must have been too close to shore for my fishing companions liking as he left after ten minutes or so in search of easier pickings.After a biteless half hour I switched to a lure which I havent tried before and I gave my Gunfish 95 in Gun metal shad its inaugural dip but again it wasnt what the fish were after so it was back to the lure box again. The light was fading by now meaning the witching our would soon be upon me and small schools of whitebait began to dapple the surface as they headed for their night time retreats, this was an ideal opportunity to try out a lure which Ive had for years but never had a light enough set up to fish it properly with so on went the 90mm Maria Angel Kiss in Pearl-Sandeel. I started off with a medium pace retrieve to fish it just below the surface but when this didnt work I switched tactics to a very slow retrieve which waked the lure enticingly across the top. Id been fishing like this for maybe 15 minutes when a strange thing happened, the lure was only a couple of meters out when I felt a strange vibration through the rod and the water rippled around my lure like a shoal of piranha were attacking it, I was shocked to begin with and didnt know if I should stop the retrieve or carry on but as the vibration continued unabated I lifted the lure out of the water to discover this monster attempting to devour my lure!
hmy:
Not only was it was my first fish on my new set up, it was also my first whiting on a lure, the smallest fish Ive ever caught on a lure and best of all the blank was saved :yahoo: :laugh:.
By now the tide was well on the flood and my escape route would soon be cut off so after a couple more fruitless casts I made my way back to the car and on to mark number 2.
I arrived at the second mark to find another couple of anglers there already and I made straight for my favoured spot. Now the pressure of the blank was off I hoped that I would have more success but sadly it wasnt to be, despite trying on top with the Patch 100 I also tried a few shallow divers in the form of the Feed Shallow in Mullet, the 90mm Komomo II in Joker the bass wouldnt come out to play and when even the Mighty Shiner fails to get a response you know its time to go home.
So after a long wait it was all over for another week and once again Im counting those long hours until the next time :sad:. On the plus side though despite the elusive bass staying just that, at least my new gear had a good work out with whitingzilla and my run of blanks is finally at an end :yeah:...... for now! :g:
