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Fished Trefor pier again last night with Steve A in search of that double figure huss, we arrived about two hours after low water armed with squid, mackerel, sandeel and black lug. A couple of guys were already fishing and told us they'd had doggies and lots of small stuff but no huss, found out today it was John Mason and a mate, nice to meet you guys.
We adopted our usual plan of attack, one big bait for the huss and one scratching rod to see what was about. Sport wasn't as frantic as a couple of weeks ago but it was steady and we'd allready landed a few doggies and a small pollack before I had a better bite on my big bait. I lifted into it and it immediately felt like a decent fish, I managed to get it almost to the pier before it spat the hook out :wah: . Sure I've read somewhere that huss do tend to hang on to a bait when they're not properly hooked and then spit it out at the last minute. I was gutted because we didn't even get to see the fish but my bait had only been out a few minutes and was still in good nick so I lobbed it back out to the same place. Within five minutes I had another decent bite but this time I gave it plenty of time and it was fish on :thumbs:. After a few minutes I managed to get it to the side of the pier but we had a slight problem, it was too big for the dropnet :g: Once again Steve was in control and after a very nerveracking ten minutes or so and a couple of near misses it was finally in the net, my best huss and my first ever double figure fish at 11 lb 8 oz.
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After weighing and a couple of pics she was lowered down in the dropnet and swam on the surface away into the darkness, an amazing sight
. Our enthusiasm level went through the roof after that and we fished hard but after a few more doggies, another small pollack and a small codling, things went quiet for an hour or so. It was Steve's turn for a good bite next but unfortunately it dragged him into a snag and he lost his rig, a little while later he was just saying that he hoped the fish wasn't tethered by his lost rig when he had another good bite and it was fish on again, he got the fish to the pier, another good huss we estimated to be around the 8 - 10 lb mark, but just as I was lowering the net it spat the bait out , Steve's turn to be gutted but as he retrieved his gear he noticed some red shockleader tangled with it, it was the rig he lost earlier, we don't know if the huss that snagged him earlier was the one he'd just lost or not but we were both gobsmacked.
We fished it hard for the rest of the session and had a couple more huss bites that we couldn't connect with so we had to make do with a couple more doggies. Total catch for the night was 16 doggies, 2 pollack, 1 codling and the huss, another brilliant session at Trefor pier, long may it remain fishable.
We adopted our usual plan of attack, one big bait for the huss and one scratching rod to see what was about. Sport wasn't as frantic as a couple of weeks ago but it was steady and we'd allready landed a few doggies and a small pollack before I had a better bite on my big bait. I lifted into it and it immediately felt like a decent fish, I managed to get it almost to the pier before it spat the hook out :wah: . Sure I've read somewhere that huss do tend to hang on to a bait when they're not properly hooked and then spit it out at the last minute. I was gutted because we didn't even get to see the fish but my bait had only been out a few minutes and was still in good nick so I lobbed it back out to the same place. Within five minutes I had another decent bite but this time I gave it plenty of time and it was fish on :thumbs:. After a few minutes I managed to get it to the side of the pier but we had a slight problem, it was too big for the dropnet :g: Once again Steve was in control and after a very nerveracking ten minutes or so and a couple of near misses it was finally in the net, my best huss and my first ever double figure fish at 11 lb 8 oz.
After weighing and a couple of pics she was lowered down in the dropnet and swam on the surface away into the darkness, an amazing sight
. Our enthusiasm level went through the roof after that and we fished hard but after a few more doggies, another small pollack and a small codling, things went quiet for an hour or so. It was Steve's turn for a good bite next but unfortunately it dragged him into a snag and he lost his rig, a little while later he was just saying that he hoped the fish wasn't tethered by his lost rig when he had another good bite and it was fish on again, he got the fish to the pier, another good huss we estimated to be around the 8 - 10 lb mark, but just as I was lowering the net it spat the bait out , Steve's turn to be gutted but as he retrieved his gear he noticed some red shockleader tangled with it, it was the rig he lost earlier, we don't know if the huss that snagged him earlier was the one he'd just lost or not but we were both gobsmacked.We fished it hard for the rest of the session and had a couple more huss bites that we couldn't connect with so we had to make do with a couple more doggies. Total catch for the night was 16 doggies, 2 pollack, 1 codling and the huss, another brilliant session at Trefor pier, long may it remain fishable.
