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Well it was nice weather, good conditions with a SW/W F4/5, good size low tide (1.6m) so it was down the cliffs to fish the overfalls on the drop.
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The tide rips round the headland on the drop and creates some overfalls where it shallows up a bit. The bank off the reef just beyond that shot is 45m at low and the reef where the rip current is is about 7m at low. Lots of water, not a lot of space for it.
This is the same bit of water at low tide on my walk back up:
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Anyways...
I had a mare of a time with some bass thinking they were mullet. I even text Liam for advice. Unfortunately it didn't help
Started with a zonk varying froma steady retrieve, fast or slow and then started to rip and pause. Getting follows every few casts and one time had 3 huge bass :shock::shock::-o follow the lure right to my feet in 4ft of water over the kelp so a great view of what could be.
tried some SP's, slow bumping bottom, medium to keep them midwater, fast to keep them higher and had some more follows and a smaller fish came in fast at my feet and completely missed it. :shock::shock:
I then got bored with them and was starting to swear too much and scare the seagulls so I put an Xlayer on a light head and tried to winkle out a rockie. No joy there either.
tried a Zonk again and no more follows as the tide had slacked off so i started the trudge back up.
I hate fishing. I hate Bass. they're worse than mullet sometimes.
The tide rips round the headland on the drop and creates some overfalls where it shallows up a bit. The bank off the reef just beyond that shot is 45m at low and the reef where the rip current is is about 7m at low. Lots of water, not a lot of space for it.
This is the same bit of water at low tide on my walk back up:
Anyways...
I had a mare of a time with some bass thinking they were mullet. I even text Liam for advice. Unfortunately it didn't help
Started with a zonk varying froma steady retrieve, fast or slow and then started to rip and pause. Getting follows every few casts and one time had 3 huge bass :shock::shock::-o follow the lure right to my feet in 4ft of water over the kelp so a great view of what could be.
tried some SP's, slow bumping bottom, medium to keep them midwater, fast to keep them higher and had some more follows and a smaller fish came in fast at my feet and completely missed it. :shock::shock:
I then got bored with them and was starting to swear too much and scare the seagulls so I put an Xlayer on a light head and tried to winkle out a rockie. No joy there either.
tried a Zonk again and no more follows as the tide had slacked off so i started the trudge back up.
I hate fishing. I hate Bass. they're worse than mullet sometimes.
