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I snapped my plugging rod about two weeks ago and as a result I haven't been able to go out plugging and it was driving me mad! Then yesterday a friend came into my work and I was telling him about it and he came back later on that day with 3 of his plugging rods for me to try out, before I go buy a new one.
So after work yesterday at about 3:30 I went straight down to my chosen mark to give these rods a go. First rod I grabbed was an 11ft Normark rock hopper bass plugger. I put on a jelly and had about 3 or 4 casts before switching to my feed shallow. Now I haven't had any joy on the feedshallow yet but after reading the reports from the guys in cornwall I had to give it a whirl and almost straight away I was onto a fish!! (I remember when I purchased this lure the guys in mrfish were saying to give a little strike down and STOP and wait for up to 15 seconds till I started to reel again. Well I did this and when I started retrieving I was straight into a fish! So thanks for that advice guys).
This fish put up a really good scrap and at first I was sure I was onto a Bass as I could just see silver but when I landed the fish I didn't have a clue what it was (still don't)? There was some guy bait fishing near by and he came over and he reckons its either a sea trout or a salmon?
If someone could let me know what this fish is that would be great. I'm sorry about the crappy kitchen shots of this fish but I was fishing alone and had no one to take photos for me! Also it looked abit of a different colour when I first landed it.
How do I upload a picture?
Thanks Rich?
I snapped my plugging rod about two weeks ago and as a result I haven't been able to go out plugging and it was driving me mad! Then yesterday a friend came into my work and I was telling him about it and he came back later on that day with 3 of his plugging rods for me to try out, before I go buy a new one.
So after work yesterday at about 3:30 I went straight down to my chosen mark to give these rods a go. First rod I grabbed was an 11ft Normark rock hopper bass plugger. I put on a jelly and had about 3 or 4 casts before switching to my feed shallow. Now I haven't had any joy on the feedshallow yet but after reading the reports from the guys in cornwall I had to give it a whirl and almost straight away I was onto a fish!! (I remember when I purchased this lure the guys in mrfish were saying to give a little strike down and STOP and wait for up to 15 seconds till I started to reel again. Well I did this and when I started retrieving I was straight into a fish! So thanks for that advice guys).
This fish put up a really good scrap and at first I was sure I was onto a Bass as I could just see silver but when I landed the fish I didn't have a clue what it was (still don't)? There was some guy bait fishing near by and he came over and he reckons its either a sea trout or a salmon?
If someone could let me know what this fish is that would be great. I'm sorry about the crappy kitchen shots of this fish but I was fishing alone and had no one to take photos for me! Also it looked abit of a different colour when I first landed it.
How do I upload a picture?
Thanks Rich?